SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Roseburg has announced the appointments of Tony Hamill as chief operations officer and Vivek Karuppuswamy as senior vice president of human resources and labor.  

Joining Roseburg later this month, Hamill and Karuppuswamy bring a combined fifty years of operations and HR expertise to Roseburg’s leadership team as the company moves forward with its ambitious capital projects program and new product lines.  

“Tony and Vivek are proven leaders who complement an already amazing team focused on advancing operational, manufacturing, and sales priorities that will drive Roseburg’s next phase of growth,’’ said Roseburg president and CEO Stuart Gray. “We’re fortunate and pleased to have them as part of our organization during this exciting time.” Experienced leaders As COO, Hamill will coordinate strategy and execution among Roseburg’s manufacturing, sales and marketing, SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning), and engineering teams while enhancing skillsets across the organization that are key to supporting increasingly advanced manufacturing technologies. 

A registered professional engineer for more than 30 years, Hamill joins Roseburg from Louisiana Pacific where he served as vice president of operations, leading business operations across two Siding divisions totaling 12 production facilities and 1,800 employees. Prior to 2022, Hamill held leadership roles in engineering and was accountable for executing major strategic growth projects for LP, including plant and equipment modernizations. From 1996 to 2013, Hamill was an engineering and operations leader for Stantec, a global consulting engineering firm. 

"I'm very proud to be joining Roseburg, a customer-focused leader with a storied history and an outstanding future,'' Hamill said. "There's no place better to be in our industry. Innovative and driven to win, Roseburg grows the timber it uses to provide high-quality, sustainable wood products, which creates tremendous operational opportunities to provide new products faster and more reliably. Roseburg's leadership is committed to the company's continuing evolution, and it will be thrilling for me to be part of it."