TOMRIC SYSTEMS - Key Persons


Ben Ziller

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Chocolatier
If you've been a customer with Tomric for a while, you might already recognize Ben. After moving to Florida a few years ago with his family, Ben has returned to Buffalo…and Tomric. Ben is responsible for ensuring our customers are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully operate their Selmi equipment. If you have a culinary question, Ben is your go-to contact for assistance.

Bill Braungart

Job Titles:
  • Technical Sales Manager
As a Technical Sales Manager, Bill works with customers daily to develop individualized solutions for customers' chocolate making and packaging needs. Bill's in-depth knowledge of the equipment Tomric sells is a vital asset in helping our customers determine what solution is best for them.

Bill Szablewski

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Bill oversees all mold and package manufacturing operations. Every aspect - from sculpting, tool making, and manufacturing, to inventory management and shipping - all function as smoothly as possible thanks to his efforts, to ensure we deliver the highest quality product possible to our customers.

Chris Macie

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician
Chris is one of our technical service experts. His technical expertise not only includes equipment installation but troubleshooting and answering technical questions as well.

Eliot Kolbert

Job Titles:
  • Technical Service
Eliot is our technical service expert, and has attended numerous training sessions at Selmi's facility in Italy. He manages Selmi equipment shipping and installations for our large clients. His technical expertise not only includes equipment installation, but trouble shooting and answering technical questions.

Greg Alongi - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sales
As the Director of Sales at Tomric, Greg leads our sales team in our effort to provide the best experience to our customers as possible. Greg's ability to foster strong client relationships, coupled with his collaboration across departments, ensures everything at Tomric runs smoothly.

Jennine Taberski

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager
At Tomric, Jennine manages a team of project coordinators that support our sales team in developing and executing various projects for our customers. She and her team work directly with customers and with departments within tomric to ensure projects are completed in a timely fashion and to our customers' expectations.

Kyle Martin

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator
Kyle oversees most marketing functions at Tomric, including social media management, our newsletters, web development, blog posts, video production and more. If you message us on Facebook or Instagram, Kyle is probably the one responding to you.

Lois O'Neil

Job Titles:
  • Sales Coordinator
Lois has been with Tomric for several years, and is well known by many customers as the first person they spoke with when they called Tomric the first time. She manages online and phone orders, and is the main point of contact for customer questions.

Meredith McPhee

Job Titles:
  • Lead Chocolatier
Meredith is responsible for ensuring our clients are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully operate Selmi machines. She is a direct contact for any assistance needed and would be happy to help you either in person or virtually.

Michael Wilczewski

Job Titles:
  • Die & Design Supervisor
Mike overseas our tool and design area, where we design, sculpt, and develop chocolate molds and packaging. This is the first step in our in-house manufacturing process. His many years of tooling experience ranges the full gamut, from using manual milling machines to operating our state-of-the-art CNC equipment.

Stacey Brock

Job Titles:
  • Sales Equipment Manager
As the Sales Equipment Manager, Stacey is responsible for helping our customers grow their businesses by developing customized solutions utilizing Tomric's wide range of available products and services - from confectionery equipment to custom molds.

Tom Elsinghorst - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Tom is proud to continue his father's legacy, who founded Tomric in 1962. His decades of experience have made him a familiar and well respected individual in the confectionery industry. However, his greatest sense of fulfillment comes from the success that Tomric enjoys through the team efforts and hard work of the people he works with.