ALTUS - Key Persons


Andrea Hillger - CFO

Job Titles:
  • CFO

Anna Coventry-Arredondo

Job Titles:
  • Application Developer / IT / DBM
Anna is a graduate from Texas Tech with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design. She is responsible for building many of our computer programs that have improved our work flow process. She uses her background in graphic design to not only provide a user-friendly interface inside of her programs but also to provide materials for internal and external marketing.

Barbara Willems

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Brandon Hoback

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Brandon McGee

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician
Team Member Since 2017 Experience Brandon is a service technician out of our Altus store.

Brian Frerich - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Brian has been involved in irrigation since he was old enough to move pipe. The youngest of Hubert and Annettes' seven children, Brian started installing drip as a teenager with his dad. Upon high school graduation, Brian left to attend Texas A&M. Even during his college days, Brian spent holidays and summers installing drip irrigation. In 1993 Brian graduated with a degree in Agricultural System Management and returned home to help grow the family business. Today, Brian is Chairman of the Board, continuing Hubert's commitment to bring the best advances in irrigation and fertigation to our producer customers.

Casey Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician
Casey is our service technician in Altus. He hails from Quanah, Texas and has 3 years of experience in drip irrigation installation and service.

Chad Soles

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Craig Hoelscher - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Craig is a Texas A&M graduate with a degree in Ag System Management. He started out as an intern in the summer of 1999, which peaked his interest in Eco-Drip. He became a valuable team member directly after his graduation. He began in Abernathy, and then opened up the Levelland location. His next step was jumping north to Hastings, NE and opened a location there. After an almost three year stent, Craig came back to Texas moving into a key administrative role in managing the company. He has been a driving force in moving the company forward, contributing to our vision of where Eco-Drip is going.

Cy McGuire

Job Titles:
  • VP Designs / Consultant

David Frerich - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer
David is our CIO and one of Hubert's sons, as well. He began his career in the Appraisal business. Having the exposure to drip he decided to join the family business. Currently he ensures all of our Information systems are well maintained and operating correctly.

Holly Bryan

Job Titles:
  • SDI Consultant

John Arredondo

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician

Jose Balleza

Job Titles:
  • Warehouse Manager

Juan Gonazlez

Job Titles:
  • Service Technician

Kandis Veretto

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Kelly Harrison

Job Titles:
  • SDI Consultant

Kevin Micheletti

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager
Kevin Micheletti grew up south of Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Eco-Drip, he worked for DSI managing operations and finance from 2010- 2015. Kevin is the Business Manager for Eco-Drip.

Kristen Hillger

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Kristen started out working full time for six months in Garden City before switching to a part-time position for her move to Lubbock to complete her Business Degree at Texas Tech. After graduation she returned to Garden City where she has took on many administrative business duties for the company. She completed her Master's degree on-line at Texas A&M. Kristen has now returned to the Lubbock location and accepted the position of Operations Manager.

Lane Spivey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Branch Manager

Lori Dunaway

Job Titles:
  • Administration Manager
Lori has served in multiple capacities in the Levelland location. She has served as Warehouse manager, while performing a design tech's task, A/P task and A/R task. She also serves as our Subcontractor payment bookkeeper.

Lupe Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Warehouse Manager

Pat Marse

Job Titles:
  • Agronomy Manager
Pat has been instrumental in building our Fertilizer Department, along with helping to build other crop management technologies such as the crop link and soil moisture probes. He is an A&M graduate with a degree in Agriculture Systems Management.

Robin Frerich

Job Titles:
  • Human Resource Manager
Robin is our Human Resource manager. She has a degree in Economics from Texas A&M

Simon Swailes

Job Titles:
  • Warehouse Assistant

Taylor Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Branch Manager

Tim Mattson

Job Titles:
  • SDI Designer

Trey Hillger

Job Titles:
  • Regional Manager