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Mr. Brian Groody, President & CEO, Spitzer Industries
Brian Groody started his career in the energy industry in 1996 as a wireline field engineer for Schlumberger working in Midland, Texas. After three years in the field, he served in multiple line management and technical support positions in Texas and Louisiana before moving abroad in 2002. Brian served in a number of roles with increasing levels of responsibility, first as region operations manager in Venezuela and then onward to West Africa Region based in Angola during the period of 2002-2007.
From 2007-2009, Brian was based in Paris as the Vice President of HSE for Europe, Africa, and the Caspian. While in Paris, Brian served as one of the founding members of the Paris Chapter of OSAC, the Overseas Security Advisory Committee. OSAC is a US State Department outreach program which is designed to support US affiliated companies working abroad in complex geopolitical environments.
In his last role overseas, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for all the Schlumberger businesses in offshore Russia and the Caspian Region, based in Atyrau, Kazakhstan and then later in Moscow. Upon return to the US, Brian assumed role of Vice President of Operations for Wireline Business Segment in the US Lower 48 and Western Canada markets.
In 2013, Brian joined Spitzer Industries in the role of President, supporting the overall day to day direction of the company business. Spitzer Industries is a custom fabrication company which supports the energy infrastructure construction business. Effective January 1, 2014, Brian was nominated by the Board of Directors to assume the role of CEO.
Brian is a 1996 graduate of Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in Geology and a minor certificate in Environmental Studies. While at Princeton, Brian earned three letters in Football and was an All-Ivy (2nd) Selection during the Tiger’s 1995 Championship Season. Groody was also co-winner of the Ron Rogerson Award, awarded annually to the senior player whose spirit and love of the game served as inspiration to his fellow players. Brian currently resides in Houston with his wife, Corissa, and three children.
About Spitzer Industries
Spitzer Industries, Inc. engages in the custom fabrication of specialized equipment and systems, pressure vessels, and other weldments. The company builds products for the upstream, midstream, and downstream energy industry. Spitzer Industries was founded by Cullen Spitzer in 1996. In 2007 & 2008 respectively, Spitzer acquired Curtis Kelley and Orizon Industries to diversify its product offering. Today, Spitzer Industries offers a wide array of order-engineered products including structural steel, modular process systems, AMSE pressure vessels, compression packaging, and large process vessels for the refining and petrochemical industries. Spitzer Industries is a recognized leader in the Unites States for the fabrication of high-specification hardware to meet the demands & rigors of the subsea production hardware market. Infrastructure includes a 77 acre footprint, and waterfront access to the Houston Ship Channel. Through its internal capabilities and capital partnership with the Little Rock-based Stephens Group, Spitzer Industries is well-positioned to continue its growth in the domestic and international energy construction markets.
Mr. Dilip Choudhuri, President & CEO, Walter P Moore
Dilip Choudhuri is the President & CEO of Walter P Moore. Mr. Choudhuri has been a board member at the firm since 2011. His areas of interest and focus are overall business strategy, leadership alignment and coaching for senior leadership.
Prior to taking on the CEO role he led the Diagnostics Group of Walter P Moore which was one of the fastest growing group of the firm. The Diagnostics group of Walter P Moore serves clients in four distinct practice areas of Building Enclosure, Parking Restoration, Restoration & Renovation and Forensic Analysis.
Mr. Choudhuri has a Masters in Engineering Management and a Master of Science in Structural Engineering from the University of New York Buffalo. He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas and California. Mr. Choudhuri is also a graduate of the ACEC’s Senior Executives Institute.
About Walter P Moore
Walter P Moore is an international company of engineers, innovators, and creative people who solve some of the world’s most complex structural, diagnostics and infrastructure challenges. Providing structural, diagnostics, civil, traffic, transportation, and parking engineering services, we engineer solutions that are cost- and resource-efficient, forward-thinking, and help support and shape our communities. Founded in 1931, we are headquartered in Houston, Texas and have more than 500 professionals working across 13 U.S. offices and 5 international locations.
Mr. Chris Johnson, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Athlon Solutions
Chris Johnson is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Athlon Solutions, a provider of specialty chemicals serving the refining, petrochemical, and power industries.
From 1995 to 2013, Chris worked in various financial roles for Champion Technologies, a global provider of specialty chemicals for the oil and gas industry. Chris started at Champion Technologies in 1995 as a financial analyst and held positions of Controller and Treasurer prior to becoming CFO in 2001. Champion Technologies grew from revenues of $120MM and headcount of 620 to revenues of $1.5B and headcount of 3,200 during his tenure with the company. In 2013, Champion Technologies was sold to the Nalco Energy Services division of Ecolab. As part of that sale, the refinery process and industrial water treating divisions of Champion Technologies were spun out to create Athlon Solutions.
Chris earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University in 1990. From 1990 to 1993, Chris was an engineer for Fluor Corporation, where he worked on the design of petrochemical plants and oil refineries. Chris earned his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin in 1995.
About Athlon Solutions
Athlon Solutions is a specialty chemical company providing water treatment, refinery process aids, and finished fuel additives to the refining, petrochemical, and power industries. The company was created by the spin-off of the refinery process and industrial water treating divisions of Champion Technologies when that company was sold to the Nalco Energy Services division of Ecolab in early 2013. Athlon Solutions delivers quality local service, corporate technical support, R&D innovation, and effective reporting and communication to its customers. With a 50 year history in treating process fouling, corrosion control, and desalting, Athlon Solutions offers an experienced approach to addressing refinery challenges and industrial water treatment. The company’s approach includes mechanical, operational, and chemical solutions with dedicated on-site engineering and service professionals that ensure delivery of value and maintaining its customers’ critical process and water systems. The company’s presence extends beyond the US to Canada, Mexico, and parts of Europe and Asia Pacific. The company has two primary manufacturing facilities, which are located in Pasadena, Texas, and Geismar, Louisiana. The company’s research and product development laboratory is located in Fresno, Texas.
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