Executive Officers

Ken Gaglione has been a Director of the Company and has also served as the Company’s Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2025. As Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ken is responsible for leading Hudson Technologies’ overall strategy, operations and long-term growth. He previously served as Vice President – Operations of the Company from September 2020 through December 2023.

Following his departure from the Company, Mr. Gaglione served as a consultant to a leading European private equity firm evaluating opportunities in the refrigerant and HVAC industry, and he also provided consulting services to Hudson Technologies. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles at Honeywell International, including Global Marketing Director for aftermarket refrigerants, along with senior business and marketing positions across the company’s Fluorine Products division. Before joining Honeywell, Mr. Gaglione held marketing and product leadership roles with Rohm and Haas’ Electronic Materials division and Ciba-Geigy’s Photopolymers division. Mr. Gaglione received a B.S. in Chemistry from the State University of New York and an MBA in Marketing from the University of California, Irvine.

Brian Bertaux has been Chief Financial Officer since August 2024. Mr. Bertaux is a seasoned finance executive with 20 years of experience at Trex, an NYSE-traded company that is the world’s largest manufacturer of high performance, low maintenance composite decking and railing.

At Trex he served in roles of increasing responsibility, from Senior Director, Finance and Strategy to interim President, Trex Commercial Products. More recently, Mr. Bertaux served as Vice President, Finance for vonDrehle Corporation, a provider of premium paper products, which was acquired by Marcal Paper in December 2022. He joins Hudson from Brown Haven Homes, a designer and builder of custom homes in the southeast, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Brian earned a B.S., Finance and Accounting from Frostburg State University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).

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. In 2023 Ms. Houghton was recognized as a Top Women in HVAC for her contribution to the HVAC industry.

Rob joined Hudson in January 2015 through an acquisition and brings more than 20 years of experience managing the supply of compressed industrial and specialty gases, refrigerants, cylinders, and related products. Rob was named an executive officer of the Company in 2026. Previously, Rob held the role of Vice President of the Military & Gases Division, responsible for the development, award, and successful execution of Department of Defense contracts—including a $500 million 10-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Firm Fixed Price supporting US Military and Federal Agencies worldwide. Under Rob’s leadership, Hudson has successfully filled more than 60,000 orders achieving a 99% on-time delivery rate and concurrently earning Exceptional ratings across all evaluation areas of the Contractor Performance Assessment Report.

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.