Steven Domazet
President, Co-Owner

Steven continues the family tradition by joining his father and brother in 1999 after graduating from Johnson & Wales University with an A.S. & B.S. in Business Administration.  Prior to that, Steve worked at HMC during the summer months while in college and high school.  His first responsibilities included polishing cavities, buffing core rods, and assembly of tools.  The ability to go from administration of tool production to hands on running of high speed mills separates Steven from others at his position in our industry.

He is also a husband and father of two.  He can be found either on the sidelines of his kids’ games cheering or coaching them to victory.  Being a father is the most important job he will ever have.

Ivan Domazet
Vice Pres., Co-Owner

Ivan began working at HMC while still attending St. Augustine Prep high school.  Luka, his father and founder of HMC, would set up a mill or lathe for him to do simple operations.  From there he learned the mechanics of how injection blow molds worked.  After completing his studies at Cabrini College in Computer Information Science, Ivan would return to spearhead our use of CAD/CAM on the shop floor.  From those early steps into 3D surfacing and machining we have grown our in-house  engineering/design department.

Originally from Vukovar, Croatia, he is proud to be “an American by choice, not by birth”.  In the early & mid 1990’s, Ivan served in the US Army and PA National Guard.   He reached the rank of E-6 before being honorably discharged.  “My time in service to this country was not particularly eventful.  Still, I felt obligated to do my part.  I’m thankful to all those who continue to keep us safe.”

Outside of work, Ivan enjoys teaching photography, playing chess, and building devices based on single board computers.  He holds the degrees of Master Photographer and Photographic Craftsman and is a Certified Professional Photographer.   He is also working on improving his USCF rating.

Kristen Domazet
Office Manager

 Kristen  joined the HMC team in 2011 as the office manager and administrative support.  Besides overseeing the day to day office duties, she is responsible for LASER engraving on tool components and outside contract engraving.  Kristen is a 1999 graduate of Johnson and Wales University with a B.S. in Sports facilities management.  She was previously a regional director for Wentworth Property Management.

Kristen has been married to Steven since 2000 and together they have two children.  She enjoys spending time with her kids and extended family, cooking & raising fresh produce in their garden.  She is also a former NCAA Volleyball player and participates in Johnson and Wales alumni matches.

Bharat “Barry” Kao
Project Manager, Australia & SE Asia

Barry has over 30+ years of experience in packaging.  At AUTO OEM in Australia and southeast Asia has setup from the ground up fifteen water bottling plants.  These included the PET blow molding machines to produce the bottles.  In addition to handling our blow molding sales in Australia and most of Asia, Bharat is the head of operations of M B Research and Innovation.  This group has managed projects for several large factory installations in Australia including establishing green-field sites for plastic cosmetic tube making, new blow molding factories and most recently Australia’s 2 largest shuttle blow molding machine installation as turnkey projects within operating dairy factories.

Bharat has received an MBA from the University of Lucknow, India specialising in Operations and Sales Management.  Also he has a Graduate Diploma in Polymer Technology from Harcourt Butler Institute of Technology, Kanpur India (a three year full time course).