Tigercat has announced that Waldir Kelcheski has joined the Tigercat product support team in the position of South America factory representative. Based in Tres Barras, Santa Catarina, Brazil Waldir will focus on providing after sale technical and commercial support to Tigercat’s growing customer base in South America.

In the position, Waldir will provide infield technical support to the Tigercat dealer network and assist Tigercat engineering with technical issues, product improvement and new product development.

Waldir has eighteen years experience working in the forestry industry in a technical support capacity. He has worked for such companies as John Deere Forestry, Latin Equipment do Brazil and most recently Waratah.

At Waratah, Waldir supported the marketing and sales department, performed new machine start-ups and provided technical support and operator training. Waldir is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish and is currently pursuing an MBA in Corporate Strategic Management.