Mike Mills Mike (the President of Jamestown Distributors) started in the warehouse ten years ago when the business was still located in Jamestown. He slowly worked his way into the marketing department and then the call center, and now, finally, somehow they put him in charge! The products and the website are his passion, but he does have to do some managing and general administrative things, as well. He and his wife Nina have three little girls. He enjoys sailing, fishing, surfing and kitesurfing. Mike grew up sailing dinghies in high school and college. After college he raced 505s and A Class catamarans... until he discovered kiteboarding. During the winter you'll find him in the shop working on a beetlecat or taking his kids skiing.

	Barbara Smith Barbara joined Jamestown Distributors in February of 2004 as the Manager of Accounting and Human Resources. Barbara and her co-worker Linda Dallaire are responsible for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Recruiting, and Cookouts (the latter being the one they take most seriously). Barbara's previous experience includes managing groups responsible for software development, network installation and implementation, end-user support, and IT administration. Married with two teenage boys, Barbara enjoys cooking, gardening, reading and worrying what the two teenage boys are doing.

	Melanie Curley Melanie is the Manager of Sales and Customer Service. She started with Jamestown Distributors in January of 2005 as a call center sales associate, and was promoted to her current position in December of 2005. Keeping customers satisfied, resolving service issues and ensuring that the customer service team is well-trained and well-informed are her main responsibilities. She has previous experience in retail, manufacturing and distribution. When she is not at the office harassing the help, Melanie enjoys gardening and entertaining.

	Rui fernandes Rui is the Warehouse Manager and has worked for Jamestown Distributors for four and a half years. Prior to that, he worked in retail for seven years. At 28 years of age, Rui has nine years of management experience (he is an early bloomer!). Born in St Michael, Azores, he was raised in Fall River, MA, and is fluent in two languages - English and Portuguese (four if you want to count Gibberish and Pig Latin). Rui's first job at Jamestown Distributors consisted of boxing hundreds of fasteners into boxes of 100, and now he has been managing our warehouse since 2006 (a true success story). In addition to managing our inventory, Rui and his team ensure that all of our orders are picked, packed and shipped to our customers daily. When not here at Jamestown Distributors, Rui enjoys the Boston Red Sox, and has been a big fan since the early 90's. He is, of course, a member of Red Sox Nation. He also enjoys football and loves hockey, that's right, hockey still lives on in Rui's heart!

	Call Center We take a lot of pride in our customer service. The voice of Jamestown Distributors is an important part of the service that we provide. We know that our customer service is better than our competition and we also know that our Technical Support and our product knowledge is what really set us apart. If you need help with any of the products that we sell, please call our Technical Support line at 401-253-3840. The success of Jamestown is reliant upon the satisfaction of our customers, if you are not completely satisfied with anything that we have done, please call us at 800-497-0010 and we will make it right!

	Marketing Our Marketing team puts together the catalog and the website. Working with the Merchandising team to add all of the new products as well as developing an enormous amount of Technical information to help you. New product demonstration videos, How-to articles, Product reviews and content on boatbuilding.net are all being updated daily. Not to mention the JD Emails, that get sent every week to keep the customers "up to speed" on all these changes as well as offering hot exclusive deals on our best products. We work extremely hard to find the best new products at the best possible price. We devote hours testing and learning about the products that we sell in our in-house workshop. In the last year we have added thousands of new fasteners, paints, hardware, boating supplies and power tools to help you with your projects.

	Shipping We pride ourselves in being able to ship Internationally, down to the Caribbean and around the globe. Staying on top of all the rules for hazardous materials and customs regulations is what it takes to get your package to your door in the most efficient manner. We know that you don't have the time to deal with this, we want to make it easy for you and hassle free.

	Receiving Maintaining our inventory is critical to our success. We also know that communicating our inventory with you is important and that is why we display it on our website and talk to you about it when you call. We have invested a lot of money and time into our inventory control systems to make sure that we have the products that you need when you want them.

	Picking Our high-tech warehouse is fully bar-coded so that the picking team can process your order in hyper speed. Using handhelds the pickers are assigned a route through the warehouse where they scan the products for your order (and many others) while they place them into their cart. At the end of their route their carts are full with maybe a dozen complete orders all in individual totes and ready to be packed and shipped.

	Dana Berube Dana was a longtime customer of Jamestown Distributors dating back to 1979. His first project that brought him to Jamestown Distributors was a 1930 Model A Ford street rod. The car was an original, all-steel body, fenders and frame assembled from the proverbial basket-case. He purchased many spools of marine grade wire, terminals, battery cable and other electrical hardware from JD for this project. He also used thousands of stainless steel fasteners to provide a classy, chrome-like detail finish. JD brass escutcheon pins were used to reattach the original sheet metal to the replacement wood body kit. He joined the JD family in February of 2006. He is now a product manager in the JD Marketing Department. A native Rhode Islander, he enjoys sailing on Narragansett Bay with his wife and son. He is in the process of a complete refit of a classic Triton that was built by Pearson in Bristol, RI nearly five decades ago. An admitted power tool junkie, he can usually be found in the JD showroom drooling over the latest tools from Fein and Festool.

	Dan Gendreau Dan joined Jamestown Distributors in April 2005, and manages our web marketing efforts. His primary responsibility is to make sure that customers find Jamestown Distributors when searching the internet for the items we carry. Dan comes from a sailing family, and enjoys spending time aboard his father's Catalina 34. A self-admitted music snob and fan of obscure bands you will not like, Dan has played guitar in a number of Rhode Island bands. He also enjoys skiing, bicycling, kayaking, and is an avid vintage Porsche enthusiast.

	John Hunt John started at Jamestown Distributors in November, 2004 working in the warehouse. In February 2005 he became a sales associate in the Jamestown call center. In August 2006 John became a purchasing agent, a position which he holds today. John earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Paralegal Studies from Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI. He enjoys snorkeling, scratch-built model making, and writing about non-fiction events.

	Joe Drolet Jr. Joe started with Jamestown back in August of 2004. Most of his responsibilities fall in the Receiving Department. Working with all of the arriving inventory and making sure that it is correctly entered into our computer system on the loading dock is no easy task. Joe will also fill-in with the picking and the packing when needed. In total Joe has spent eight years in the Marine Industry. He is married and has five children. He enjoys playing cards and following the New England Teams.

	Packy Markham Growing up by the water on Long Island, Packy is no stranger to the boating lifestyle. With the Markham's being lifelong sailors, Packy is very knowledgeable in the marine and boating industry. With a background in communications from Roger Williams University, Packy began working in our marketing department in September 2009. When he's not launching new products, he enjoys sailing lacrosse, and golf.

	Skip Tabor I joined the JD team on a steamy day in August, 2004 when we were all working in an un-air-conditioned factory building that had been converted into offices & a warehouse. At the time there was very little in the way of any IT department. Since then we have grown the IT department considerably and designed & built this awesome website you're on right now. We've also moved the company to a new building implementing a new network infrastructure from the ground up. Today we are still working on the website, making it better, more usable & adding shiny new features. In my free time I enjoy playing with computers; taking them apart, putting them together, breaking 'em, fixing 'em, etc. I also love music & spend lots of time making beats using all kinds of tools, from software synths & sequencers to analog modulars & old circuit bent toys. I suppose the underlying theme here is that if there's electricity running through it, I'm probably into it.

	Brian Perry I came to Jamestown in August 2008 with a background in marine engine parts, steering and general boat supplies. I grew up on the water and have been around boats for many years. When I am not at work I enjoy spending time with my wife and children. In the winter you can find me on the ice fishing (we do fish between the cocktails) and in the summer on Narragansett bay fishing for "doormat" fluke.

	Ed Botelho Ed is our receiving manager and has been with Jamestown Distributors for 5 years. He is a graduate of U. Mass Dartmouth (way back in the day), more recently NEIT and comes with many years of retail experience. He oversees the receiving and putting away of incoming freight and boy does it ever come in. He also works with inventory control, making sure all phases of this operation run smoothly. Our goal is get the freight out to you, our customers right away and this begins with receiving freight accurately and efficiently, of which he and his partner Joe do a great job. Ed and his wife have 2 adult sons. His interests include sports, (long time Patriot's season ticket holder), travel, and he has for many years played his guitar in area churches.