Our Story
Ratchet & Pawl LLC is a mechanical engineering design service company. We design and analyze complex consumer and industrial equipment and processes, including simulations, equation derivation and materials analysis. We develop new processes for various equipment, assembly lines, and tests, as well as process consulting and improvement.
Ratchet & Pawl LLC was founded by a husband-and-wife team in 2023 in Gilbert, Arizona. We named the company after a mechanism that is located inside a ratchet wrench. The ratchet is the toothed wheel (gear) that spins the wrench. And the pawl is the piece that wiggles back and forth and makes the ratcheting noise while allowing the wrench to spin only in one direction. In the 19th century this piece was called a “dog”, because it looks like a dog wiggling its tail. Our story is reflected on our logo which shows a gear and a dog with a wiggly tail.
Meet our team
Eli Gurevich
Co-Owner
Eli has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, where he worked on mechanical and thermal equipment, simulations, electronic packaging, process development, industrial testers, sockets, PCB design, as well as signal integrity. Eli has published multiple papers and patent disclosures on various subjects in the industry. Outside of work, Eli’s favorite thing to do is to spend time with his family.
Alisa Markitanova
Co-Owner
Alisa is an overachiever. She has three degrees, in Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, and Art. She has over 20 years of experience in corporate accounting, data analysis, management, as well as design. When Alisa is not busy keeping the company and the family afloat, she is painting fine art.