Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling hires new COO, CFO

OWEGO, N.Y. — Upstate Shredding, LLC, and sister company Weitsman Recycling, has hired a new COO and CFO to help lead the firm’s operations.

The Owego–based business announced it has hired Jack Canty as COO and Timothy Rake as CFO.

The firm believes both Canty and Rake “will help position Upstate Shredding – Weitsman Recycling for additional growth and expansion in the latter half of 2018 and into 2019,” per a company news release.

Canty is filling a “newly created position,” Upstate Shredding tells BJNN.

Rake has replaced Tony Van Slyke in the CFO role, the company says. The announcement of Rake’s hiring comes about a year after the company had announced Van Slyke’s hiring in May 2017.

 

About Canty

As COO, Canty will be responsible for “all aspects” of the company’s operations at all 17 locations.

He will serve as a member of the corporate management team, “contributing to the development and implementation of organizational strategies, policies and practices to strengthen organizational excellence and ensure that industry standards are exceeded.” He will also be directly involved in the operation of all facilities “providing oversight and leadership, ensuring that the highest levels of ethical conduct and professional standards are maintained by all company personnel at all times,” Upstate Shredding said.

Canty has more than 25 years of “global” experience in both finance and operations, Upstate Shredding said. He most recently served as professional consultant with JC Jones & Associates, LLC, a business-consulting firm headquartered in Pittsford, near Rochester.

About Rake

As CFO, Rake will be responsible for the company’s administrative, financial, and risk-management operations. The work will include the development of a financial and operational strategy; metrics tied to that strategy; and the “ongoing development and monitoring” of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results.

Prior to joining Upstate Shredding, Rake served as tax manager for 12 years at Syracuse–based accounting firm Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, CPA, P.C. He also previously worked at PwC, or PricewaterhouseCoopers, a New York City–based accounting, audit and assurance, tax, and consulting firm.

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