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MANAGEMENT
BIOGRAPHIES
SMART Senior Management Team
Our team is led by an executive team of veteran paper managers, including Tim Needham, Chief Executive Officer and President; Dan Maheu, Chief Operating Officer; Joe Bergeron, Operations Manager; Marty Forsythe, Vice President, Production Control, Planning & Logistics; Tom Kleimeyer, Director of Marketing; August Lange, Vice President of Finance; Peter Magnuson, Western Regional Sales Manager; and Paul Simpson, Senior Vice President of Sales.
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Tim Needham, Chairman of SMART Papers, has 30 years experience in the specialty paper industry in senior management leadership positions with a proven background in brand marketing, sales and manufacturing. |
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Dan Maheu, President and COO, His experience spans 30 plus years in technical and specialty premium paper manufacturing as well as mill and business operations. |
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Joe Bergeron, Operations Manager, is responsible for all areas of mill operation from stock preparation through sheet and roll packing, including Utilities, Maintenance, Quality, Safety and Environmental compliance. His experiences spans 30 years of technical and manufacturing roles in commodity and premium; coated and uncoated operations. |
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Marty Forsythe, Vice President, Production Control, Planning and Logistics, has over 23 years experience in Production Planning, Logistics and Operations. Marty is responsible for all Production Planning, Distribution, and Logistics functions. |
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Tom Kleimeyer, Director of Marketing, with 30 years of brand marketing and sales management experience. Tom is responsible for the marketing of all SMART Brands. |
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August Lange, Vice President of Finance, has 30 year background in financial management with a broad range of finance and operations experience in the paper industry. |
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Doug Gruber, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, has many years background in fine paper sales |
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Paul Simpson, Senior Vice President of Sales, is responsible for sales and has 20 years of background in fine paper sales. |
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Susan Carpenter is Manager of all SMART Papers human resource functions |
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