Team

The Team Behind Your Test Success

Inspired measurement design is what we’re about. It’s a value wrought from decades of component, instrument, and system design experience.

Meet the Leadership Team

With a client delivery pending and a mission-critical test system on the line, how can you stay on schedule without adequate staff? What can you do to pivot and start work on that test system today? How can you handle obsolete instruments plaguing your system? The answer is Hiller Measurements. From our headquarters in the Hill Country southwest of Austin, Texas, we operate on a lean and flexible basis, allowing us to adapt to our client’s design needs and schedule.

Ben Cloutier, President and CFO

Ben Cloutier first joined Hiller Measurement as CFO, coming with an impressive resume of corporate leadership across the aerospace ecosystem. His exemplary leadership in improving the company’s financial position while setting the vision for operational excellence as CFO made his move to COO beneficial for Hiller Measurements’ continued growth. Cloutier is a GE veteran of more than 20 years. Most recently, he was the President and Site Leader at CFAN, a GE-Safran joint venture invested in the manufacture of jet engine parts for the leading commercial aircraft flying today, where he successfully navigated the organization through a period of enormous growth.

Jay Miseli, SVP, Business Development

Jay Miseli is Senior Vice President, Business Development for Hiller Measurements. He brings 28 years of professional experience leading large, diverse organizations to accomplish a wide range of results.  Prior to joining Hiller in 2023, he served in the United States Army for over 27 years, including large-unit command, senior plans and operations, budget planning and execution, human resource management, and assistant professor of mathematics at West Point. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and the Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s degree in operations research, respectively. Jay resides in the Austin area where he can pursue his passions for mountain biking, hiking, hunting, and fly-fishing.

Riza Deputatov, Quality Manager

Riza Deputatov joined the company in September 2023, as Quality Manager.  In this role, she leads the quality control programs sustainability strategy, with a focus on driving transformational change internally and ensuring Hiller Measurements maintains its disciplined approach to continuous improvement, evaluating and improving its systems of internal control and compliance processes. Deputatov has more than one decade of extensive experience in Quality Management Systems, Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement.  Prior to joining the company, she held a proven track record and solid expertise in process design management, supplier development and quality systems development with Toshiba, Regal Rexnord and Craft Group. Deputatov holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and is a certified professional mechanical engineer.

Jeff McFarland, Senior Systems Engineer

In his role as Senior Systems Engineer at Hiller Measurements, Jeff McFarland analyzes customer requirements, architects technical solutions, and produces cost estimates to cover program expenses.  Jeff has a broad technical background and core competency in automated test equipment (ATE) systems engineering, including specification and statement of work (SOW) development, system level design, and proposal generation.  He is an excellent communicator with strong customer relations skills and has a successful track record of working in a team to identify and capture business.  Jeff has worked in the Test and Measurement industry for 30+ years in both engineering and management roles at firms such as VTI/AMETEK, Astronics Test Systems, Textron Systems, AAI, and Symtx.  Jeff holds BSEE (Magna Cum Laude) and MSEE degrees from the University of Arkansas.

Learn More About Hiller Measurements

Hiller Measurements designs mission-critical test instrumentation, assemblies, and systems for growing industries including aerospace/defense, medical devices, test and measurement, 5G,and power storage.