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aeSolutions announces new management appointments and company development structure

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Appointments in management positions and new business units will improve the company’s customer service; Set the stage of expected growth

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, June 26, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–aeSolutions, an applied engineering solutions company that assesses industrial process risk and implements risk response plans through critical systems, today announced executive appointments and a new company development structure. Both the leadership appointments and the new structure are designed to ensure customer success and position the company for growth in customer services and offerings.

“At aeSolutions, the pursuit of customer success coupled with employee development is core,” said Ken O’Malley, founder, who now takes over as CEO. “It’s not enough to just acquire customers today; our long-term success must be built on this foundation. We believe in this so strongly that we recently reorganized our corporate structure around our unique customer success model. We have an exciting vision for our future, and now we have the leadership and structure to achieve it.”

Nominations of key personnel

Executive nominations

  • Ken O’Malley, Chief Executive Officer (CEO): O’Malley founded aeSolutions with two partners in 1998 and most recently served as president of aeSolutions. He has proven to be a leader capable of transforming from a five-employee startup to a mid-sized consulting and engineering firm with multi-state locations delivering mission-critical projects for international Fortune 100 clients.

  • Joel Read, Chief Financial Officer (CFO): As aeSolutions’ first CFO and member of the leadership team, Read leverages his strong history of improving the company’s performance through periods of significant change. Read previously served as president of Executive Interim Management, LLC and as division chief financial officer, division controller and global headquarters business planner at IBM Global Services.

  • Chris Neff, Chief Operating Officer (COO): Neff has over 25 years of experience developing and executing complex projects to create value for clients in a variety of industries, including refining, chemicals, onshore and offshore oil and gas, LNG, syngas/methanol, utilities, infrastructure, energy, metals, mining, food and pharmaceuticals. Throughout his career, Neff has held numerous leadership positions, from chief measurement and control systems engineer at a large refinery to leading an operations team of over 600 employees at a global corporation. Prior to becoming COO, Neff served as senior vice president of project development and plant protection systems at aeSolutions.

  • David Ivester Chief Commercial Officer (CCO): Prior to joining aeSolutions in January 2024, Ivester accumulated over 30 years of experience in various sales and marketing leadership positions in the process automation space. During his previous tenure at Emerson, Ivester held positions ranging from sales representative to vice president of global accounts. In his most recent position at Emerson, his responsibilities included leading a team generating billions of dollars in revenue and managing investments in capital projects. His most recent role at aeSolutions was as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

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  • Ken Whittle, vice president of solution development: Whittle’s 30-plus years of Environmental, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHS&S)/Operations leadership include experience in mechanical integrity, maintenance excellence, mergers and acquisitions, and leadership coaching and mentoring. Additionally, he has held increasingly senior and increasingly complex roles at the corporate and business level in both large and small upstream and downstream petrochemical plants. Prior to his promotion to vice president of solutions development, Whittle served as senior director of process safety at aeSolutions.

New business units/divisions

To streamline and focus operations at aeSolutions, the company merged multiple business units into two: Solution Development and Solution Delivery, each with four organizational divisions focused on sales and service, our people, implementations and our projects.

“With these updates, aeSolutions has created a structure that includes the C-suite to drive our projected rapid growth as we move toward our 2027 vision with a strategic plan in mind,” O’Malley added. “Our growth will also create a wealth of opportunities for our employees, motivating them to increasingly contribute to our customers’ success. This new structure is beneficial for everyone: our customers, our employees and our company. Let’s get started!!”

About aeSolutions

Established in 1998, aeSolutions is an applied engineering solutions 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 security, instrumented safety systems, control system design and integration, alarm management, and related operations and integrity management systems. More information can be found at www.aesolutions.com.

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