Patricia Yulkowski is second-generation President and CEO to the privately held, American-owned and operated Total Door Systems. Yulkowski has created a culture of continuous improvement at Total Door that ensures constant evaluation and innovation around the components included in the door systems, as well as the invention of new technologies and system enhancements that add to TDS’ status as the global leader of integrated access technologies. Yulkowski is a current member of the American Institute of Architects Michigan, and the American National Standards Institute/Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association Subcommittee (ANSI/BHMA).
Yulkowski, a graduate of the architectural program at Pratt Institute. She has received multiple honors for her outstanding leadership in the transformation of her company, including being selected by the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) to showcase TDS for its annual “tour of best manufacturing practices,” one of three companies selected by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) that represent the future of manufacturing; and the recipient of the RadTech’s President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership and Vision.