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PelletSales.com Management Team
Jon Strimling, President
- Direct experience in pellet industry as Director of Development for New England Wood Pellet, the Northeast's leading producer.
- Over 10 years experience in operations and product launches, including both operational and financial roles with American Industrial Partners, a $600M private equity firm focused on streamlining the operations of $100M - $1B manufacturers.
- MS in Management and MS in Engineering from MIT Sloan School, 1996.
Mark MacLean, Sr. Vice President and General Manager
- Over a decade's experience in operations, marketing and product development, including management of $2M product line and responsibility for operations of $80M high tech company.
- A former nuclear officer on a US Navy carrier.
- MS in Management and MS in Engineering from MIT Sloan School, 1996.
Michael VanDerHeyden, VP of Sales
- Over 20 years experience in sales and distribution in the building products industry, bringing extensive New England contacts.
- Grew sales in his last business from $4M to $15M in an environment where his company had previously suffered a poor reputation.
- University of Vermont graduate, family ties to Vermont and northeast agricultural industry.
Dan Freihofer, VP of Operations
- More than 22 years of management experience with home delivery of heating fuels at Johnson & Dix Fuel Corp. and fine furniture at Pompanoosuc Mills Corp.
- Served six years on Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Washington, D.C.
- Graduate of Dartmouth College and Amos Tuck School of Business, Hanover, NH.
