aeSolutions announced multiple executive appointments and a new corporate growth structure on June 26. 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.
aeSolutions is an applied engineering solutions development and delivery company that assesses industrial process risk and implements risk response plans through critical systems. It’s a mid-sized firm with locations in multiple U.S. states that executes projects for international and Fortune 100 clients.
“The pursuit of client success in tandem with employee development is foundational at aeSolutions,” says Ken O’Malley, founder and now CEO, 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.”
These personnel appointments at aeSOlutions include:
- O’Malley as CEO, who started aeSolutions with two partners in 1998, and most recently served as its president.
- Joel Read as CFO, who was previously president of Executive Interim Management LLC, and division CFO, division controller and global HQ business planner at IBM Global Services.
- Chris Neff as COO, who was previously aeSolutions’ SVP of project development and plant protection systems.
- David Ivester as chief commercial officer (CCO), who was previously aeSolutions’ SVP for sales and marketing.
- Ken Whittle , VP of solutions development, who was previously aeSolutions’ senior director of process safety.
Likewise, to streamline and more tightly focus operations, aeSolutions has also consolidated multiple business units into two—Solutions Development and Solutions Delivery. Each of these overlay four organizational branches, namely sales and service, people, deployment and 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,” adds 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, employees and company.”
