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About  >  Our People

Our team is available to answer your questions and help you succeed.

Michael Bowman, Shipping
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Michael and his team of 7 employees are the last ones to touch our ingot before being shipped to our customers nationwide and overseas. Drawing on his Army leadership training and almost 6 years of experience in leadership roles in operations, Michael supervises our cleaning, packaging, shipping, and finished goods areas to make sure you get what you ordered - and that you get it on time.


Mike Buyarski, Vice President, Technical Service
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An industry expert with 25 years of foundry experience, Mike works closely with our customers to streamline molding, melting and pouring procedures and troubleshoot casting problems. Working side by side with customers in their manufacturing environment, Mike's expertise saves time, money and gets the process back on track. Mike represents the company at ASTM and AFS, where he is active in current research projects.

Karen Calo, Purchasing Associate
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With a background in office management, accounting and information systems, Karen brings organization and administrative support to the purchasing department. She recently spearheaded the implementation of enterprise management software allowing Federal Metal to improve internal systems and become more responsive to customer and vendor requirements. Now in a role that links purchasing and accounting, Karen is the point person for metal suppliers with administrative and payable questions.

Duane Dawalt, Receiving
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Our vendors deliver thousands of pounds of copper-based scrap shipments every day and we rely on Duane to manage our receiving dock. With 31 years in at Federal Metal, Duane is adept at inspecting the disposition of the material and making the right calls to send samples to the lab or accepting, sorting and processing the material. While he may not speak directly with our customers on a daily basis, feel free to ask him about his Fat Boy 02 Harley if you do catch him on the phone.


detra evans Detra Evans, Inventory Control Manager
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Detra continues to progress through operations, accepting greater responsibility at the company. She now manages the prompt and accurate reporting of inventory so the rest of our team can provide our customers with the right material. She supervises material transactions, performs cycle counts and manages our physical inventories to assure that critical information is at our fingertips.


Mike Fekete, Sales, Shipping Manager
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As the point person for expediting orders and managing the link between sales, production and shipping, Mike ensures a solid connection between our customers' needs and our capabilities. His responsibilities in sales, pricing, logistics and shipping means Mike touches every order we receive and fulfill. Lucky for us he's a great juggler.

Chris Greenfield, Vice President, Purchasing
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Chris provides key leadership throughout our procurement process. This includes managing the majority of the supplier relationships, determining market pricing, negotiating contracts, scheduling and receiving all raw materials for production. In addition, Chris contributes to the scrap trading division and maintains oversight of the receiving/sorting operations.

Terri Kelsey, Sales
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Terri's expertise on the ingot side of the business with alloys makes her a valuable addition to Federal Metal. With almost 30 years of experience in the industry, Terri knows what is most important to her customers. Full service sales from beginning to end is Terri's trademark and her understanding of the chemistry behind the product is a direct benefit to our customers.

Rik Kohn, Vice President, Sales
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Creatively addressing customer challenges is Rik's strength. By bringing a broad perspective of sales, purchasing and service to each customer request, he welcomes the opportunity to brainstorm with our customers to overcome challenges and create solutions. With 30 years of experience, Rik has been an integral part of making Federal Metal one of the most innovative players in the industry.

John Mitra, Metallurgist
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John brings a wealth of knowledge and 31 years of experience to the table. Since he is responsible for evaluating all scrap Federal Metal receives, any technical questions relating to scrap are directed to John. From questions about scrap usage in furnaces to determining which grades are useful for end products, John is the Metallurgist with the answers. Customers that need samples run or outside lab work coordinated have John on speed dial.

David Nagusky, Chairman and CEO
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David has guided Federal Metal toward noteworthy growth during a period of declining industry sales. With a leadership style that embraces the integral link between quality products and superior customer service, Federal Metal is poised for sustained growth. Adding industry experts to the leadership team over the last few years has demonstrated Federal Metal's commitment to excellence. David's 25 years as President enabled Federal Metal to become a standard bearer, as evidenced by the introduction of Federalloy® in the 1990’s and a relentless pursuit of continuous improvement that continues today.


Peter Nagusky, President
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Peter is committed to helping The Federal Metal Company become the best in the industry. As a fourth generation owner and armed with a Masters degree in business, Peter has a mix of operations and commercial experience at the company. He spent the first seven years in a variety of manufacturing roles, ranging from shipping and receiving to plant manager. He was the primary metals purchaser and trader for several years and now he is responsible for the day-to-day running of the company.


Leo Pinkard, Plant Manager
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Our plant operations run smoothly and safely thanks to Leo, an industry veteran. With over 36 years in the foundry business, Leo handles all in-house operations including supervising our plant team. He has been a driving force behind the company's productivity gains. Human Resources and staffing issues are also part of Leo's responsibilities here.

Warren Plesmid Warren Plesmid, Process Engineer & Product Group Manager
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Warren is one of our chefs. He makes the blends for the rotary furnace alloys; but his contributions don't stop there. He gets involved in process improvements and other special projects in order to increase productivity, quality and safety. His expertise in combustion and industrial gases helps us drive down manufacturing costs.


Rob Roth Rob Roth, Product Group Manager
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Rob's responsibilities include making the blends for engineering alloys, scheduling the furnaces, and coordinating with purchasing, processing, and production to meet sales commitments. Rob began as an engineering student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University before turning his focus on the foundry industry, where he learned the operations from the ground up. With more than 15 years as a production supervisor, Rob's hands-on approach and attention to detail serve him well in his current capacity.


Tom Swope, Quality Manager
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Keeping Federal Metal ISO compliant is a role Tom takes very seriously. Directly responsible for ISO9001:20008 status, Tom ensures top quality standards permeate the organization. His role includes spearheading corrective action, customer complaint resolution and approving heats. Tom leads the charge for by-the-book ISO compliant work methods. With a leadership team fully committed to high quality standards standing behind Tom's work, customers see the benefits of partnering with Federal Metal every day.


Meet our front office team. Deb, Angela and Carlene staff our accounting department, answer your calls, and provide great customer service. This team is a formidable front line for our company and a valuable resource for our customers, suppliers and vendors.
Carlene Bitting
Cost Accounting
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Angela Lampa
Accounts Receivable
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Deb Van Tassel
Accounts Payable
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