Jeff moved from Western New York to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s electrical engineering program and has been a Troy resident for nearly 40 years. Jeff launched his career in 1981 at Garden Way Inc. (Troy-Bilt) located at 102nd St. in Troy. He started on the shop floor assembling products and progressed to a staff engineer. In the engineering department, Jeff designed tooling for manufacturing operations and created standard operations procedures to support consistent manufacturing. Jeff accomplished many notable projects including a $1.3M capital investment project, which involved designing and implementing a powder coating system to replace the liquid paint system. This included the engineering design and the financial analysis for a 10,000-square foot addition. Another significant step in Jeff’s Garden Way career was a 6-month assignment in Port Washington, WI managing the closure of a 300,000 square foot UAW plant and relocating the Bolens product line to support manufacturing expansion in Troy, which supported gross sales in excess of $200 million. In 1999, Jeff moved to The Taylor Made Group in Gloversville, New York as a Plant Manager. This expanded role including managing all aspects of operation, the profit and loss of the business as well as significant travel to customer plants to resolve issues. Jeff spent 5 years at Taylor. Looking to spend more time with family, Jeff moved to ProTech Systems, Inc in Albany, NY. ProTech was a fast-growing business in the gas fired boiler industry and needed a seasoned operations professional to address improvements in purchasing, shop floor management and customer service. Jeff accomplished this culture change in 18 months. ProTech’s performance led to a successful sale of the company to Simpson DuraVent in 2008. Seeking a new entrepreneurial organization to leverage his operational and manufacturing skill set, Jeff joined BullEx in 2010. There, Jeff met Tom Rossi and John Blackburn. Almost immediately, Jeff made a significant impact building the team and processes to support their rapid business growth. Jeff was promoted to Director of Operations over all plant staff, purchasing and shipping. After BullEx was sold to Lion Apparel, Jeff moved into a Vice President role which included covering part of the manufacturing in the plant in the Netherlands. In 2016, Jeff joined the Redburn team as Vice President of Operations. Jeff’s ability to apply his manufacturing and operations experience within the property development sector is a valued addition to Redburn’s leadership team. Jeff still resides in Brunswick with his partner, JoAnne. They are avid horse lovers, which keeps them very busy. They also have two daughters, both registered nurses at Albany Medical Center.