MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Aaron P. JagdfeldAaron P. Jagdfeld
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Aaron P. Jagdfeld is Generac’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. As the company’s third CEO since its inception in 1959, Mr. Jagdfeld has led Generac’s transformation from a manufacturer of backup generators and engine powered products into a global energy technology comp
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Jennifer AndersonJennifer Anderson
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development
Jennifer Anderson has served as our Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development since January 2024. Prior to joining Generac, Mrs. Anderson was Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and Chief Sustainability Officer for Carrier. Before Carrier, Mrs. Ander
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Talal ButtTalal Butt
Chief Information Officer
Talal Butt has served as our Chief Information Officer since March 2024. Prior to joining Generac, he was Global Vice President – Enterprise Transformation and Architecture for Rockwell Automation. Before Rockwell, Mr. Butt was Vice President and IT Project Services Manager at Robert W.
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Paolo CampinotiPaolo Campinoti
Executive Vice President – EMEA, APAC and South America
Paolo Campinoti has served as our Executive Vice President with commercial responsibility over EMEA, APAC and South America since our acquisition of a majority interest in the Pramac Group in 2016. Based in Italy, Mr. Campinoti also continues to serve as the CEO of the Pramac Group, a
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Patrick ForsythePatrick Forsythe
Chief Technical Officer
Patrick Forsythe has served as our Chief Technical Officer since January 2021. He previously served as our Executive Vice President of Global Engineering since July 2015. Prior to re-joining Generac, Mr. Forsythe was Vice President, Global Engineering & Technology of Hayward Industr
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Tim HeardenTim Hearden
Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Service
Tim Hearden has served as our Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Service since December 2017. Mr. Hearden joined Generac in 1995 and has held various senior leadership roles including Senior Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Operations, Director of Operations,
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Raj KanuruRaj Kanuru
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Raj Kanuru is our Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary and is the Company’s principal legal and compliance officer, roles that he has held since joining Generac in 2013. Prior to joining Generac, Mr. Kanuru served as in-house counsel at Caterpillar Inc. for almost 1
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Rhonda MatschkeRhonda Matschke
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Rhonda Matschke has served as our Executive Vice President, Human Resources since December 2017. Mrs. Matschke joined Generac in 2008 and served previously as our Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Vice President of Human Resources. Prior to joining Generac, Mrs. Matschke was
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Roger PascavisRoger Pascavis
Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Roger Pascavis has served as our Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain since March 2013. Prior to becoming Executive Vice President of Global Supply Chain, he served as the Senior Vice President of Operations since January 2008. Mr. Pascavis joined Generac in 1995 and has served
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Kyle RaabeKyle Raabe
President, Consumer Power
Kyle Raabe has served as our President, Consumer Power since November 2019. Prior to rejoining Generac, Mr. Raabe was Senior Vice President of North American Sales, Demand Planning and Sales Operations from 2018 through 2019 for The Master Lock Corporation and Vice President of Sales f
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York A. RagenYork A. Ragen
Chief Financial Officer
York A. Ragen has served as our Chief Financial Officer since September 2008. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ragen held Director of Finance and Vice President of Finance positions at Generac. Prior to joining Generac in 2005, Mr. Ragen was Vice President, Corporate Contr
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Norman TaffeNorman Taffe
President – Energy Technology
Norman Taffe began serving as President – Energy Technology in August 2022. Prior to joining Generac, Mr. Taffe was Executive Vice President North America Residential of SunPower Corporation from 2018 to 2021. Prior to this, Mr. Taffe was Executive Vice President - Products and Vice Pre
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Amanda TederAmanda Teder
Executive Vice President – Marketing
Amanda Teder joined Generac as Executive Vice President – Marketing in November 2022. Ms. Teder comes from Michelin, North America, where she served as Vice President Consumer Marketing in 2020 and 2021. Previously, Ms. Teder held multiple leadership roles at Procter and Gamble over alm
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Erik WildeErik Wilde
Executive Vice President Industrial, Americas
Erik Wilde has served as our Executive Vice President Industrial, Americas since July 2016. Mr. Wilde was Vice President and General Manager of the Mining Division for Komatsu America Corp. from 2013 until he joined Generac. Prior to that role, he held additional leadership positions wi
Executive Vice President Industrial, Americas
