Customer Service Team
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Jim Farrell
President
More About Jim »Jim is a 1970 graduate of Jacksonville State University. A former sports writer, he was hired as Office Manager at Donoho Clay Company in 1971. He became Managing Partner of Donoho Clay in 1980. In 1982, Donoho Clay moved into a 30-acre, 200,000 sq. ft. facility and expanded its product line to include specialty refractory products. In 1984, Donoho Clay sold its specialty refractory product line to CE Refractories, a division of Combustion Engineering, and entered into an exclusive agreement with CE to make product on private label. CE Refractories later sold to Premier Refractories, who in 1999 sold to Vesuvius. The original manufacturing agreement lasted for 15 years until Southeast Refractories was sold to Pyror-Giggy Refractories in 1999, a division of P-G Industries. Upon completion of the sale of SER to P-G, Blastcrete Equipment Company, Inc. became a stand alone corporation.
He now serves as the President and C.E.O. of Blastcrete, as well as Landfill Clays, Inc., which provides private industrial landfill contracting services, and Met-Rock LLC, the licensor of the patented Met-Rock Structural Concrete Insulated Panel System used for residential and commercial construction.
He is a member of the Jacksonville State University Foundation Board of Directors, The American Foundryman's Society, The Iron and Steel Society, American Ceramic's Society, American Shotcrete Association, International Concrete Repair Institute, Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and the Business Council of Alabama.
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Tripp Farrell
Sales Manager
More About Tripp »Tripp graduated from the University of Alabama in 1999 with a BS in Business Management. He joined Blastcrete as Sales Manager in 2000. In addition to his responsibilities in sales, he works in product design, and directly with customers in doing product demos and product training at our facility and in the field. He is also involved in advertising and marketing of the Blastcrete product line, as well as research and development and most importantly, customer service. He is a member of the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce.
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Scott Knighton
Business Manager
More About Scott »Scott joined Blastcrete after graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in Corporate Finance. Prior to Blastcrete, Scott was enlisted in the Air Force and Alabama Air National Guard as a communications and navigation systems technician. While in the military he earned an additional degree in Avionics. Scott spent over two years as a salesman for Blastcrete learning our diverse product line, establishing relationships with customers, developing new business, and implementing marketing strategies. His business management responsibilities include accounting, logistics, marketing, and customer service.
Skype: Scott_Blastcrete
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Tom Doss
Procurement Manager
More About Tom »Tom is a 1986 graduate of Jacksonville State University and joined the Blastcrete team in 1988. In addition to his responsibility as procurement manager, he manages parts sales, inventories, customer service as well as other duties related to the design and manufacture of the product line. Early on, Tom assisted in the re-design of The Blastcrete Hydrostatic Rotary Gun, which today remains the most popular refractory placement machine on the market.
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Harvey Fan
Asian Pacific Technical Manager
More About Harvey »Harvey graduated from the University of Science and Technology in Beijing in 1993. He continued his education earning his Mechanical Engineering degree (1998) and recently earned his Masters Degree (2005) from Xi’an JioaTong University . While earning his degrees, Harvey worked for CITIC Heavy Machinery Company Ltd. overseeing machining techniques and designed concrete material handling and metallurgy equipment. Harvey joined the Blastcrete team in 2005 and his duties include equipment sales, design, customer service, and product training for Blastcrete customers in the Asian Pacific. Harvey was trained at the Blastcrete facility in Anniston, AL in 2005 and supports our customers in China, Vietnam, India, Japan, and abroad on the complete Blastcrete product line.