Grill Company recteq Appoints First CEO

Since it’s founding in 2009 by Ray Carnes and Ron Cundy, recteq has been a founder led company. It has seen expansion and changes in recent years, likely influenced by the investment made in 2021 from Norwest Equity Partners (NEP). Now the founders are stepping aside from day-to -day leadership with the appointment of recteq’s first CEO, Ralph Santana.

The recteq culture encompasses our commitment to the recteq lifestyle, our family of employees, our customers’ experience, our breadth of products, and our relationships with our vendors and communities. All of this will continue to work together to be our secret sauce. We’ve been fortunate to experience strong industry tailwinds which have led to continued growth, and we brought Ralph on board to help us expand our business and culture more broadly.