Corporate Structure

Benchmark Design, LLC has it’s origins in The Gulf Machinery Company started by Mr. Charles S. Walker in 1942. David R. Walker purchased the company in 1990. Benchmark Design, LLC is a Florida Corporation formed in 1990 by the Walker Family Limited Partnership.

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Benchmark Design - Board of Directors

• David R. Walker                                                               Chairman/President                              
  
• Richard G. Walz                                                               Vice President/Director
  
• Harold Davis                                                                     Mechanical Engineer/Director
  

Benchmark Design - Key Staff

• David R. Walker (General Partner)                                President/Process Engineer
• Richard G. Walz                                                              Vice President/Design Engineer
• Karl Bishop                                                                      Operations Manager
• David B. Walker                                                              Process Engineer
• Harold Davis                                                                    Mechanical Engineer
  

Consultants

• Joe Lazzara                                                                     Process/Brewery Engineer
• Peter Marks                                                                    Technical Consultant/International
• Juan Briceno                                                                    Financial Consultant

Founder

Charles S. Walker 
(1914 – 1998)








James Redd, PhD 
(1923 – 1999)



Raphael Katzen, P.E.
(1915 – 2009)

Chairman of the Board 1990 – 1998
Citrus Engineer Award 1997
Designed & built first Citrus Juice Extractor
Designed & built first T.A.S.T.E™ evaporator
Founded Gulf Machinery of Florida 
(purchased by Benchmark Design in 1990)
Founded Gulf Machinery of Brazil


Technical Consultant/Chemical Engineer
Director (1990 – 1999)-
Essence and Aromas Expertise


Ethanol Consultant (2001 to 2009)-
Dry Mill and Corn Ethanol Expertise