May 2021, Vol. 248, No. 5
Business
People in the News May 2021
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ROSEN (UK) has promoted Senior Corrosion Engineer Marguerite Forde to Integrity Solutions specialist and sales manager, focusing on the U.K. and Ireland. Forde brings a decade of experience and expertise in internal and external corrosion consultancy to her new role, along with knowledge of wider operator and service-provider asset care requirements. A founding member and the current chair of the Young Pipeline Professionals Europe, she has worked for ROSEN (previously MACAW Engineering) since 2011.
Logistics and materials management company ASCO has appointed Craig Revie as general manager of its Specialist Lifting Division, NSL. Revie previously served as UK Business Development and Energy Transition manager after joining ASCO in 2018 to lead initiatives in vessel monitoring, marine coordination and vessel sharing as head of Marine Services.
MOBILTEX, the Calgary-based provider of industrial internet of things (IIoT) hardware and software solutions for cathodic protection and pipeline integrity remote monitoring, has named Peter Harkins to the newly created position of director of Business Development. In his new role, Harkins will develop a regional strategy and support initiatives for client management and acquisition while working to broaden the company’s U.S. market presence. Before joining MOBILTEX, he spent more than 20 years with electronics manufacturer Tinker Rasor, most recently as general manager, supplying corrosion control instrumentation to expanding global markets.
Ameren Corporation has named Ajay Arora to the newly created position of chief renewable development officer. A 22-year company veteran, Arora has served as Ameren’s vice president of Power Operations and Energy Management since 2018, previously serving as vice president of Environmental Services and Generation Resource Planning. He has also directed the corporate planning, corporate development, market risk management and the corporate project oversight groups at Ameren.
Midland, Texas-based BCCK Holding Company, the parent company of BCCK Engineering, NG Resources and NGF Construction, has appointed Brian Petko as senior vice president of Engineering. He replaces Tony Canfield, who retired. Petko has more than 14 years of experience in designing, building and operating natural gas infrastructure for companies such as DCP Midstream and several, small, equity-backed midstream startups. He will be based in BCCK’s satellite engineering and sales office in The Woodlands, Texas
Sue Kristjansson has been named president of Berkshire Gas, replacing Franklyn Reynolds, who was appointed to oversee parent company Avangrid Networks’ companies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Kristjansson most recently served as president and CEO of the Oak Ridge (Tenn.) Utility District.
Duke Energy has promoted Jack Sullivan to vice president of Investor Relations, overseeing the company’s strategic communications with the financial community. He previously served as director of Corporate Finance and Investments and as assistant treasurer.
DEKOTEC GmbH announced that Pranav Purani joined the company to oversee sales in the regions of Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America from his base in California. A native of India, the English- and Hindi-speaking Purani holds two NACE certifications for corrosion and coatings and pipeline coatings, bringing decades of international experience in the sale of corrosion protection products. He previously held various sales and marketing positions for companies including A.W. Chesterton, Parson Adhesives and Berry Plastics (Seal For Life Industries).
National Fuel Gas Company announced that Ronald C. Kraemer, president of its pipeline and storage operations, has been named chief operating officer of National Fuel. He succeeds John R. Pustulka, who retired after 47 years with the company.
Motion Industries, a distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts and a provider of industrial technology solutions, has promoted James Howe to executive vice president – eCommerce, Sales Excellence, Strategic Pricing and Corporate Accounts, and Joe Limbaugh to executive vice president – Supply Chain, Operations Support, Marketing and Enterprise Excellence.
Howe joined Motion in 2002 and has held numerous field roles, including group executive for the West Group. Limbaugh began his career with Motion in 1983 in Bourbonnais, Ill., and has held a variety of field and corporate positions, most recently as senior vice president.
Pacific Gas & Electric has named Sumeet Singh as interim president and chief risk officer of the utility, replacing Michael Lewis, who retired. Singh will continue to serve as senior vice president and chief risk officer of the utility and its parent company, PG&E Corp.
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas announced the addition of Matt Brown to the CE sales team, with responsibility for assisting Hyundai dealers across the western region of the United States. Brown brings more than 11 years of varied territory sales experience, most recently working as a regional sales manager for another construction original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
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