Who is the RITE Team™?
Hydrite’s RITE Team is a group of experienced professionals tasked to enhance the technical support in the field to introduce innovative solutions that help address critical issues in the food industry.
The RITE Team consists of a network of individuals strong in microbiology, membranes, CIP performance, product selection, equipment, and troubleshooting. This collaborative team supports our customers and our field to provide technical training, program development, and adjacent technology.
Hydrite utilizes a systems-and-solutions approach to all our equipment technologies. A key offering to our customers to create operational efficiency is the delivery of chemicals to application points. The correct application of these chemicals is critical. Hydrite delivery systems are uniquely designed for each customer to ensure optimal performance.
Technical Expertise at Your Fingertips
- Real-time response to meet the needs of our customers
- Innovative solutions that help maximize efficiency and quality
- Technical service and support to meet product and training requirements
- Expert professionals with over 300 years of knowledge and experience
Food Safety Team +
In-House Microbiologist
Chemists + R&D Laboratory
Equipment Support Team
Maintaining a B.R.I.D.G.E
We provide comprehensive support of our chemistry and equipment technology through commercial connectivity to our customers as well as our own business development & field service personnel. Our B.R.I.D.G.E is maintained through a commitment to our company vision and mission statements, alignment to the FDA’s smarter food safety initiative, and a broad base of team member expertise and field experience.
- Balanced: Balance and prioritize projects, products, and services. Measure and monitor progress towards customer goals.
- Responsive: Responsive approach to equipment technology and their applications within many industries.
- Inventive: Inventive spirit for providing creative solutions to our customers.
- Dependable: Dependable and on-time availability, mindful of processing and personnel schedules.
- Genuine: Genuine professional behavior and prideful work completed while onsite.
- Expertise: Expertise runs deep and wide, with a combined 500+ years of experience.

Our Promise
Hydrite manufactures all of our chemistry and equipment with cost savings, regulatory compliance, and efficiency in mind. We want to create solutions for our customers, and it is vitally important that any industry dealing with the delivery of chemicals can ensure they reach their intended application points in a safe, sanitary, and systematic way.

Our Process
When a customer is interested in our chemistry and equipment systems, we will schedule an on-site audit of their facilities to locate where chemicals should be stored, where dosing systems should be installed, recommendations for dosing, measurement, and monitoring, and accuracy at the point of application.
Meet Hydrite's RITE Team
The Hydrite RITE Team has decades of field experience and industry expertise that makes them uniquely equipped to tackle your toughest chemical and technology challenges. They’ll address your application requirements with support every step of the way. Contact us to learn more +
Mitch Fay
Technical Director
25 Years
Joel Cook
SR. Technical Manager
39 Years
Brian Domino
SR. Technical Manager
38 Years
Steve Tienvieri
Sr. Lead Microbiologist
27 Years
Jacob Ashby
Microbiologist
12 Years
Carl Garcia
Membrane Technical Manager
36 Years
Glen Giersch
ATS Manager
32 Years
Kerry Schemmel
Corporate Technical Manager
44 Years
Terry Stout
Technical Manager
33 Years
Tim Schofield
Application Developer
6 Years
Bryan Schmidt
Application Technical Specialist
7 Years
Jamison Vanden Einde
Director of Commercial Technology
25 Years
Billy Hughes
Intervention & Equipment Technologist
19 Years
Gary Judnic
Field Technology Manager
31 Years
Doug Bassett
Sr. Field Technologist
21 Years
Ron Burnett
Field Project Technologist
30 Years
Brant McClure
Sr. Research Technologist
17 Years
Bob Froeba
Field Technologist
33 Years
Garrett Schoener
Field Technologist
36 Years
Tim Spath
Field Technologist
30 Years
Roy Mende
Service Specialist
16 Years