BOSTON, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced the hiring of Ray Barbee as Senior Vice President and General Manager of its Wood Products, Timber and Biomass business areas. Ray comes to RISI from Roseburg Forest Products where he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing across their lumber, plywood, OSB, engineered wood products and specialty products businesses. Ray's career thus far spans three decades and multiple executive roles from production to sales working for companies such as Roseburg, Louisiana-Pacific and Boise Cascade. A veteran of the industry, he has been involved in many facets of today's modern forestry businesses from strategic planning, M&A and distribution to production, supply-chain management and forecasting. Ray has a degree in Political Science from UNC Chapel Hill and a MBA in Finance & Marketing from USC Columbia. Ray has also completed a Pulp & Paper course from the Pulp & Paper Research Institute of Canada (Paprican).
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Mike Coffey, RISI's CEO, commented, "Our business is founded on the principle of providing valuable services and information to help our customers. Ray brings a wealth of experience in wood products and timber to our team to help us meet these goals. Our wood, timber and biomass team has unparalleled depth and breadth, which coupled with the hiring of Ray, a long-time industry executive, ensures we will continue to focus on connecting our capabilities with our clients' needs and in so doing provide them an unparalleled value. I'm excited to have him on board."
Barbee also commented, "I've spent 30 years in the wood products industry and believe the direct industry experience that I have accumulated will mesh perfectly with, and in some cases augment that of, the impressive array of economists and editors already in the RISI fold." He continued, "I have been a loyal RISI customer for over 20 years and am extremely excited by this opportunity to join an organization so widely recognized for the quality and care that they put into their services."
About RISI
RISI is the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. The company works with clients in the wood biomass, timber, wood products, pulp and paper, tissue, nonwovens, printing and publishing industries to help them make better decisions.
Headquartered in Boston (Bedford), Massachusetts, RISI operates offices in Brussels, Belgium; Atlanta, Georgia; San Francisco, California; Portland, Oregon; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shanghai, China; Helsinki, Finland; Singapore; and Charlottesville, Virginia. More information can be found at www.risi.com.
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Dan Blenk |
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Director of Marketing, Wood & Timber Information |
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RISI |
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4 Alfred Circle, |
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Bedford MA 01730 USA |
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Tel: +1.781.734.8942 |
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Email: [email protected] |
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