CINCINNATI, May 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CECO
Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq: CECE), a leading global
environmental, energy, and fluid handling technology company,
announced that Valerie Gentile Sachs
and Dennis Sadlowski have been
elected to its Board of Directors following approval by
shareholders at its annual meeting yesterday.
Valerie Gentile Sachs was the
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of
NYSE-listed OM Group, Inc., a global developer and manufacturer of
magnetic technologies, battery technologies and engineered
specialty chemicals, from September
2005 through the completion of the sale of the company in
November 2015 to Apollo Global
Management. Ms. Sachs had executive responsibility for OM Group's
worldwide legal, internal audit and environment, health &
safety operations. Prior to joining OM Group, Ms. Sachs served as
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Jo-Ann
Stores, a US-based NYSE-listed retailer. Before that, she was
General Counsel of Marconi plc, a London-based, LSE and NASDAQ-listed global
communications and information technology company. Ms. Sachs earned
her bachelor's degree (B.L.S.—Chemistry), with honors, from
Bowling Green State University and her
Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve
University School of Law, where she was a member of Law
Review and a DeWitt Scholar.
Dennis Sadlowski was the Chief
Operating Officer of LSG Sky Chefs North America, a provider of
food and food-related services for transportation providers, from
April 2013 until March 2015. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr.
Sadlowski oversaw operations across over 40 locations in
North America and managed over
8,000 employees. Prior to that, from September 2011 until April
2012, Mr. Sadlowki served as the Chief Executive Officer of
International Battery, an early stage green tech company focused on
large format lithium ion batteries for the grid storage markets.
Mr. Sadlowski worked at Siemens from July
2000 to March 2010, serving as
President & Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Energy &
Automation, Inc., an operating subsidiary of the global
manufacturer Siemens AG, from July
2007 until October 2009. His
responsibilities included overseeing six operating divisions along
a combined sales organization, a number of wholly-owned
subsidiaries and over 12,000 employees. Mr. Sadlowski has also
previously worked at General Electric and Thomas & Betts. Mr.
Sadlowski serves on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of
Trojan Battery, a privately-held global leader in deep cycle
lead-acid batteries. Mr. Sadlowski earned a Bachelor's degree in
Chemical and Nuclear Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a
Master's Degree in Business Administration from Seattle University.
Arthur Cape, a director since
2005, has retired after 11 years of service.
CECO's Chairman Jason DeZwirek
concluded, "CECO recently embarked on a search for new board
members who would best complement, enhance and expand the Board's
capabilities. I am thrilled that we were able to attract such high
caliber candidates as Valerie and Dennis, who bring a wealth of
proven global business and executive leadership experience to the
company. We look forward to working with them as we continue
to execute on our long-term growth strategy."
ABOUT CECO ENVIRONMENTAL
CECO is a diversified global provider of leading engineered
technologies to the environmental, energy, and fluid handling and
filtration industrial segments, targeting specific niche-focused
end markets through an attractive asset-light business model,
strategically balanced across the world. CECO targets its $5
billion+ of installed base, specifically to expand and grow a
higher recurring revenue of aftermarket products and services.
CECO's well respected brands, technologies and solutions have been
evolving for well over 50 years to become leading-edge technologies
in specific niche global end markets, including natural gas turbine
power, refinery & petrochemical engineered cyclones and
mid-stream energy pipeline gas transmission. CECO is listed on
NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CECE." For more information, please
visit http://www.cecoenviro.com.
Contact:
Tracy Krumme
Vice President, Investor Relations
(800) 333-5475
tkrumme@cecoenviro.com
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