Support Staff

Tom Creecy  -  Chairman

Tom has over 25 years of experience with Industrial Cleaning Equipment, from the largest street sweepers to the smallest battery scrubber. Having spent many years living overseas, Tom is fluent in many languages and personally oversees our international development.

William and Irene Mopps Sr.  -  Innovative Founders

After completing a successful engineering career including work for NASA, William Mopps designs the Model 34. A machine we still make today and with almost 20,000 units in the field, no other machine has quite the passionate following. While we have lost both of Irene Mopps' parents, their impact is still felt to this day.

Sean Goff  -  President

The person many of our historic distributors remember for traveling the country in a van, with road racing motorcycles in tow. Father of four, and pictured with son Cade, Sean now spends most days at the factory in Racine, WI working on new industrial sweeper and scrubber designs. Having moved direction from college graduation in 1993 to Factory Cat, cleaning equipment has been his sole focus professionally. It was Sean's Grandfather Bill Mopps (designer of the original Model 34), who convinced Sean to leave sunny Florida for the opportunity to become employee #3.

Irene Mopps  -  VP Admin

Originally responsible for every detail, including the final crating of equipment, Irene has 20 years of experience with Floor Cleaning Machines. She oversees our administrative departments and her keen eye for cash flow assures that we have the resources necessary for product development.

Kevin Beehler  -  Regional Manager

Kevin has quite literally done it all in the cleaning equipment industry. He spent a number of years selling equipment for a distributor, and then later started and built his own company for industrial cleaning equipment. After a number of years, we recruited him to join our team and his territory is regularly the Top Performing in the country.

Darin Park  -  Regional Manager

Having spent nearly 15 years in the cleaning equipment industry, Darin has developed large sweeper sales (street sweepers), and in states from Arizona to Idaho and now the Southeast of the country. Darin is a father of five, and understandably has every motivation to succeed. Darin was the first Regional Representative we hired (in 1998) to live remotely and develop a focused territory for sweeper and scrubber distributors.

John McLaughlin  -  Regional Manager

Although John has a college degree, he still spent over a year working on our assembly line. Like most of our reps, this built his confidence and product knowledge to a level surpassing our competitors. John works in the states surrounding Ohio, and has consistently grown the territory, while spear heading our efforts with many new large accounts.

Rick Haertel  -  Regional Manager

The first person hired (1995) to assist with cleaning equipment sales and distribution support, Rick is a proud parent of one (Seth). After originally sharing the entire US with Sean Goff, Rick now focuses on his Mid-West territory. He develops scrubber and sweeper business from Chicago to Kansas City to Fargo.

Ken Wenning  -  Major Account Specialist

Our specialist for Major Account and GSA sales for sweepers and scrubbers, Ken has over 30 years of experience with cleaning equipment.

Pete Jedlicka  -  Production Manager

Pete was hired at Factory Cat in 1996 and is responsible for production scheduling, staffing, equipment, quality control, and the coordination of production activities. Pete is the proud parent 2, and a dedicated triathlete.

Phil Rigby  -  Parts Manager

Working at Factory Cat for 14 years now, Phil has settled into the perfect position for him with meticulous detail and the ability to remember almost every part number we have! Parent of one daughter and he proudly bleeds viking purple even though he lives in Wisconsin.

Marc McDuffie  -  Director of Service & Technology

Working at the distributor level of the sweeper & scrubber industry for over 15 years. Marc provides excellent help for all the field technicians and also has a key role around the office with many other responsibilities.

Chris Hults  -  Warranty Manager

Being in the scrubber industry at the distributor level for 15 plus years Chris knows how everything works. Having spent time as a "Field Technician" and then "Service Manager" for an equipment distributor, he has an understanding for the challenges faced by the people on the front lines. In charge of dishing out the refunds if necessary and saying no if there not is no problem for this father of 3.

Jon Haertel  -  IT Specialist

Starting off in the production department Jon attended school and still worked a 40 hour work week here. Factory Cat knowing that they had a dedicated employee kept Jon around to work on their computers.

Chris Sturm  -  Quality Control

The first employee hired (1992), knowing the in's and out's of all machines of course he's going to be the head of quality control. Our quality control staff operates a machine for a minimum of 15 minutes before approving it to be shipped out. Being a true outdoors man Chris hunts and fishes almost religiously.

Tammy Davidovic  -  Domestic Equipment Order Specialist

Tammy began her career with our company as the receptionist, and was remembered best for her friendly demeanor and helpful spirit. She now handles all of our "domestic" equipment order entry, and works hand in hand with distributors to make sure their order is handled properly.

Rosemary Hendrickson  -  International Equipment Order Specialist

With an unmatched attention for details, Rosemary is responsible for our "international" equipment orders. Each country has unique requirements, and correcting errors in shipment comes at a great cost to the company. As our international business has grown recently, so has the importance of this position.

Chad Vukobrat  -  Product Specialist

Attending Madison Area Technical College for CAD design, Chad came to work for Factory Cat shortly after college. Designing new machines and fabrication drawings is what Chad does best, but out side of work he hunts, and plays softball in the upper tier tournaments.

Del Todd  -  Technical Support

Working at Factory Cat and going to school was Del's routine for many years but after graduating college he found a permanent position helping people fix their problems. When Del's not taking some calls he's out catching a lunker (big fish), or ripping up the trails on his enduro bike.

Jai Cairo  -  R & D Specialist

In charge of getting all those new products to work right. Jai has been with Factory Cat since 2002, and he is always busy with all the new ideas floating around here. When not working Jai is a loyal fan of the Packers and enjoys watching the games with his daughter.

James Morgan  -  Assembly Supervisor

James started off working in final machine assembly, eight years later he now leads our various assembly teams. Working harder now more then ever to support his newborn son James jr.

Lupe Ramirez  -  Shipping Manager

Working at Factory Cat for more then 10 years Lupe oversees the shipping department. Lupe's hard work and long days keep the finished machines rolling out the door and waiting for more.