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Elliot Younessian, Chief Executive Officer Elliot has served Kärcher since June of 2006 initially with the Kärcher Floor Care, Inc. and more recently as Chief Operating Officer of Kärcher North America, Inc. He joined Castle Rock Industries, the holding company of brands such as Windsor, Prochem, Tecserv and Graco in Sept of 2000 with more than 25 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations.
Elliot’s unique Marketing and Engineering background allowed him to manage both the Engineering and Marketing teams with Castle Rock and subsequently with Kärcher Floor Care. More recently, Elliot was part of the team that consolidated all the North American companies and created a single holding company of Kärcher North America, managing 11 different and unique brands with in North America.
Prior to Castle Rock, Elliot was at Samsonite Corporation for over 15 years, where he was involved in the areas of corporate strategy, Marketing and Engineering servicing the US, European and Asian markets. He was involved in extensive international market evaluation and product development.
Elliot began his professional career in 1981 upon earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and subsequently received his MBA degree from the University of Colorado, Denver. Being a certified expert in Lean Management, he has applied Lean Manufacturing principles as part of the operational and engineering excellence.
Thomas Brendel, Chief Financial Officer Mr. Brendel joined Kärcher North America in 2008 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG in Germany where he was the Head of Group Accounting and Tax Services. Mr. Brendel has more than 14 years of experience in tax consulting and production companies including Arthur Anderson and Berner GmbH.
He earned a Masters degree in Business Administration from Bayerische Julius-Maximilians University at Wurzburg, Germany and also studied at the University of Wales in Swansea, Great Britain.
Matthias Rohde, Chief Technology Officer Mr. Rohde joined Kärcher North America in 2009 as Chief Technology Officer from Kärcher GmbH & CO KG in Germany where he held managerial positions in engineering, product development and project management, highlighted with extensive knowledge in process management in Research and Development.
Prior to Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co KG, Matthias Rohde worked with Lenze Drive Systems for more than 14 years, where he held positions in electronic engineering, product design and international project management. Additionally, he was involved in extensive product development and new product technology.
Mr. Rohde received a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering from Hannover, Germany.
Stacy Dumas, Chief Information Officer Stacy Dumas serves as Karcher North America’s Chief Information Officer. Before joining Karcher, Ms. Dumas was the CIO of StorageTek. Dumas is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of global experience and demonstrated success in driving IT value, business and IT, reducing overall costs, and quickly executing and delivering business solutions.
Dumas’s strength in understanding business opportunities and challenges along with her ability to comprehend and apply leadership, business and technology concepts, have had a positive impact on each of these corporations. She is a results-oriented leader with visionary abilities in leading organizations through critical change. She has experience with SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Microsoft CRM, Salesforce.com and many others.
Dumas has a master's degree in telecommunications from Golden State University, a bachelor's degree in business administration from California Polytechnic State University and is a professor within the Master’s of Engineering Management program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Donita Gardner, Vice President of Human Resources As Vice President of Human Resources, Donita’s responsibilities encompass all Kärcher HR, employee benefits and payroll functions in North America. Donita has held senior Human Resources positions within Kärcher since 2004. Prior to joining the company, she was employed in various HR management roles with manufacturing, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, and higher education organizations.
Donita earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors degree in Management from Michigan State University. She also holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources certification from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and is a past President of the Colorado Human Resources Association and National Committee Member with SHRM. Tom Bettis, Vice President of Sourcing and Asian Operations Tom has served Karcher since June 2006, initially with Karcher Floor Care, Inc. He joined Windsor Industries, Inc. in July 1995 with 20 years of both domestic and international Materials and Operational Management experience.
Tom’s extensive knowledge of business practices in Asia spans from 1989 to present, including 2 years of living in China as a General Manager of an electronics manufacturer.
Mr. Bettis received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.
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