Meet Mike Santamaria

Title: Customer & Builder Relations

At BMLH Since: 2000

Responsibilities: Coordinating all customer and builder service issues, sales orders, delivery scheduling, TA scheduling

Background: Over 12 years customer service experience, began work at Beaver Mountain in the production department, worked next in the engineering department and has worked extensively with the sales department at home shows

Best Part of the Job: Meeting and working with our customers and builders, the challenge of finding a positive resolution to any customer or builder issue and never knowing what the next phone call will bring

Recreational Activities: Spending time with his wife and two boys, an owner of a local family restaurant (Farley's), coaching Deposit Youth Program (baseball, football & basketball), spending time with friends, fishing, golfing, motorcycle riding & BBQ'ing

Congratulations Joan & Ed!

Every year we recognize the important team members who have helped make our success possible.

This year we'd like to congratulate Joan Decker for being awarded Salesperson of the Year and Ed Worzel Jr. for being named Most Valuable Performer (MVP) for 2008. They have both gone above and beyond their everyday responsibilities and made Beaver Mountain Log & Cedar Homes a better company for it.

Congratulations Joan and Ed - we hope 2009 is a great year for us all!

Happy Holidays!

The holidays here at Beaver Mountain Log & Cedar homes are always busy! Besides the increased traffic we always see after Christmas, and lots of work to be done before the new year, there's also our annual holiday Christmas party.

This year we kept it low-key and held it at our office in Deposit, NY. Everyone enjoyed Brooks BBQ chicken and lots of chips, snacks and cookies. By the time the party was over, it truly felt like Christmas had arrived.



We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and we wish you all the best for 2009!

Meet Todd Parsons

Title: Engineering Manager
At BM Since: 1997

Background: Associates degree from SUNY Delhi, Bachelors degree from Binghamton University

Best part of the job: “being creative, problem solving, working with customers and builders”

Interests: any activities with his two kids, outdoors, fishing, golf, raising livestock

Meet James Valentine

Title: Technical Representative

At BM since: 1986

Background: AAS degree from SUNY Delhi, Vocational Certificate Carpentry from SUNY Delhi, 31 years residential construction experience, 29 years log construction experience

Best part of the job: working outside, traveling, meeting people, making new friends

Recreational activities: projects around the yard and house, golfing, hunting, fishing

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!

We will be closed from Saturday, December 22 to Tuesday, December 25 to celebrate the holidays. We'll reopen at 9:00am on Wednesday, December 26. Merry Christmas!

Company Christmas Party

Last Friday, December 7, company members and their guests gathered at The Silo Restaurant for Beaver Mountain's annual Christmas party.

After the wonderful seafood buffet dinner, Kellie and Kristie Clark led the popular gift exchange.

And Ken and Karen Clark were honored for their leadership and service to Beaver Mountain and its people for the last 25 years. Here's to many, many more!

Meet Joan Decker

Title: Sales Consultant

At BM since: 1993

Background: in sales and sales management for 26 years, construction background from being around family members of builders, electrical engineers and excavators since childhood.

Best part of the job: Meeting people, experiencing their excitement and enthusiasm about their prospective new home, and becoming a part of helping them design and organize the project.

Recreational activities: hiking on the farm, art (novice painter), gardening, cooking, hunting, reading

BM President featured in Business Journal

Ken Clark, owner and president of Beaver Mountain, was recently featured in the Greater Binghamton Business Journal's CEO Spotlight.

The article, entitled "Clark chisels out Beaver Mountain's future", begins:

"Kenneth Clark has building in his blood. Growing up with a fafther, Donald Clark, who owned his own building company, it was inevitable that Clark would wind up involved in the industry somehow. What was less predictable was how the family's business would transform from a traditional building company to Beaver Mountain Log Homes, Inc."

Click here to read the rest!

Meet Fred Hathaway

Title: Purchasing Manager, also assists in milling and kiln drying.
At BM since: 2000

Background: AAS in Wood Technology, BS & MS in Forest Management, 20+ years in Forest Products Industries, Sawmilling, Logging and MDF manufacturing.

Best part of the job: Learning more about all of the processes a tree goes through to become part of a beautiful log home.

Recreational activities: Deposit Free Library Board of Trustees, Woodworking, Fly Fishing, Hunting, Managing Forest Land, Reading

Winning on the field

James Valentine, our Field Technician, had an amazing round of golf - the best of his life, he said - at the recent Delaware County Amateur Golf Tournament and took first place his division! He is pictured below, second from left. Congratulations, Jim, on your big achievement on the green!

Meet Patti Smith

Title: Director of First Impressions
At BM Since: 1998

Background: Worked for an Insurance Company

Best part of the job: “Greeting people on their first visit here at Beaver Mountain, my co-workers, the atmosphere…it’s a real family-oriented business that trickles down to all who work here.”

Interests: Going for walks, reading Scripture, spending time with her family and new granddaughter, traveling to see her son play college football, having friends and family over for dinner, arts and crafts, photography, fellowshipping with the adults and youth of the church she attends and is involved with

Meet JoAnn Drumm

Title: Customer/Builder Relations
At BM since: 1996

Background: Department Manager & Office Manager for 16 years prior at local grocery store

Best part of the job: Working one on one with each customer, helping them work through any problems or concerns they have

Recreational activities: Flower gardening, drawing/painting, cooking/baking, walking, remodeling home with my husband, spending time with my children when they visit

Meet Rick Hamm

Title: Production Manager, Safety Coordinator
At BM Since: 2003

Background: Attended the Management Institute Program at Broome Community College along with completing a variety of business and technical courses; 26 years in production manufacturing: 11 years experience as a precision machinist, and 15 years experience in production management in two different industries, steel and log homes; experience in linear and cellular manufacturing, total cycle time reduction, quality control, problem-solving techniques and project management.

Best part of the job: “There are two things that really make me enjoy what I do. One is the satisfaction I get from seeing the highest quality manufactured log home completed and delivered on time. The second is inspiring and motivating employees at being the best both personally and professionally.”

Interests: the outdoors, camping, target shooting, paintball, watching his son playing high school football, summertime barbeques, computers, wood working, holidays enjoying family, and a good James Paterson book

Meet Chris Weyer

Title: Sales Manager

At BM Since: 1999

Background: BA degree from Binghamton University, secondary education, sales and sales management

Best part of the job: "I derive a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure in managing and coordinating a successful home building project. There is nothing better than helping someone take their vision of a dream home and then working together as a team to make it happen!"

Interests: Relaxing with his wife and two little boys, camping, fishing and hiking. He is also an avid sports fan/self proclaimed baseball fanatic who loves heading out to the ballpark to catch a game - a summer tradition he started with his father and now carries on with his sons.

Meet John Lanner

Title: Design Consultant
At BM since: 1996

Background: 2 years of high school board drafting, 2 years drafting at Broome Tioga BOCES with CAD, 3 years building homes with custom builder, 1 year working for plumbing and heating contractor

Best part of the job: "I love working directly with our customers to create their very own custom designed Beaver Mountain Log / Cedar Home"

Interests: Hunting, fishing, golf, hiking/backpacking and motorcycles