(Brian Seymour: President, Head of Research and Development): Brian has had extensive training in the electric motor field. Upon the passing of his father the original company, Seymour Electric Motor Service, was re-vamped to cater to a broader consumer demographic. Brian and his brother, Darren Seymour, looked to establish themselves as the "best kept secret" in high performance electric motor systems. As of now, Brian works to develop a universal way in which clean, green electricity can be used in everyday life.
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(Toni Seymour: Human Resources Head Administrator, Accounts Payable & Receivable Manager):
There are many ways to describe her work within the business--public relations, receptionist, paper wrangler, "Boss Lady". One thing does hold true, she does a lot! As the wife to the president of the company, her job is cut out to be one of the most stressful as the bulk of her work deals with the business itself. Starting in 1997, all she lived for was for her husband's business.
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(Rachel Askeland: Human Resources Coordinator, Accounts Payable & Receivable Assistant):
Daughter to Brian and Toni, Rachel recently graduated from the University of Redlands, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in English Literature. She has been a part of the HPEVS family for the last 5 years, and helps her mother, Toni with payroll, answering phones, billing and other office work.
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(Bill Ritchie: Sales Manager, Head of Customer Service & Tech Support): Bill has been a vital component in the machine that is HPEVS for the past 11 years. Starting in 2001, Bill is referred to as Brian's "Right Arm" as he diligently answers customers calls, articulately provides information on our custom kits, and is our main guy to help with technical support for our customers and dealers, and that is only a small piece of the puzzle that is his vocation. Bill's job description may cover quite a bit as he also handles our shipping department, monitoring our customers' orders until our freight carriers take over, so our customers have a piece of mind knowing where their order is and who is handling it. In a sense, Bill keeps the place running while Brian develops the next best thing in electric vehicle drive systems.
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(Dharma: Shop Dog & Mascot):
Rescued in 2008, Dharma is the proud pet of Brian and Toni Seymour, and is Toni's shadow as she walks though our two buildings. If you walk into our Administration building, chances are her bear-like silhouette will be the first sight to greet you. Don't be shy--she's the gentlest giant you will ever meet.
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(Mike Diaz: Motor Winding Department Supervisor):
Mike began working for HPEVS the summer of 2004, when his full time job as a school bus driver takes a summer hiatus. in 2006, after 17 years as a bus driver, he became a permanent fixture in the HPEVS shop. He started hand winding motors alongside Brian, Darren and Toni and is proud to be part of a company that believes in American made products. Due to his steadfast loyalty to the company, he has been promoted to supervisor of the winding department; overseeing the production process from individual coils of copper wire to the finished product of a tightly-wound, heavy duty, powerful electric motors.
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(Dylan McConnell: Machine Department Head):
Dylan has been with HPEVS since 2009. He is the lead individual of our machining department. Prior to that lead position, Dylan was working by Darren's side; learning the department and all the intricacies of running the CNC machinery.
Prior to coming to HPEVS, Dylan has had 20+ years of experience on different types of machinery from injection molding to CNC type of machines.
Dylan has had extensive training in Mastercam and manual programming. Dylan is very pleased to be at HPEVS and assisting in keeping the company moving forward smoothly.
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(Dan Ryan: Research and Development Associate): Dan started off his career with a degree in architecture, but he always had an interest in the automotive industry. With that in mind, he worked for Fleetwood, designing and developing motor homes for their Diesel line of products. He worked for them from 2004 through 2009.
After leaving Fleetwood, he went to work for his brother at Green Solar. Dan was in charge of making the drawings and then submitting plans for solar systems to Green Solar's customers.
Since joining HPEVS in November 2010, Dan has helped to continue the work that Darren Seymour had started.
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(Sean Franklin: Marketing Supervisor):
Sean is relatively new to HPEVS family (March of 2012). Sean brings to HPEVS a 20 year history of Research and Development knowledge as well as engineering skills. He is supervising the marketing department plus he will be administering our website and social media.
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The Crew
(The Crew): Here are all the family members of HPEVS. We are all responsible for making sure that the cogs of our company turn smoothly and efficiently. From left to right: Dan, Rogelio, Mike, Brian(back), Rick, Nik, Andrew, Bill(back), Kevin, Joe, Toni(back), Rachel, Sean, and Dylan.
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In Memoriam
(Darren Seymour: Engineering): Darren has also had extensive training in the field of engineering as he was trained in machining work by his father. His passion was his work as he would spend copious amounts of time in the machine shop, looking to improve what he felt needed to be improved, or bringing his brother Brian's brainstorm to fruition. Darren passed away in January 2011, but his legacy lives on as the machining and engineering departments of the company continue to produce parts that he has designed and helped cultivate. He is sorely missed!!!
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