Benny Ortega

Benny Ortega joined East West Manufacturing in October 2023, as the Chief Operating Officer. In his role, Benny oversees all operations, including manufacturing, supply chain, and quality of the global manufacturing services and product company.

With over 20 years of manufacturing experience, Mr. Ortega brings expertise in leading and growing large-scale operations, driving complex performance improvements, increasing profitability, and building customer relationships across multiple market sectors. Benny has lived around the world for over 20 years holding positions of growing commercial and operational responsibilities in Asia, EMEA, Latin America, and the United States.

His professional passion is building high-performing organizations partnering with customers to meet long-term sustainable growth visions. Benny has two Master’s Degrees from the University of Florida: Engineering and Management. Benny has held senior executive leadership positions at Jabil and Gildan Activewear.

He is fluent in Spanish and is a devoted father to three wonderful children.