The Central Gulf Coast offices, as well as the Project Management and Estimation teams, are undergoing slight restructuring to better serve our customers, continue to break down silos, and encourage technical excellence throughout our organization. 

Specifically, several new roles and positions are being created to facilitate these goals.  The new roles described below will function within existing positions as we work to develop each role further. 

Technical Manager (New Role) – Asa Ange (Engineering Supervisor in Lake Charles), William Sulzer (AE III in Baton Rouge) and Avram Neal (Regional Application Engineer in Salt Lake City ) will spearhead the Technical Manager Role to provide technical oversight to projects in their respective regions. They will be responsible for the overall technical solution and quality of projects with the ultimate goal of driving technical excellence and standardization throughout our projects. This role will work in conjunction with the existing Technical Lead role. 

Service Manager (New Role) – Patrick Tharp (Engineering Supervisor in Baton Rouge) will fulfill this role to continue to drive a more standard service offering for our customers. He will be responsible for helping to grow the local 24UP service agreements as well as streamlining internal processes for this Champion offering. 

Account Management (New Role) – Nitin Gupta (Project Manager in Baton Rouge) will lead a more focused customer management and delivery effort towards a select group of local customers to help drive more business as well continued project management for the respective clients. 

Operations Manager (New Position) – As our offices continue to grow, we are able to invest in new positions that set us up for future success. Matthew Brunet (Baton Rouge Operations Manager) will be responsible for supporting all operations activities in the Baton Rouge office under the direction of John Hargroder (Baton Rouge Automation Manager). Specifically, he will support John to implement and improve best practices, processes, and policies within the office.   

Estimation Supervisor (New Position) – Marcus Stroder, who has been an Estimator since 2014, has now moved into the Estimation Supervisor position as we expand the estimation team company wide. All estimators will report to Marcus as he will be responsible for planning and coordinating the estimation efforts of the team across the company.  

Engineering Supervisor – Daniel Kopcso (New Orleans) is now active in this position with the local personnel at the office directly reporting to him.  Daniel will fulfill the Engineering Supervisor job duties and continue to partner with sales to drive the local business. 

All position changes are currently in effect with the goal of 100% transition to job roles and responsibilities by the end of 2020.