RP ABRASIVES - Key Persons


Ashley Powell

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Ashley Powell: is the Operations Manager and QC Director. Her 10+ years of industrial and quality control experience has helped RPA Excel in the surface finishing industry reaching milestones never before achieved.

Debbie Beatty

Debbie Beatty: Her skills have been developed over the 30 plus years she has worked in the industrial metal finishing industry, has taught and trained a core group of employees. This group understands all aspects of mechanical surface finishing, and the need for quality, responsiveness, safety, and teamwork to meet its goals.

Tim Harris

Tim Harris: Our Vice President of Sales and Engineering came to RPA at the beginning of the telecommunications project. Working as the project manager he began to quickly learn the fundamentals of metal finishing. Tim would grow from there to understand all aspects of mechanical surface finishing. Joe, Tim, Ashley, and Debbie worked tirelessly to grow the customer base and to develop processes that could be applied to various parts from various customers. This strategy was developed early on by Joe and the small team so that what happened in 2003 would never happen again. RPA is proud to say that they still have many of their original customers who have come to depend on the expertise that RPA offers in deburring and mechanical surface finishing and many new customers that have also come to rely on RPA for their surface finishing and deburring needs.