Darryl Short

Karma Machining and Manufacturing

Originally from Durban, South Africa, Darryl settled with his family in Edmonton over twenty years ago.  Since then, he’s enjoyed a career that’s touched on many facets of manufacturing, and not a day goes by when he isn’t thinking about how to make things cheaper and easier.

Darryl has a diploma in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and is a Journeyman Machinist with Red Seal and Blue Seal certifications.  He’s done manual and CNC machining with a wide variety of equipment, and launched lean thinking within a large international oilfield equipment manufacturer.

In 2011, he started Catchball Consulting, specializing in lean manufacturing and productivity improvement.  Later that year, he bought half of Karma Machining and Manufacturing, a full-service contract manufacturer helping innovators realize their dreams, from prototype to production.