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John Kahren- President
John spent most of his 20 year career with Peerless Pump. He held several positions for the company, advancing to Vice President for Sales and Marketing. He then joined Garlock Seals as V.P. of Sales and Marketing. In 2004, he started SPP Pumps Inc in Atlanta as President, sales, operations etc..He is an avid golfer. |
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Pramod Sathe - General Manager and CFO - SPP Pumps Atlanta
Pramod has been working in Accounts and Financing for last 25 years. He has worked for heavy steel industries and multinational companies. Pramod was working for Kirloskar Brothers Limited , one of the biggest Pump manufacturing companies and parent company for SPP UK and moved to USA along with his family to work for SPP USA. Pramod lives in Duluth GA with his caring wife Vaishali and adorable daughter Gargee. |
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Jimmy Hunt - Director of Sales - Fire Division
Jimmy Hunt has been in the fire protection industry for nearly 10 years. He spent the beginning of his fire protection career working for Ferguson Fire and Fabrication in sales, management and career development training. He joined SPP Pumps 3 years ago as the national sales manager and last year he accepted the role of global sales director for the fire pump division. Jimmy Lives in Norcross with his lovely wife Dena and son Alexander. |
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John Weber – Operations Manager
John Weber has been in the fire protection industry for 25 years. He spent the beginning of his fire protection career working for M.L. Ball Company managing the warehouse and moved into inside sales and then onto Reliable Automatic Sprinkler, where he continued his growth in the industry. He joined SPP Pumps in 2009 as the operations manager. John Lives in Woodstock with his wife Lisa and their three children.
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Sheela Vedak – Accounts Payable/ Human Resources
Sheela Vedak joined SPP Pumsp Inc. family two years ago, working as Accounts Payable and Human Resources Manager. She moved to US over 30 years ago and practiced Accounting for 20 years. Sheela has two children: Her daughter Sonali who lives in Atlanta with her husband Vishal and son Gaurav who lives in Memphis, TN. Sheela lives in Suwanee with her Husband Rajan |
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Heather Neilan – Accounts Receivables and Administrative Assistant
Heather Neilan has been a part of the SPP Pumps team since September 2009. Her primary responsibilities are in the accounts receivables department. Heather also assists the sales department and the follows-up with vendors for the Production Department. Before coming to SPP Pumps Heather was a Program Manager with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Department. Heather has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Reinhardt University. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband Ryan and son Reed. When not with her husband and son you can find Heather on the tennis courts or out running. |
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Chris Dilday - Inside Sales - Fire Division
Chris Dilday has been in the fire protection industry for nearly 5 years. He spent the beginning of his fire protection career working in the factory. Later he moved to inside sales and career development training. He joined SPP Pumps 5 years ago as one of the first fulltime employees hired in the U.S. Chris just recently returned from his second deployment overseas in Afghanistan where he served proudly with the U.S. Army. |
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Michael Leonhard - Engineering/Technical Services Manager
Mike has been engineering pumping systems for 34 years. Starting with Duke Power in North Carolina. He worked designing and selling fire pump systems for 20 years. Mike Joined SPP Pumps 5 years ago and currently works in sales and development. |
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Raymond McConnell – Product Engineer
Ray McConnell has been in the water booster system industry Over 22 Years. He spent the beginning of his career working for Kessler International assembling control panels. When SyncroFlo purchased Kessler he moved to Atlanta and worked his way up from panel assembler to Project Engineer. He joined SPP Pumps in 2009 as Product Engineer. Ray lives in Flowery Branch with his beautiful wife Heidi. |
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Gerrit von Holt – Production Manager
Gerrit von Holt has been in the Industrial PVF and Fire Protection Industry for many years. He specialized in Operations and logistics in his previous roles with Ferguson Enterprises and Ferguson Fire & Fabrication. Gerrit has recently joined SPP Pumps to take responsibility for production, logistics and manufacturing processes. We are happy to have him on our team... |
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Celestino Lopez – Production Department
Being one of the first employees of SPP Pumps, Celestino Lopez has been a proud employee for over 5 years. He is responsible for the trimming and balancing of pump impellers. Along with his primary role, he also assists in other areas of production. His is a valued member of the SPP family. |
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Ismal Jakupovic – Production Department
Ismal’s previous experience throughout many countries in Europe and America has prepared him to become a successful worker at SPP. In 2008, Ismal joined SPP pumps to become the primary assembler of Electric Pump Sets. His strong overall skillset, allows him to assist with many other areas of production. He lives happily near Stone Mountain with his wife and 2 kids. |
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Joker Ubiera – Production Department
Joker has been working with SPP for three years, and has worked in almost every area of production. His primary skill set is in the area of pump testing and certification. With his knowledge, Joker is able to assist in all areas that are required. |
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Damien Dennis – Production Department
Damien has been with SPP for over three years, where he has learned everything pertaining to pump production. His valued experience has led him to become the primary painter, and has given him the ability to instruct in the assembly portion of production. He strives to move SPP forward, and plans for a successful future within the company. |
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Arnoby Torres – Production Department
Arnoby Torres has been in production roles for over 12 years, working in a variety of fields. He has recently joined the SPP family to assist with the assembly and alignment of diesel pump sets, as well as working in shipping and receiving. Arnoby and his family moved from Columbia pursuing the American Dream and now reside in Atlanta, GA. |
