Personnel

William R. Jones - CEO is Solar Atmospheres’ founder and owner, and a pioneer in our industry. A graduate of Penn State with a degree in electrical technology, Bill has more than 30 years of experience developing vacuum furnace and processing technology. He is an American Society of Materials (ASM) Fellow, and received the national Eisenman Award for applications of vacuum technology for outstanding contributions in industry in the practical application. He served as President of Abar Corp. for five years, and in 1978 founded the Vacuum Furnace Systems Corporation (VFS) to engineer and build vacuum furnaces. In 1983 he and his son, Roger, formed Solar Atmospheres to make use of the technology advancements of VFS.

Roger A. Jones - Corporate President has served as Corporate President for the past 16 years. He has been with Solar since its inception in 1983, then serving as founding Vice President. During Roger’s tenure in corporate leadership, the company has seen remarkable expansion that now includes more than 150 employees and more than 50 vacuum furnaces.

Roger has made significant professional contributions to the worlds of materials science and thermal processing, giving talks and publishing technical papers in Industrial Heating, Advanced Materials and Processes, and Heat Treating Progress. He has served in both ASM International and the ASM Philadelphia “Liberty Bell” Chapter in offices such as Philadelphia Chapter Chairman, Education Chair, Technology and Programming Chair, and currently as ASM/HTS International, Vice President. Roger’s numerous contributions to the Metal Treating Institute include holding the office of President in 2004-2005, serving a ten year term as the Technical Program Chair, as well as currently serving as a member of the Board of Trustees.

Roger has many times been recognized for his industry contributions, most recently receiving the 2011 Award of Merit and the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Metal Treating Institute (MTI). Other awards include the MTI 2009 Dedicated Service Award and 2002 President’s Award, as well as the ASM Society for Materials’ 2004 Distinguished Service Award, the 2001 William Hunt Eisenman Award, and the Delaware Valley Materials Person of the Year Award in 1998.

Roger is also heavily involved in serving his community and is a life member of Perkasie Fire Company #1. He has held various executive and line officer positions with the company and is currently an Engineer.

Contact Information
Email:  raj@solaratm.com
Phone: 800.347.3236 ext.201

Michael A. Moyer - Director of Sales, Souderton brings over 22 years of vacuum furnace heat treating and brazing experience to the Senior Sales position at Solar Atmospheres. Mike is a member of AMEC (Aerospace Metals and Engineering Committee), an SAE committee organized to provide oversight and resources to the AMS specification committees.  He is also a member of ASM International, Chairman of ASM Liberty Bell Chapter, and recipient of the 2002 Metallurgical Assistant’s award. Mike was Corporate Quality Manager from 1999-2011, where he led multiple Solar Atmospheres locations to accreditation in NADCAP (National Aerospace Defense Contractor’s Accreditation Program) for Heat Treating, Brazing, NDT, and certification to ISO 9001, ISO 9002, AS9000, & AS9100. Mike took on the role of Director of Sales for the Souderton facility in November of 2010.

Tim Steber - Regional Sales Manager has over 30 years experience in the metalworking industry. His career began as a Machinist, and after achieving a degree in Mechanical Technology, spent many years designing a broad array of machines from packaging equipment to vacuum furnaces. Tim has been involved in sales over the past ten years as a Sales Engineer for capital equipment, and now Regional Sales Manager for Solar Atmospheres. Tim is also an adjunct instructor at a local community college and Past Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of ASM International.

Contact Information
Email:  tms@solaratm.com
Phone: 800.347.3236 ext.216

Jamie Jones - General Manager of Operations Eastern PA has worked in various departments at Solar Atmospheres for the past 15 years.   He started out as a shipping assistant in 1994, and then moved to brazing technician a year later.  In 1999, Jamie was promoted to group leader.  Following that, he was promoted to Sales Engineer at Plant A in 2003.  Jamie was added to the management team in 2006, along with getting promoted to General Manager of Operations.  He is a member of ASM and MTI, and has taken a number of metallurgical and heat treating courses through the training program.  As General Manager, Jamie oversees day to day heat treating operations in Souderton, PA and is involved with customer service.

Contact Information
Email:  jamie@solaratm.com
Phone: 800.347.3236 ext.205

Gary Weller- Quality Manager Eastern PA has over 35 years of experience in the aerospace, petro-chemical, power generation and military markets and has spent 14 of those years in the quality field. Mr. Weller’s expertise lies in coating applications including corrosion and wear-resistant coatings, fluoropolymer linings and diffusion coatings.

Contact Information
Email:  garyw@solaratm.com
Phone: 800.347.3236 ext.225