Leading Experts in Timber Experts

Steven Dipper is Director at NSD Wood Products, a firm supplying timber components to the furniture and bedding industries in UK and Western Europe. Mr. Dipper is responsible for developing the client base and advising customers on best use of timber components in bed and furniture frames. He is also...

Brad Franchi is President of Forest Strategies, a firm providing consulting services in the timber and forest products industries. Mr. Franchi also owns, buys, and sells timberlands in SC and Ohio. He has more than 23 years of experience in managing forestry and paper duties including financial planning,...

Marcel Guay is President of Laué Guay, a firm providing consultancy services to the forest products industry. Mr. Guay is responsible for advising pulp, paper, and wood products companies on the strategic business development, valuation of assets, and acquisitions and mergers. He has more than 30 years...

Murray Hall is the Owner of Murray Hall Consulting; a firm providing consultancy services in fiber, pulp and paper, and sawmill industries. Mr. Hall has more than 30 years of experience in managing sawmill activities, coordinating pulp and paper operations, and developing cost structures. He also has...

Dave Hillman is an independent consultant providing consulting services in the pulp and paper industry. Mr. Hillman provides consultancy to pulp producers and producers of specialty papers. He has more than 35 years of experience in providing technical assistance to paper companies in producing recycled...

Russell Kennedy is the President and Chief Executive Officer at ENAP, a lumber and building materials cooperative. Mr. Kennedy is responsible for managing and developing building materials business to secure financing. He has experience in identifying and negotiating acquisitions for future growth in...

Brooks Mendell is President of Forisk Consulting, a forest industry, bioenergy and timber market research, and education firm. Dr. Mendell has over 15 years of operating, research, and consulting experience in forest business and finance. His experience includes roles in harvest operations and wood...

Ron Musolino is the President of RM Consulting, a firm providing consulting services on the forest products industry. Mr. Musolino has more than 37 years of experience in sales and marketing, product development, manufacturing, planning and various senior management functions in both paper and wood...

QIAN XiaoYu is the Vice Chairman of China National Forest Product Industry Association (CNFPIA), based in Beijing. CNFPIA is a trans-sector and trans-regional association formed voluntarily by forest product industry enterprises dealing mainly with wood processing, wood-based panel and forest chemical...

Jake Rudisill is President of DAREnterprises, a firm providing consulting services in the utility and power generation industries. Most recently, Mr. Rudisill has developed five solar PV projects in the Western US in the ranges of from 6kw to 999 kw. He served as a Senior Vice President for the Western...

Dennis Shore is Director and Principal of Dennis Shore and Associates; a firm providing strategic, operational, and marketing support services in the global forest products and related industries. Mr. Shore has more than 35 years of experience in providing technology and management services in the pulp,...

James Spitz is an independent consultant providing consulting services in the forest industry. Mr. Spitz has worked throughout the US, Canada, and Central America. He has more than 38 years of experience in forest management, forest management planning, certification of sustainably managed forests,...

Rick Tomlinson is the Owner and Consultant at Rick Tomlinson Consulting, a firm providing consulting services in the building materials sector. Mr. Tomlinson has more than 30 years of experience with Georgia Pacific/BlueLinx. He has experience in managing sales operations, and coordinating lumber and...

Robert Weinberger is Sole Proprietor of Bob Weinberger Forest Management Consulting. Mr. Weinberger is responsible for reviewing the forest management practices of companies that desire to have their forests certified as sustain ably managed according to the standards of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative...