NEHP Management
Adam Tarr, NEHP's CEO, is on-site at an installation.
Senior Management
Adam Tarr, CEO
Mr. Tarr founded NEHP in the fall of 2000 and has 20 years of high purity process piping experience. He directs the company's vision and leads the sales and R&D efforts. Adam is on the Board of Directors for Vermont Union Local 693. Prior to forming NEHP, Adam worked as a Project/Design Manager for Fluor overseeing $10-$30m projects. Initially operating out of the west coast, he then operated the East Coast implementation of process installations for Harder Mechanical including work at IBM Vermont. Adam started in the field as a pipefitter apprentice in Oregon in 1988 and then attended a 5 year program for gases & fluids technology at Michigan State/UA Association through 1993.
Russ Walton, President
Mr. Walton joined NEHP in January, 2010 as President of the company. Russ brings to NEHP over 30 years of domestic and international experience in project management, engineering, operations support and business development of capital and construction projects. Prior to joining NEHP, Russ served as Vice President for Electronics Projects and Proposals at Linde Gas in Hong Kong, where he led the global team responsible for project development, project execution and subsequent growth of the Asian Region. Previously, Russ served as Manager of Global Projects and Proposals at BOC Edwards. Russ graduated from Auburn University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
Robin Morris, CFO
Mr. Morris joined NEHP in July 2006 as CFO and has an extensive international background with 25 years management experience. Previously, based in New York, Robin headed the Americas Operation of Systems Union, an International Financial Management Software Company that supplied finance software to Fortune 500 companies around the world. Prior to joining NEHP, Robin worked in a CFO capacity with a number of fast growth companies.
Jeff McGrady, Operations Manager
Mr. McGrady joined NEHP in February 2009 to provide day-to-day leadership and direction to the estimating, engineering, design, procurement, and shop fabrication teams. Jeff has over 13 years experience in the Mechanical Construction industry which includes the project management of numerous complete semi-conductor tool installations at the IBM Essex Junction site. Jeff graduated from Binghamton University Watson School of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering.
Peter Sbrollini, Director of Life Science Business Development
Mr. Sbrollini joined NEHP in January 2007 and has a commitment to providing solutions to critical process needs. He has worked for over 20 years marketing specialized equipment to the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. Past clients have included Pfizer, Schering, Bristol Myers Squibb and Amgen. Peter is a member of ISPE and NACE. He holds a BS in Marketing from the University of Bridgeport and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Hartford.
Peter Irion, Senior Project Manager
Mr. Irion joined NEHP in January 2007 after working as a project manager for BOC-Linde for 10 years. Peter has 25 years of experience on projects that predominantly focus on ultra high purity bulk gases, specialty gas delivery, monitoring systems, and high purity chemical & slurry delivery systems for semiconductor fabs. Some of the semiconductor fab sites Peter has managed include: Texas Instruments, Fujitsu, IBM, Triquint, Motorola, and Mitsubishi. Peter graduated from Rutgers College of Engineering with a BS in ceramic engineering and has co-authored several technical papers on high purity gas delivery systems, one of which was published in Semiconductor International. In 2007-8 Mr. Irion project managed a complete facility gas installation project for Intel/Micron IMFS in Singapore.
Board of Directors & Advisors
Timothy C. Davis
Mr. Davis joined FreshTracks, a Vermont based venture capital company, as Managing Director in July of 2005. Before joining Fresh Tracks, Davis managed a series of advanced materials technology based, early stage manufacturing companies to successful exits. The companies were in various high-tech industries, including: electronic materials, fiber optics, advanced ceramics and vacuum deposition of various materials.
Timothy currently serves as chair of the NEHP board, and is an observer to the Applied NanoWorks and Aircuity boards. Timothy is also active with numerous non-profit boards, including his roles as founding partner of Social Venture Partners in Boston, President of the Artworks Education Foundation and chair of various boards of the Wellesley Congregational (Village) Church. Mr. Davis graduated from the University of Vermont (1968) and Harvard Business School (MBA, 1970).
Lee Bouyea
Mr. Bouyea joined the FreshTracks team as an Associate in September 2005, was promoted to Principal in July 2006, then to Managing Director in June 2007. Bouyea's background includes marketing, product and business development experience working for eBay, Nextel Communications and for the venture-backed startup Ebates.com. Lee graduated from Colgate University in 1997 and earned an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 2005. Lee currently serves on the board of Kluster, FKA mophie, a FreshTracks I portfolio company. Lee also serves on the board of NEHP, a Fund II portfolio company alongside Chairman of the Board, Tim Davis.
David Stetson
Mr. Stetson joined Caris & Company, a San-Diego based research boutique in January of 2006, as Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking. Before joining Caris & Company to start the firm's investment banking group, Stetson spent more than two decades advising a wide variety of established and emerging companies in the Consumer, Technology and Healthcare / Life Science segments of the economy. Mr. Stetson brings to NEHP a knowledge of what is happening in NEHP's core markets (with respect to science, technology, strategy, companies and markets). Having lead-managed over $4 billion in capital markets and strategic advisory engagements, Mr. Stetson also brings considerable expertise in Corporate Partnering & Business Development, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, and Capital Market Transactions. Mr. Stetson graduated PBK / MCL from Colgate University in 1984 and earned an MBA from the Wharton School in 1990.
