Team
The Palmer Foundry Team
The Palmer Foundry team includes 95 highly trained full time employees, dedicated to the Palmer Foundry standards of excellence, working in our 75,000 square foot facility on our 9-acre campus. With an average tenure of ten years, our workforce is knowledgeable, experienced, dedicated, and efficient. We’d like to introduce you to the people you’ll work with the most here at Palmer Foundry…
Robert Logan
After an extensive career in real estate investments, working in both acquisitions and asset management roles at R4 Capital LLC, Hunt Capital Partners LLC and Centerline Capital Group, Inc., Rob returned to work in the family business full-time in May 2019. Rob’s focus at Palmer is to develop new business opportunities, expand product offerings and ensure ongoing customer satisfaction.
Dennis Hayden
Dennis was hired in 1986 as the Assistant to the Owner of Palmer Foundry. His responsibilities grew over the next 25+ years. He knows the business inside and out and is fiercely focused on exceeding customers’ expectations. He sees his most important role as being responsible for quality, both inside Palmer Foundry, and in the field at customers’ locations.
Danny Distler
As Senior Product Development Engineer. Danny is responsible for interfacing directly with customers on a technical level to provide DFM inputs for new products, working casting designs, sales and quoting. Danny brings 10+ years of engineering experience from various industries including aerospace, defense, medical and automotive from companies including Boeing, Cadence, Inc., and EaglePicher Technologies.
Christopher DIener
Chris Diener has worked in a variety of industries; Connectors, Aerospace and Rail Transportation at Component Sources International, Bombardier Transportation, and WABTEC, Vapor Stone Rail Systems. He’s held various roles in Project Management, Industrial Engineering and Quality Assurance. Chris is driven to continuously improve our business development and product realization processes.
Jon Vershon
Jon is responsible for all aspects of Accounting/Finance and IT. Jon brings 7+ years of experience in Finance coming to Palmer Foundry from Newell Brands, specifically Yankee Candle where he held roles of increasing responsibility ranging from Commercial Finance to Supply Chain Finance.
Donna Toupin
HR DIRECTOR
Patty Martin
OFFICE MANAGEMENT/SCHEDULING
Jacob Torna
PRODUCT ENGINEER
Kim Roy
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Linda Norton
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Manufacturing
Thomas Santos
CLEANING/SHIPPING SUPERVISOR
Joshua Lawrie
GREENSAND SUPERVISOR
Philip Dupell
AIR SET/NO-BAKE SUPERVISOR
Sean Cummings
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Chris Lessard
QUALITY TECHNICIAN