People of HUG Hydronics
We are nothing without our People! We like them so much, we thought we'd let you know how awesome they are too!
Ryan Hunt - President
Raised in Business and Creative Engineering, holds a double degree from the University of Minnesota, and owns GardenCircles.com, started Pine River Innovations and DSL Bonding Buddy tool. 10 years ago he retrofitted his house to become extra efficient and installed some in-floor heating in his basement with a gypcrete overlay.
Colin - Marketing Communications Director
Manages our marketing communications and coordination. Talks to live people on phone, chat and in person. Loves to run, read comics, and watch baseball, in no particular order. His favorite Comic Book Character: Superman, easily!
Raya - VP & Online Marketing Manager
Holds a Master's degree in English, and an MBA, been working web stores since 2002. Mother of 9, who loves her HUG Home, complete with in-floor heating and foot-thick walls. She is getting really good at moving her Chromebook from one side of her lap to the other as her baby (5 years old now) snuggles on her lap.
Randy - Customer Support
A problem solver, has a history in construction, auto maintenance, and builds unique customer recumbent tricycles. Does general maintenance at Trout Lake Camp and enjoys biking, hiking and troubleshooting. In line to receive our first Just Ducky Sales Tech Certification.
Moe - Purchasing & Fulfillment
Currently feels like the blonde girl on "Big Bang Theory." Is a beef farmer, has 14 pairs of cattle, and is down to a "reasonable" 6-7 horses. We love her because she makes sure we get things done.
Ben - Manufacturing Lead
Soft-spoken and big-hearted, Ben loves to learn new things. He says he felt drawn to our resiliency campus. He is also a classic nerd, enjoying D&D, video games, and sci-fi novels.
Steve- Sales Tech
He has been in the in-floor heating business 40 years. He has 3 kids, 2 granddaughters and 3 dogs. He volunteers at our local animal shelters and cabin-sites. With a random week off? He'd clean his garage.
Jim- Sales Tech
Jim has been an engineer and an elementary school teacher, and has lived all over the world. He is thoughtful and likes to solve problems and figure out solutions. Jim started at HUG in Customer Support and is now a Sales Tech. He enjoys his daily walk in our campus's woods.
Ian- Customer Support
Our youngest team member has a degree in robotics and manufacturing. When she is not helping a customer, she is usually found building the HUG Hydronics in-floor heating systems, or messing with computer systems at home with Joe (a cat) lying on her.
Ewan- Marketing
Our resident storm chaser, Ewan has his degree in meteorology, but made a mistake by volunteering to help us with social media once. Now he has a handful of HUBspot certificates and is rocking integrations.