Jilliane Flint

DIRECTOR AFTER-MARKET CUSTOMER SERVICE, Corporate Headquarters

Jilliane Flint started with us in 2008 as a Production Supervisor in our Simi Valley, California manufacturing and sales facility. Later that year, she moved into a new role as Service & Quality Manager. With a background in engineering, she had always leaned towards problem-solving, so in June, 2014, she transitioned to a Continuous Improvement Manager position. With years of experience in customer service, quality, and continuous improvement she was able to continue to grow and was subsequently promoted to Director of After Market Service in January, 2016. When she isn’t working she enjoys spending time with her family of five. She also has a penchant for event planning on special occasions.

Jilliane says, “After several years in the plastic packaging industry, I wanted to work for an industry that would provide challenge as well as continued growth.  Milgard provided a unique opportunity to grow my career while enabling me to grow others under a positive and supportive value system.

“I love being able to look for new ways to enhance our customers' experience. Whether it is through new technology, systems, or team development, I get to focus on what is the most important part of our company: The customer.”

 

Erin Johnson

SENIOR SALES REPRESENTATIVE, Dallas, Texas

Erin Burwell started with us as an Inside Sales Representative in our Tacoma, Washington manufacturing and sales operation in 2012.  She was trained from the ground up about windows, doors and the manufacturing process by a team of 20-year industry veterans. After working in the Tacoma operation for five months, she moved to our Dallas, Texas start-up operation, where she was able to gain sales and service skills. In this new role she assisted our Outside Sales teams, warehouse, inventory, and drivers, on top of answering phones and managing incoming orders. Her experience grew as she began attending production meetings, budget meetings, and working closely across functional teams to get our expansion operation up and running. She was promoted to Inside Sales Supervisor after three years focused on hiring and training Inside Sales Representatives. She was also Sales team point of contact for new product and software launches. Erin’s words: “I had just graduated from college and wanted a full time position with a company that would allow me to grow --  and Milgard certainly has fulfilled these opportunities for me. My favorite thing about working at Milgard is the people. I work with an extraordinary team here in Texas and across the entire company. Transferring to Texas and managing the Inside Sales Department on my own forced me out of my comfort zone and I’ve grown tremendously as a result. I firmly believe in the value of people and so does Milgard!” 

Erin's most recent promotion within Milgard was to Outside Sales and she is now a Senior Sales Representative working closely with our Milgard Certified Dealers.

 

 

Amith Vangala

DIRECTOR, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT – Corporate Headquarters

Amith started with us as a Data/Business Intelligence Architect in 2010. Currently, he is the Director of Application Development. In this role, Amith over see’s all custom development and maintenance for enterprise business systems such as customer relationship manager (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer quoting software, business intelligence and middleware. Amith manages high performance teams that deliver quality software and services on tight deadlines. Outside of work, Amith loves playing cricket, spend time with family, staying current with technology and enjoying the beautiful Pacific Northwest summers.

Amith says: “I am excited to show up to work every day as I lead a competent team that produces innovative software solutions that produce tangible results for Milgard. My job gives me the opportunity to serve dual role for the organization as motivational leader and business systems architect. In my role I create value to the business by establishing best practices, leading internal team(s), managing partnerships with external vendors, and ensuring successful execution of all development projects and support requests."

 

 

Chris Beecher

GENERAL MANAGER

Chris joined us as an Associate Plant Manager in 2006. After leading our Portland, Oregon facility in winning numerous recognitions, including the 2012 Milgard Location of the Year, Chris was promoted to the Director of Operations in our Sacramento, California operation, where he oversees manufacturing, logistics, service, and delivery.

Chris says that his favorite thing about his job is the people. “They are fun, hard-working, and love to succeed. It is great to work with such a wonderful group.  I also enjoy and value being part of a company that believes in taking care of the customer and delivering a superior product - all while helping our employees grow in their own careers.”

Outside of work, Chris enjoys riding his bike, watching his family compete in sports and sightseeing in and around Portland with his wife.

 

 

 

Kathy Steiert

SENIOR SALES REPRESENTATIVE – Temecula, California

Kathy joined Milgard in 2007 as a Senior Sales Representative in our Temecula, California sales and manufacturing operation. During her tenure, she has worn many “hats” as she transitioned to a Location Marketing Representative and then an Architectural Representative. In 2014, given her successful track record in customer-focused roles, Kathy was asked to join the implementation team as leader, to implement a new customer-quoting and product management software. In this role, Kathy helped created a new, innovative quoting program called CTB Quote Plus that incorporated a Voice of the Customer component while streamlining our quoting process.

Kathy says she doesn’t have one favorite thing about working at Milgard – she has several! She loves our focus on customer service, on quality products, and our Full Lifetime Warranty. Kathy is proud of the products we offer and of the service we provide to our customers. Another favorite part of her job is working with her team. As Kathy says, “We are all committed to Milgard, to our customers, to providing the best products possible, and to each other. I feel extremely fortunate to be part of the Milgard team! “What I enjoy most is collaboration with our internal and external customers. Our team consults with our Dealers, Outside Salespeople and Inside Salespeople to incorporate the “Voice of the Customer” into our new quoting program. Our goal is to ensure we build a product that users want and we do!”