Erik Hostvedt

Erik is a co-founder and the current  president of HPI.  Prior to forming HPI in 1977, he worked in sales in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of Drexel University, his degree is in Commerce and Engineering.

Craig Disston

Craig, along with being a sales engineer, is one of our distributor specialists. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Craig joined HPI in 1987. He is one of our sensor specialists and also handles HPI's training seminars.

Peter Zaremba

Peter, a marketing graduate from Cleveland State, has been in sales in a variety of capacities for over 12 years  before joining HPI in 1997. He concentrates on the New Jersey market, working primarily through distributors to OEM/systems integrators selling sensors and motion products.

Ray Tribendis

Ray, a marketing graduate of Bloomsburg University, has been in industrial sales over for 25 years and is a sensor specialist. Currently Ray is involved with new account development in the New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania territories.  He joined HPI in 2002.

Doug McIntosh

Doug joined us in 2004. With over 15 years of distribution experience selling motion and sensor products, Doug is one of our distributor specialists and concentrates on the Central Pennsylvania accounts. Doug has both a BS and a BA degree from West Virginia University.

Zane Kromish

Zane  has  joined  HPI  as a very seasoned and qualified sales engineer.  He is qualified as a  certified Fluid Pneumatic Power Specialist  with many years selling industrial products in our marketplace .  Zane has a BSME from Villanova University and an MS in Marketing and Management from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.  Zane comes to HPI from SMC Corporation of America.

Brian Dimm

Brian joined HPI in 2011.  He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Mechanical Engineering.  He worked for 4 years at URS Corporation designing nuclear power plants and control systems.  Brian also worked for Ball Corporation as an engineering intern.  He will focus on distributors and assisting in system sales.