Chart Industries, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
March 17, 2021 at 04:06 pm
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On March 16, 2021, Chart Industries, Inc. (the Company") appointed Scott W. Merkle, currently the Company's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, to the office of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Mr. Merkle is also the Company's Treasurer and previously served as Vice President, Business Services. Mr. Merkle joined the Company on March 27, 2017 as Director of Financial Services after serving as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Truck-Lite Co., LLC since September 2015. Mr. Merkle
spent fifteen years at Truck-Lite and held various executive positions in finance and information technologies including Director of International Finance and IT. Prior to joining Truck-Lite in May 2000, Mr. Merkle worked for the Carborundum Company, Monofrax Refractories Division for twelve years in various managerial accounting and finance roles. Mr. Merkle will succeed Jillian C. Evanko, the Company's current Chief Financial Officer, who will continue in her position as Chief Executive Officer and President. On March 16, 2021, Chart Industries, Inc. announced that Robin Catalano, the Company’s current Vice President and Corporate Controller, will succeed Mr. Merkle in the position of Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer effective immediately. Ms. Catalano has been in her position at the Company since October 2020 and previously served as Director, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting since January 2020. Prior to joining the Company in 2020, Ms. Catalano served as the Assistant Controller, Corporate Reporting at Avanos Medical from March 2019 to January 2020, and prior thereto held roles of increasing responsibility over an 11 year period at Rockwell Collins, with the most recent position being Director – Corporate Accounting.
Chart Industries, Inc. is engaged in designing, engineering, and manufacturing of process technologies and equipment for gas and liquid molecule handling for the Nexus of Clean-clean power, clean water, clean food, and clean industrials, regardless of molecule. Its segments include Cryo Tank Solutions, Heat Transfer Systems, Specialty Products, and Repair Service & Leasing. Its Cryo Tank Solutions segment supplies bulk, microbulk and mobile equipment used in the storage, distribution, vaporization, and application of industrial gases and certain hydrocarbons. Its Heat Transfer Systems segment supplies engineered equipment and systems used in the separation, liquefaction, and purification of hydrocarbon and industrial gases. Its Specialty Products segment supplies products used in specialty end-market applications, including hydrogen, liquid natural gas, biofuels, carbon capture, food and beverage, aerospace, lasers, cannabis and water treatment, among others.