WEC Welding and Machining

Jimmy Morgan is President of Westinghouse Electric Company’s subsidiary WEC Welding and Machining LLC (WWM), a privately held, industry leader of welding and machining services based in Lake Bluff, Ill.

Since joining the company in 2006, Morgan has succeeded in leading WEC to achieving record revenue and growth and it’s most profitable year in recent history. Under his watch, WWM acquired Carolina Energy Solutions (CES), the foremost supplier of welding and machining services, thus creating a company that has become a leading provider of services, supplies and expert knowledge to the energy industries nationwide. Additional highlights of his tenure include the initiation of significant changes in the strategic direction of WEC and the implementation of a company-wide program to recruit, train and build the field welding workforce of tomorrow. Using his more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry, Morgan leads Westinghouse, a division of Toshiba Corporation, into an energy renaissance and building of new facilities throughout the world.

Previous to this role, Morgan held the position as Managing Director, North America, AREVA T&D, a division of AREVA and the third largest T&D provider worldwide where he was in charge of EPC for turn-key substations in the United States and countries around the world. He joined Westinghouse in 2006.

Morgan attended University of South Carolina, graduated with a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering and went on to complete M&A and MBA coursework at Darden School of Business. Morgan began his career 20 years ago in the energy industry as a System Engineer at a nuclear power plant.

Morgan, his wife, and two children currently reside in Charlotte, NC.

Tim Denmeade, General Manager of Aggressive Equipment®, is a motivated leader and manager with extensive experience in marketing, sales, business development, and general management duties. He has more than 21 years of experience in large and small technology businesses, along with strong communication and problem solving skills with a technology orientation. He’s currently the General Manager with P&L responsibility.

Located in Rock Hill, S.C., Denmeade is responsible for company manufactures and portable field machining equipment primarily for the Power, Petrochemical and Offshore markets under the brand name Aggressive Equipment®. He launched equipment rental distribution offices in Louisiana, Texas, and California during the past 18 months, and manages a distributed work force of approximately 24 staff members.

Charlie Ginn has 30 years of experience in Nuclear Plant Maintenance and Project Management, Work Flow Analysis, Quality Systems, Process Development, Equipment Maintenance and Modifications. During his 10 year career with WEC Welding and Machining LLC (WWM), Charlie Ginn has supported the integration of SAP at WEC Welding and Machining, development of the planning processes and global interfaces for SAP. During the past four years Charlie has been in the role of Project Manager supporting the project management organization in the enhancement and development of processes at WWM along with managing multi-level projects. The most recent role was the project management of the very successful Tomari SERP Project, which was the largest ever performed by WEC Welding and Machining.

Ginn was recently appointed as a member of the Leadership Team as the Root Cause and Process Development Lead to provide support and direction for process improvements and integration within the WWM business units. He recently completed Customer 1^st Green Belt training and is working towards his Green Belt certification.

Bruce Hinton, General Manager of Strategic Growth and Business Development for WEC Welding and Machining, LLC. (WWM), has more than 38 years of experience in engineering, general management and business development within the nuclear power industry. During his career, Hinton has been responsible for the engineering and management of multi-million dollar power plant improvement projects, design and analysis of power plant components, and engineering services involving Commercial LWR’s, Liquid Metal FBR’s and military reactors. Hinton has his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Louisville’s Speed Scientific School. He has authored numerous technical papers and been an invited presenter at several United States Department of Energy seminars around the world on technology and strategies for advancing nuclear energy.

In his current role, Hinton is responsible for developing and managing the 5-year strategic growth plans for the company and its three subsidiaries. This includes developing specific strategies for nuclear services in Europe and Asia and for strategies to prepare the company for new nuclear construction. In addition, Mr. Hinton is responsible for the management of the commercialization of several new technologies in the welding service area, representing an investment of over $10M. Bruce’s role within the Leadership Team is work across the various business units and supporting departments to ensure business plans and strategies are clear, achievable, consistent and aligned with the overall WWM objectives and strategies.

Paul Kreitman, General Manager of Engineering for WEC Welding and Machining, LLC (WWM), has more than 30 years of experience in the development of specialized tooling for unique industrial applications. These include repair, maintenance and decommissioning operations at nuclear and fossil power plants, refineries, petrochemical plants and research laboratories around the world. He has expertise in traditional and non-traditional machining systems, automatic welding equipment, robotics, underwater applications, hazardous materials handling, laser and optical metrology and CAD/CAM applications. Kreitman received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University and his MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.

As a member of WWM’S Leadership Team, Kreitman assists in formulating and administering organizational policies and developing strategic goals and objectives for the company. As a technical leader, he is responsible for innovation and technical oversight for major projects and product lines and managing WWM’s 25 person engineering staff.

Bruce Newton, General Manager of Welding Technology and Programs, works for WEC Welding and Machining LLC (WWM) in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He manages the development of welding technologies, as well as the Welding Engineering and Quality Assurance Groups. Newton has been involved in Power Plant construction and maintenance since he graduated from LeTourneau College in 1978. After working as a Welding Engineer during plant construction at Farley and Wolf Creek Nuclear Plants, Newton worked for 13 years as the Welding/Section XI Engineer at the Callaway station then worked for six years as the VP of Welding Engineering at WSI before joining PCI in 2004. He has been an active participant in ASME Section XI Code development since 1988.

In his current role and as a member of the leadership team, Newton is responsible for Identifying, designing, developing, and delivering welding technologies and welding solutions to the nuclear and fossil industries. He also provides technical leadership, and coordinates technology development with company, industry, regulatory, and international organizations and authorities. Newton’s also responsible for research development testing and delivery of technologies directly related to weld productivity and weld quality.

Mike Okolita, Director of WEC Equipment and Machining Solutions (WEMS), has almost two decades of nuclear experience under his belt and has been with Westinghouse since 1993. He was appointed to his current role in April, and his responsibilities include Field Machining, Equipment and Metrology business development, Equipment maintenance, upgrades, modification and field deployment, Manufacturing, Planning and Scheduling and Field Machining Services. He previously served as President, as well as Director of Operations, for PCI Energy Services. Okolita’s a Certified Customer 1^st leader, and recipient of the George Westinghouse Signature Award, Human Performance Lead, Manager of Thermal Operations, Director of Operations, Electronics Technician and Manager of Electronics Operations. Throughout his time with the company, he has played a key role in Operations, Project Management, and Business Development.

Okolita attended Concordia University Wisconsin, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Additionally, he is a certified Customer 1^st Leader.

John Qualizza, President of PCI Energy Services, was appointed to his current position in April 2009 and is responsible for all of PCI’s specialized welding projects and associated Project Management. Examples include products such as Steam Generator Replacement, Structural Weld Overlays, Spent Fuel Canister Welding and Major Component Replacement. Qualizza is a Wave 14 certified Six Sigma Customer 1^st Leader with 24 years of Westinghouse experience. He has a breadth of experience in Field Services, Outage Management and Outage Optimization, and has extensive background in construction and management of craft tradesman.

Qualizza began his career in Field Services in the Outage Management organization. During his tenure, he has also held positions as Resident Site Manager and Vice President of Projects at PCI. In January 2005 he led the integration of PaR Nuclear into the Westinghouse Field Services business segment, and later served as Vice President, Projects, at PaR Nuclear. Qualizza holds a bachelor’s degree in Construction Engineering from Purdue University.

Tom Shaffer, Manager of Human Resources, is responsible for PCI Energy Services, WEC Equipment and Machining Solutions (WEMS) and the support organizations of WEC Welding and Machining (WWM). Shaffer is located in our Lake Bluff, Illinois facility, and began his position in March 2009. Shaffer has since then been the lead for all HR initiatives, including participating and recommending strategies for management in the development and implementation of innovative HR practices.

Shaffer is responsible for advising the Leadership Team on HR initiatives, developing HR strategy for the business and counseling and coaching managers and employees in regard to HR sensitive situations. Prior to joining WWM Shaffer was a major contributor to the growth of the Nuclear Power Plant business unit of Westinghouse, specifically in the areas of Organizational Design and Structure and Staffing. Since June of 2006 he helped grow the organization from roughly 300 employees to 1,300 employees currently.

Shaffer has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Thiel College and has held Human Resources management positions for multiple organizations. He’s also working toward his Customer 1^st Green Belt Certification. Shaffer has 11 years of HR experience, and three years of Nuclear experience.