Executive Officers

 

Brian Coleman
Brian Coleman
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Brian Coleman has been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since June 2020. Prior to that he was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from August, 2001 to May 2020 and served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May 1997 until December 2002. From June 1987 to May 1997, Mr. Coleman was employed by, and from July 1995 to May 1997, was a partner with BDO Seidman, LLP, the Company’s independent auditors.

 

Nat Krishnamurti
Nat Krishnamurti
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Nat Krishnamurti joined the Company in September 2016 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Krishnamurti has over two decades of experience in accounting, finance and operations in various industries within the public and private sectors, including PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he specialized in consumer and industrial products clients, and inVentiv Heath, Inc., a publicly-traded healthcare services company, where he spent 11 years holding positions of increased responsibility, including Chief Accounting Officer. Subsequently, Mr. Krishnamurti also served as Chief Financial Officer of two smaller, publicly traded companies, Applied Minerals, Inc. and most recently at Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.

 

Kate Houghton
Kate Houghton
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Kate Houghton has been a Director of the Company since October 2023. Ms. Houghton joined Hudson Technologies in 2014 as Director of Marketing, was appointed to her current role as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2023 and was named an executive officer of the Company in 2020. Ms. Houghton has over 30 years of experience within industrial manufacturing companies. Her previous roles include 16 years with Kidde-Fenwal/United Technologies, with experience as Director of Marketing – Global Suppression, Vice President of Marketing at C&M Corporation and Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Safety Hi-Tech USA. Ms. Houghton holds an MBA from Boston University as well as a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) from Monash University in Australia.

 

Kevin Zugibe
Kevin J. Zugibe, P.E.
Founder

Kevin J. Zugibe, P.E. was the founder of Hudson Technologies, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from inception in 1991 to 2020.

View our tribute to Kevin and details for donations in his name here.