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Scott Santaga
President, Infinity Machine & Engineering Corporation
Family: Wife Mary and children Anna (13), Sara (11) and Jonathan (8)

Scott Santaga: This time big brother gets the assist
Scott Santaga has always respected the sage advice of his big brother and best friend, Greg.
      So when Greg had an idea about going into business together — a dream the brothers had shared for years — Scott left his lengthy and successful career with Camozzi Pneumatics, an international supplier of industrial components for automation, and moved his family from Dallas back to his hometown of Green Bay.
      There was only one problem: The idea may have been exciting, but the business model didn’t work. Scott became, for all purposes, jobless.
      Thank goodness for happy endings.
      While contemplating his next move, Scott supplied Greg’s company, Green Bay Converting, with engineering services. In the process, he discovered that client businesses and others shared similar needs. Why not create a company that could grow any size business — from mom and pop to industry giant — by improving automation through better design and engineering? Scott’s company, Infinity Machine & Engineering Corporation, was born, and this time the business plan was dead-on.
      “We’re an engineering company that designs and builds machines for packaging and converting automation,” explains Scott. “We will take any kind of product and we’ll design and create the machines that will automate the process to produce and package it. We can offer services on a grand scheme, or do something as simple as build a new conveyer.”
      On Infinity’s growing client list are Kimberly-Clark, SCA (the second largest integrated tissue paper supplier in the world), Georgia-Pacific, and of course, Greg’s two companies, Green Bay Converting and Hattiesburg Paper Company.
      Infinity sales have leaped from about $600,000 in 2004 to $15 to $16 million projected for 2007. Scott’s specific responsibilities as president of the company include business development, strategic planning, project management and human resource planning.
      As a soccer teammate, Greg was often on the receiving end of his playmaking brother’s assists. As a business associate, he returned the favor as one of Infinity’s four founding partners and its first client. He also rented space to the company early on, and according to Scott, is one of the company’s best promoters.
Campus memories:
“The camaraderie of the soccer players was like nothing I’ll ever experience. Playing with my brother and for my dad (Aldo Santaga)… we were doing exactly what we wanted to do in our lives and what turned out to be a fabulous time. Playing soccer at UWGB had a great impact on me, and the relationships I developed through the sport impacted me even more so.”
Great foundation:
“I know I spent way too much time playing soccer and handball at the PSC and probably not enough time studying. When I left I went on to get a mechanical engineering degree at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, but UW-Green Bay gave me a great foundation.”
Love for the area:
“I have traveled extensively in the U.S. and to at least 25 countries, mostly in Europe and Central and South America. I can honestly tell you that there is no place like Green Bay. It’s a unique city and local environment with so many positive things — performing arts, education, quality of life, and the beauty of the Great Lakes. This is where I want my business, and this is where I want to raise my family.”

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