Bruce Newell is currently President and CEO of MANTEC, the Industrial Resource Center (IRC) of South-Central Pennsylvania. MANTEC serves small to medium sized manufacturers in nine counties in SCPA. Mr. Newell has been involved in manufacturing since 1994. His last stop prior to MANTEC was co-founding American Manufacturing & Integration LLC, in 2007. During his tenure at AMI, he has helped grow the company from a start-up to a 40+ person firm serving OEM customers in the Eastern United States.

Throughout his career Mr. Newell has been an advocate of manufacturing and education and their importance to the Pennsylvania economy. He presents frequently to schools, K-12, about the opportunities and careers available in manufacturing and STEM.

Among the organizations which Mr. Newell has served are:
 Junior Achievement of SCPA Board of Directors
 YCEA Board of Directors
 Y-Tech Advisory Committee
 S&T Bank SCPA Advisory Committee
 Penn Trafford School Board of Directors (serving 12 years, including terms as Board President & Vice President)
 Penn Trafford School District Strategic Plan Committee
 Norwin Rotary Club
 Rotary Club of York
 Boy Scouts of America (Scoutmaster)

Mr. Newell is a graduate of the Indiana University of PA where he majored in accounting and finance and the University of Pittsburgh where he received is EMBA. Mr. Newell and his wife Heather have two children, Kendra and Brooke. Kendra is neonatal nurse at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital and Brooke is serving as a 2nd LT in the USAF.