aeSolutions Announces New Executive Leadership Appointments and Corporate Growth Structure
26 Junio 2024 - 9:35AM
Business Wire
C-Level Appointments and New Business Units
Will Enhance Company Client Services; Set Stage for Projected
Growth
aeSolutions, an applied engineering solutions development and
delivery company that assesses industrial process risk and
implements risk response plans through critical systems, today
announced multiple executive appointments and a new corporate
growth structure. Both the executive appointments and the new
structure are designed to drive client success and position the
company for growth in client services and offerings.
“At aeSolutions, the pursuit of client success in tandem with
employee development is foundational,” said Ken O’Malley, founder,
who is now stepping into the position of CEO. “It’s not enough just
to win business today; our long-term success must be built on that
foundation. We believe this so strongly that we recently
reorganized our corporate structure around our unique client
success model. We have an exciting vision of our future, and now we
have the leadership and structure to get us there.”
Key Personnel Appointments
Executive Appointments
- Ken O’Malley, Chief Executive Officer (CEO): O’Malley
started aeSolutions with two partners in 1998 and most recently
served as aeSolutions’ president. He has proven to be a leader
capable of transitioning from a startup with five employees to a
mid-sized consulting and engineering company that has locations in
multiple states executing critical projects for international,
Fortune 100 clients.
- Joel Read, Chief Financial Officer (CFO): As
aeSolutions’ first CFO and member of the Executive Leadership team,
Read leverages his strong history of elevating company performances
while navigating through periods of significant change. Read’s
previous roles include serving as the president of Executive
Interim Management, LLC and as Division CFO, Division Controller
and Global HQ Business Planner at IBM Global Services.
- Chris Neff, Chief Operating Officer (COO): Neff has more
than 25 years of experience developing and executing complex
projects to create value for customers in diverse industries
including refining, chemicals, onshore and offshore oil and gas,
LNG, syngas/methanol, utilities, infrastructure, power, metals,
mining, food, and pharmaceuticals. Throughout his career, Neff has
held many leadership positions, from serving as an instrumentation
and controls systems lead engineer for a large refinery to leading
an operation team of more than 600 staff for a global corporation.
Prior to being named COO, Neff served as aeSolutions’ senior vice
president of Project Development and Plant Protection Systems.
- David Ivester Chief Commercial Officer (CCO): Prior to
joining aeSolutions in January 2024, Ivester accumulated more than
30 years of experience in a variety of leadership positions in
sales and marketing in the process automation space. During his
previous tenure at Emerson, Ivester held a range of roles, from
sales representative to vice president of Global Accounts. In his
most recent role at Emerson, his responsibilities included leading
a billion-dollar revenue-generating team and managing capital
project investments. His most recent role at aeSolutions was as
senior vice president for Sales and Marketing.
Promotions
- Ken Whittle, Vice President of Solutions Development:
Whittle’s 30-plus years of leadership roles in environment, health,
safety, and sustainability (EHS&S)/operations comprise
experience with mechanical integrity, maintenance excellence,
mergers and acquisitions, and leadership coaching and mentoring.
Additionally, he held increasingly senior and complex roles at
corporate and business levels, at both large and small upstream and
downstream petrochemical facilities. Prior to his promotion to vice
president of Solutions Development, Whittle served as aeSolutions’
senior director of Process Safety.
New Business Units/Branches
To streamline and more tightly focus operations at aeSolutions,
the company consolidated multiple business units into two:
Solutions Development and Solutions Delivery, each overlaying four
organizational branches focused on our Sales and Service, our
People, Deployment, and our Projects.
“With these updates, aeSolutions has created a structure that
includes a C-suite to lead our forecasted rapid growth as we head
towards our 2027 vision with a strategic plan in mind,” added
O’Malley. “Our growth will create an abundance of opportunities for
our employees as well, propelling them to increasingly contribute
to the success of our clients. This new structure is a win-win-win
for our clients, our employees, and our company. Let’s Go!!”
About aeSolutions
In business since 1998, aeSolutions is an applied engineering
solutions development and delivery company that assesses industrial
process risk and implements risk response plans through critical
systems. They specialize in helping industrial clients achieve
their risk management and operational excellence goals. Their
expertise includes process safety, combustion control and
safeguarding, safety instrumented systems, control system design
and integration, alarm management, and related operations and
integrity management systems. For more information, visit
www.aesolutions.com.
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Kari Ritacco for aeSolutions Kari@redironpr.com