The Paragon Team
An Experienced TeamParagon Airheater Technologies is led by an experienced team of managers, with diverse skills and experience. Please click on a name to learn more.
Sales, Marketing & Business Development
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - nformby@paragonairheater.com
Location - Atlanta, GA | E-Mail - rwolff@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (951) 264-6309
Prior to joining Paragon, Mr. Wolff managed Jefferson Smurfit Corporation in Corona, CA for ten years. Smurfit is the largest paper company in the United States and abroad. Prior to that, Mr. Wolff managed two California plants for Matthews International Corporation for ten years. Matthew’s has been in business for over 150 years (General Manager of Sales and Operations).
Born in New Jersey and raised in California, Mr. Wolff earned a business management degree from Riverside City College, joined the United States Marine Corps and served nine years.
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - jalbritton@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (951) 760-2873
Mr. Albritton brings to Paragon Airheater Technologies an accomplished sales career of over 20 years in the computer industry. He started his career working at NCR selling into the Banking, Savings and Loan Industry. Mr. Albritton then left to cover several IBM Territories in the manufacturing and distribution industries as an agent for Premier IBM Business Partners. Later, he joined a computer software manufacturer, Vision Solutions. While working at Vision Solutions, Mr. Albritton was a Regional Manager and one of the firm’s top sales people helping make the company a leader in the industry. While at Vision Mr. Albritton was instrumental in helping grow the company’s revenue sevenfold in five and a half years. As a direct result of this revenue growth, the owners of the company were successfully able to sell the firm for a multi-million dollar transaction. Born in Oklahoma on an Air Force Base, Mr. Albritton has grown-up and worked across the United States. He earned a B.B.A from Texas Christian University and an M.B.A. from Baylor University.
Location - Northern Kentucky | E-Mail - mdornoff@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (859) 380-9368
Mark Dornoff has over 15 years experience in the power generation field with an emphasis on business development, strategic planning and driving sales growth. His technical acumen combined with skillful presentations allows Mark to identify customer needs, provide solutions and become their trusted advisor. Prior to joining Paragon, Mark was a technical sales engineer for B & W and GE selling ESP, bag house and boiler cleaning products and services. Mark began his work in the power generation arena managing a staff and cultivating sales for Castell Interlocks, a niche supplier of key interlock systems. In addition to pollution control and boiler equipment, Mark has extensive experience with OSHA, ANSI, machine safety and industrial automation. Mark has received awards for exceeding sales targets and has a degree in Marketing from the University of Cincinnati. He currently resides in Northern Kentucky outside of Cincinnati, OH.
Engineering & Manufacturing
Location - Wellsville, NY | E-Mail - ggoetschius@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (716) 498-8685
Mr. Goetschius has 35 plus years of experience working on air preheaters; employed at ALSTOM, Air Preheater Company for 29 of those years. Gary has hands on experience in many different areas of the air preheater, from Special Projects Engineer, to Manager of Ljunstrom Design, and later to Mechanical Design and Manager of Field Engineering. – Heat Recovery Services. With his in-depth knowledge on design and field modifications and upgrades, Gary brings highly valued added service and consulting to Paragon.
Mr. Goetschius has written and presented multiple papers at the Ljungstrom International Technical Conferences and currently teaches Paragon’s Technical Training Seminars. He has been awarded four U.S. Patents, and had been a member of the ASME since 1974. Gary graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Degree in Engineering Technology and has continued his education in business and engineering at Alfred University, St Bonaventure, and University of Buffalo.
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - jguffre@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (951) 663-6934
Mr. Guffre has over 30 years experience in the power generation field with an emphasis on improving power plant efficiency, and the design and operation of pollution control equipment in power plants. His experience includes hands on operation, maintenance, and management of large coal fired power plants. Mr. Guffre has also ran several companies that have manufactured custom engineered products for the power industry, including Wahlco Power Products, a leading manufacturer of air heater baskets, seals, and replacement parts, and Bachmann Industries, the premier manufacturer of flow control equipment for power plants. He also was the Director of Power Plant efficiency for Control Components, Inc. This extensive knowledge of heat rate improvement calculation has allowed John to provided instrumental testing and validation of Paragon patented product line. Mr. Guffre’s work and studies have been published in multiple industry related magazines and trade journals, such as, but not limited to Power and Power Engineering. He has been instrumental in the design and testing of Paragon’s DuraShield ABS line of coating.
Mr. Guffre graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace engineering has also received specialized post graduate education at - Harvard Law School, University of Chicago, and University of Michigan. Mr. Guffre is a licensed professional engineer who oversees all new product research and development in the position of Chief Research Scientist at Paragon Airheater Technologies.
Location - Wellsville, NY | E-Mail - bmilligan@paragonairheater.com
Location - Wellsville, NY | E-Mail - cbailey@paragonairheater.com
Technical Services
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - ggoetschius@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (716) 498-8685
Mr. Goetschius has 35 plus years of experience working on air preheaters; employed at ALSTOM, Air Preheater Company for 29 of those years. Gary has hands on experience in many different areas of the air preheater, from Special Projects Engineer, to Manager of Ljunstrom Design, and later to Mechanical Design and Manager of Field Engineering. – Heat Recovery Services. With his in-depth knowledge on design and field modifications and upgrades, Gary brings highly valued added service and consulting to Paragon.
Mr. Goetschius has written and presented multiple papers at the Ljungstrom International Technical Conferences and currently teaches Paragon’s Technical Training Seminars. He has been awarded four U.S. Patents, and had been a member of the ASME since 1974. Gary graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Degree in Engineering Technology and has continued his education in business and engineering at Alfred University, St Bonaventure, and University of Buffalo.
Operations
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - kfairleigh@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (847) 483-4467
Mr. Fairleigh has over 30 years business experience, holding leadership positions with some of the world’s finest companies. His broad and diverse background includes start ups, turn arounds, and large global enterprises. Prior to joining Paragon, Mr. Fairleigh held executive positions at several companies including Danaher, GE, Schneider Electric and SPX. Mr. Fairleigh received an undergraduate degree in Economics from Duke University and a MBA from the University of Dallas, he has done further studies at Harvard University, Wharton School of Business, and Duke University Business School. Ken is also on the Board of Directors of Jigsaw Systems, a small distribution software company.
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - cpearson@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (951) 310-1492
Prior to joining Paragon Airheater Technologies, Mr. Pearson practiced law for six years with Callahan, McCune & Willis, P.C., one of the largest law firms in Orange County, California. There he specialized in Business Formation, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property and Insurance Defense. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Mr. Pearson attended University of Oklahoma and earned his B.S. and J.D. while serving eight years as a United States Marine. Additionally, he worked with his father to expand Guthrie Corporation into an international company.
Operations Support
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - pfrederickson@paragonairheater.com
Operations Support
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - crodriguez@paragonairheater.com
Finance
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - pdandridge@paragonairheater.com | Cell - (951) 277-8035
Location - Corona, CA | E-Mail - jnation@paragonairheater.com