Star Pipe Products is pleased to announce the following Corporate and Sales Organizational changes, promotions and additions. These changes are being made to better position ourselves to take advantage of upcoming opportunities.

CORPORATE:

• Ramesh Bhutada – assumes the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
• Dan McCutcheon – has been promoted to the position of President.
• Navin Bhargava – has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President in charge of Procurement.
• Jason O'Nan – has been promoted to the position of Vice President in charge of Sales and Marketing.

SALES:

• Pete Lisowski – effective October 1st, Pete has been promoted to the position of National Market Manager.
• Doug Allen – effective October 1st, Doug has been promoted to the position of Southeast Division Manager and will report to Mike Berry. Reporting to Doug will be Ryan Berry and Chuck Carrigan.
• Rich Mazur – effective October 1st, Rich has joined the Star Pipe sales team as a Territory Manager covering New England and upstate new York. Rich will report to Bud Leider.
• Brian Pokropski – effective October 1st, Brian has joined the Star Pipe sales team as a Territory Manager covering the Mid-Atlantic area. Brian will report to Bud Leider.
• Brian Kilgore – effective August 1st, Brian has joined the Star Pipe sales team as a Territory Manager covering Arizona, Southern Utah and Nevada. Brian will report to Todd Karren.
• Jerry Hughes – effective July 1st, Jerry has joined the Star Pipe sales team as a Territory Manager covering the Mid-Central area. Jerry will report to Joe Anderson.
  
  

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Position: RDC Manager, Sumner, WA

Where...

Born: Tacoma, WA
High School: Lindbergh HS

Favorite sport...

To watch: Football

To play: Basketball, Mountain Biking

Pick any 5 people to play cards with (living or dead)...

1. Dale Earnhardt Sr.

2. Peyton Manning

3. Tony Dungy

4. Kurt Warner

5. Steve Carrell

• Natalie Duran-Ariz, Credit Manager for Star Pipe, and her husband, Mauricio, welcomed their second child on Monday, October 10th. Damian Mauricio Ariz was born at 12:58 pm. He weighed in at 6 lbs 12 oz and he was 19 3/4 inches in length. Mom and baby are both recovering nicely. We wish the Ariz family nothing but happiness!


• Kristin Reid, Product Manager in Houston, and Scott Reid, Production Floor Manager at our Houston RDC, welcomed another grandbaby on Monday, October 17th. Anya Elizabeth Garber was born at 3:05 am. She was 19" long, weighing in at 5lbs 15 oz. when she arrived and mom and baby are doing fine! Welcome to baby Anya!


• Suhash Patel, Star Pipe's Computer Network Analyst, and Biraj Brahmbhatt, his lovely fiancé, were married in Houston, Saturday, October 22nd. In traditional Indian fashion, the festivities began on Thursday, October 20th and continued until the wedding on Saturday. We wish Suhash and Biraj a blessed journey ahead as husband and wife.