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Tim Loucks

CEO

Tim served most recently as General Manager, Global Tooling Operations for Husky Injection Molding Systems – the leading global supplier of capital equipment to the injection molding industry. Prior to Husky, Tim served in an assortment of operating roles with International Paper, Case Corporation and Webvan. Tim completed his undergraduate education at the United States Military Academy and received his MBA from MIT.

Andrew Centauro

CFO

Andy’s experience heading up the finance side of venture backed internet and technology start-ups spans the last twelve years. Prior assignments include a number of finance and operational executive positions with CMD, Harcourt General and PepsiCo. Andy received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Boston University, and his MBA majoring in finance and marketing from Boston College.

Mark MacLean

VP Business Development

One of the company’s founders, Mark couples his understanding of the pellet industry with a broad range of prior management experience in operations, product development and marketing.

Mark lives outside Boston with his wife and two small boys. He’s an avid hiker and shares his love of the outdoors with his boys, which at this point mostly involves searching for small critters. Mark studied at UMass Amherst as an undergraduate, served as an officer in the US Navy and received his MBA from MIT.

Dan Freihofer

VP of Operations

Dan manages all product movements from the manufacturer all the way to customers’ homes, utilizing a hand-picked team of Company Drivers and Independent Contractors to ensure that your pellets arrive intact and on-time, right where you want them.

Dan lives in Lyme, NH, with his wife Sarah and a menagerie of farm animals who are MUCH more manageable than the 5 children they raised and released back into the wild.

Gretchen Saegh

VP Sales & Marketing

Gretchen ensures that WoodPellets.com provides customers with a great product and an excellent customer service experience. She has spent the last decade in a variety of sales and marketing roles, satisfying customer needs.

Gretchen resides in the Boston area, is a travel junkie, marathoner, and portrait photographer. She completed her undergraduate education at Dartmouth College, and received her MBA from Boston College.

Paul Tlapa

Director IT

Serving as the official geek at WoodPellets.com, Paul manages all our ecommerce development and architecture. Having worked in ecommerce for more than 10 years, he is well suited for the demands of securely handling online purchases.

Paul lives in New Hampshire with his wife and five children. Besides reading programming books, he also enjoys snowboarding, basketball, spending time with the kids, and staying warm near his Harman pellet stove.