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Jesse Guadamuz

Daniel Inouye

Liliana Luis

Jeff White

Vanessa Diricco

Reed Mack

Consultant

[email protected] 408.556.4442

Reed was raised in Tallahassee, Florida before attending College at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina on a Football Scholarship. Reed now lives in the San Jose area with his wife Lynn and their three children. In 1994 Reed bought R&B Company from Davis Water becoming its President. He has overseen the growth of the Company from one small location to ten distribution facilities in Northern California

Kurt Vincelette

Area Director - West Region

[email protected] 408.556.4455

Kurt was born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA. He attended the University of Virginia. Go Hoos! He now lives in San Jose with his wife & two children. He joined Ferguson Enterprises a month after college graduation and worked for them for 12 years. Kurt joined R&B in March 2006. He has been in various roles at R&B prior to becoming President: Operations Manager, Sales, District Manager and COO.

Tom Gribbin

District Manager - Northern California

[email protected] 408.556.4443

Tom was born and raised in San Jose Ca. He began his career in the waterworks industry with Edward S. Walsh Company in 1981. In 1987, he moved to McGuire & Juvet Inc. working in sales until the acquisition of the company by U.S. Filter In 1998. From 1998-2003 Tom was the Branch Manager for U.S. Filter Distribution Group/National waterworks. Tom joined R&B in May 2003 as the General Manager for the company, and Branch Manager of the San Jose location. Tom has served as the Vice President of R&B Co. since 2005.

Peggy Stockwell

Consultant

[email protected] 408.556.4444

Peggy was born in Norristown, PA and has lived in five other states: California, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, and Washington. She currently resides in San Jose with her two children. After graduating from San Jose State University, she began her accounting career with Arthur Anderson. She then moved to Ireland, San Filippo & Co. where she became a California Certified Public Accountant and had R&B as a client. She started her own accounting/consulting firm in 1995 and kept R&B as a client until she joined R&B as the CFO in November 2002.

Kevin Chambers

Sales Manager

[email protected] 408.556.4440

Kevin was born and raised in the Fresno area. He and his wife have five children, three sons and two daughters. Kevin began his career in the waterworks industry with his father’s construction company, Haskell Construction, in 1983. In 1990, he moved to Hydro Conduit and got started in his sales career. He later went to work for National waterworks in 2003 as Outside Sales Representative. In 2010, Kevin accepted a position with Mueller Company as Territory Sales Representative for Central and part of Northern California. He joined R&B Company in February of 2012.

Richie Aliotti

Sales Manager

[email protected] 866.632.7473

Richie was born and raised in the bay area where he continues to live and work today. He started in the waterworks industry with P.E. O’Hair in 1989 which later became Westburne. He then moved to Kenko Utility Supply in 2002. He joined R&B in May of 2005.

Carolyn Barela

Human Resources

[email protected] 408.556.4441

Carolyn was born and raised in San Jose. After graduating from high school she began her Accounting experience working as a Bookkeeper. She worked with Kenko Utility Supply Inc. for 14 years, starting as a Bookkeeper and later promoted to Controller. She currently resides in Gilroy with her husband and their three children.

Wendy Bottomley

Controller

[email protected] 408.556.4464

Wendy is a San Jose native - raised in Los Gatos; currently living in San Jose. She started her accounting career in electrical construction, but living in Silicon Valley she moved to the Hi Tech industry. She worked for Infronetics Research for 18 years. She joined R&B Company in January 2018. Wendy enjoys hiking, yoga and spending time with family and friends.

Esly Vasquez

Accounts Receivable

[email protected] 408.556.4476

Esly was born and educated in Honduras. She moved to the US in 1983 to join her husband in San Jose where they raised their three children. She has a Degree in Accounting and Business Administration from UNAH. After coming to the US, she began working as a Bookkeeper and consulting for small businesses. She worked the last 15 years in AR and AP in the Ice Industry. She has over 30 years of accounting and administrative experience. Esly joined the R&B Company in December 2015.

Jessica Mendoza

Accounts Receivable

[email protected] 408.556.4452

Jessica was born and raised in Tulare CA, she moved to Santa Clara in 2003. She has four kid’s two girls and two boys. She started with R&B Company in 2015.

Laura Carveiro

Accounts Receivable

[email protected] 408.556.4462

Laura was born and raised in San Jose, CA. She currently resides in Hollister, CA with her husband and three boys. She has 8+ years of accounting and administrative experience, she began her career in the construction industry in 2015.

Liliana Luis

Accounts Receivable

[email protected] 408.642.2344

Liliana was born in Tlaclula, which is located in Oaxaca, Mexico. When she was 2 years old, she moved to San Jose, CA. with her parents and has lived there ever since. She worked for Bank of America for 15 years in many different positions: Teller, Teller Operations Specialist, Relationship Banker and Relationship Manager. In 2018 she joined R&B as part of our Accounts Receivable team.

Linda Ruiz

Accounts Receivable

[email protected] 408.556.4461

Linda lives and works within five miles of where she was born in San Jose. She and her husband have two children, a son and a daughter. She worked in the airline catering business for 17 years before changing to the electronics industry. Linda joined R&B in 2003.

Monica Gonzales

Accounts Receivable

[email protected] 408.556.4463

Monica was born and raised in San Jose & lives there with her husband and three sons. She has over 25 years of accounting and administrative experience. She worked for a Cisco Reseller for 10 years prior to coming to R&B. She joined R&B in 2014 and is currently working in Accounts Receivable.

Alin Villanueva

Accounts Payable

[email protected] 408.556.4451

Alin was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 1990, she moved to Santa Clara where she was raised and currently resides. She joined R&B in April 2010 at the San Jose branch.

Blair Minor

Accounts Payable

[email protected] 408.556.4454

Blair was born and raised in the Bay Area. She attended college at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Seville in Spain. Blair has degrees in both Spanish Literature and Political Science. After college, she moved back to the bay area and currently reside in Los Gatos with her two daughters.

Chirayu (Mickey) Patel

Accounts Payable

[email protected] 408.556.4448

Chirayu was born in India. He moved to the US in 2011 and has settled in the bay area with his wife. He has a Masters Degree in Accounting from Central Queensland University, Sydney, Australia. Chirayu joined R&B Company in 2013.

Trina Scott

Accounts Payable

[email protected] 408.556.4449

Trina was born and raised in Grass Valley. She graduated from San Jose State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences along with an AA and an AS from West Valley College. She tenured as a lifeguard and swim instructor at a local tennis club in Saratoga for four years. She joined R&B in September 2006.

Ryan Dauernheim

IT Technician

[email protected] 408.556.4483

Ryan was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. He attended college at Lindenwood University where he played hockey and met fellow R&B colleague, Daniel Inouye. Ryan enjoy's working on cars, hunting, watching Mizzou football and playing golf. Ryan moved to San Jose July of 2019 and shortly after became a member of R&B.

Ismael "Izzy" Rivas

Inventory Control

[email protected] 408.556.4478

Izzy was born in Mexico City. At the age of ten, he moved to the U.S and was raised in San Jose, California. Izzy graduated from willow glen high school and began working in the restaurant industry. He decided to switch career paths and joined R&B in 2014 as a member of the San Jose warehouse crew. Shortly after he became a Class A driver and is now part of the inventory control department. Izzy lives with his wife and son.

Nate Scott

Inventory/Marketing

[email protected] 408.556.4474

Nate was born and raised in Nevada City Ca. After a 2-month stint on the Amazon, he found himself living in San Francisco where he finished studying Cultural Anthropology and Graphic Design. He did freelance design work for 4 and a half years working with a variety of companies building custom sites and designs. He currently lives in San Jose. He joined R&B in August 2015.

Jim Burgess

Sales

[email protected] 925.775.5868

Jim was born in Michigan but moved around a lot during his early years. He was in the Navy from 1970-1974, after which he started working at Groeniger & Company. In 1985 he moved to Kenko Utility Supply and in 2011 he moved to Ferguson Water Works. In November of 2018, Jim joined the R&B team at our Oakley branch. He has 2 daughters and 6 grandchildren, he is expecting his first great-grandson in July.

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