Welcoming in more talent and bolstering its ranks with added experience, Pacific Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms welcomed Russell Lamplugh, Roberto Van de Wyngard and Alex Rotan to the team.
Lamplugh has rejoined the company as senior director, national operations–fruit division reporting to Dan Carapella, vice president of operations-fruit division/category director, treefruit. Russell has over 17 years' experience in fruit operations. In addition to his role in operations, Lamplugh will also oversee the East Coast QC Department. He is a Philadelphia native, married, with three kids. His spare time is spent supporting their many activities as well as supporting all the local professional teams. He will be based in Philadelphia.
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L-R: Russell Lamplugh, Roberto Van de Wyngard, Alex Rotan
Van de Wyngard will be transitioning to the new role of treefruit category manager. He will also report to Carapella. Van de Wyngard first joined Pacific Trellis Fruit in 2024 as the senior supply & inventory manager before transitioning to his previous role as the national director of quality control. With over 20 years of experience in the produce industry, he has extensive experience in grower relations, sourcing, quality, with a heavy emphasis on retail programs. Van de Wyngard will be based in New Jersey.
Rotan joins the company as import grape category manager. He has brought with him a wealth of experience over the past eight years in the grape category working for HMC Farms (a California grape and stone fruit grower/shipper) where he managed its import grape program as well as handling export sales for domestic tree fruit and grapes. Rotan will report to Josh Leichter, director of import grapes. He will be based in Los Angeles.
"We are excited to welcome these talented individuals to our team. They will positively impact our core strategies of providing first-class customer service and growing the Dulcinea brand, which targets high-quality, high-flavor that delight the consumer," said Eric Coty, EVP - fruit division.
For more information:
Howard Nager
Pacific Trellis Fruit
Tel: +1 (323) 895-3049
[email protected]
www.pacifictrellisfruit.com
