Anthony Barber
Owner & President
Anthony Barber, President and Owner of Anthony Barber Associates, Ltd, (ABA) emigrated to the United States in 1987 from England, where he had worked for Neumo, Ltd, a British based manufacturer of liquid filling machines. Anthony established ABA in Chicago in 1991 and moved his family and the business to Charlotte, NC in April 2011. Over the years, the company has transformed into to a family business, as all four of his children are working at ABA.
Kirsty Gaus
Marketing Manager
Having worked at ABA for many years in a number of roles, Kirsty transitioned to a part time schedule after the birth of her first child in August 2016. As marketing manager, she is in charge of our website, videos, photos, and manuals, and is loving her new roles both at home and at ABA.
Christine Barber
Office Manager
Over the years, Christine has played a number of roles at ABA and has settled into Office Manager as the best fit.
Russell Gentry
Mechanical Designer
Russell has been working for ABA since 2012, first as our lead machine assembly technician, managing the rest of our assembly team, and now as a mechanical designer working to design our custom machines. Prior to moving to Charlotte, Russell worked as a supervisor in a large company in Illinois.
Gregory Barber
Service Manager
After working primarily as a machine assembly technician, Greg recently took on the role of service manager and runs FATS, does machine installs and service trips, and programs and troubleshoots machines.
Christopher Barber
Machine Assembly Technician
After both working part time at ABA for years, Chris has finished school and has taken on a full time role as a machine assembly technician.
Ashley Rapp
Machine Assembly Technician and Parts Manager
Ashley joined us part time while in school as a machine assembly technician and has since taken on the role of parts manager as well.