Team
CalStar Products, Inc. is led by a seasoned management team with decades of experience at major construction products companies, including Arriscraft, Illinois Brick, Building Stone Products, Pavestone, EP Henry and James Hardie. In addition, CalStar’s core team includes veterans of both high-tech and clean-tech/green-tech start-ups.
Management
Joel Rood
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Pounds
Senior Advisor
Amitabha Kumar, Ph.D.
Vice President of Research & Development
Julie Rapoport, Ph.D., P.E., LEED® AP
Vice President of Product Management
Michael A. Telischak, CPIM
Director of Manufacturing
Craig Ratchford
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Kevin Calandra
Vice President, Operations, LEED AP
Karen Righthand
Director of Marketing