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Combined, AEREON’s leadership team has more than 200 years of industry experience and is dedicated to a customer-first approach that helps our clients understand the changing oil and gas environment.
Saeid Rahimian is the CEO of Aereon, and is a member of our Board of Directors. Saeid is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of the company’s growth initiatives and its profitability as a premier provider of innovative emission control solutions, and services to the oil and gas industry world-wide. Prior to joining Aereon, Rahimian served as President and CEO of Gardner Denver Energy Group, a portfolio company of KKR & Co. where he oversaw a group comprised of four companies with $1.1 billion in revenue and 1800 employees, offering leading technologies in hydraulic fracturing and drilling pumps, loading systems, flare gas and vapor recovery systems. Before Joining Gardner Denver, Saeid spent thirty years at Robbins and Myers, Inc. (acquired by National Oilwell Varco in March 2013) in various leadership roles, including President of Energy Group and Corporate Senior VP. Rahimian earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Evansville, a Master’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Saeid is the past Chairman of the Petroleum Equipment and Services Association.
Romer Bracho serves as Chief Operating Officer for AEREON. Focusing his efforts on creating a leaner organization, continuous improvements, and achieving flawless project execution. Romer brings his experience from previous companies such as PDVSA, Schlumberger, Halliburton and Tejas Completion Solutions. In each of these organizations he had progressively more responsibilities in the areas of quality assurance, sales and field operations, new product development, manufacturing/supply chain and management. Romer began his career in Venezuela with PDVSA (National Oil Company) in 1990 where he joined as mechanical design engineer.
Romer received a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Universidad del Zulia in Venezuela and Masters of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston.
Ben Smith serves as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for AEREON, overseeing the financial and strategic business development activities of the company. With more than 15 years of experience in energy finance, Smith joined AEREON in 2012. Prior to that, Ben served as a Director for Denham Capital, and was responsible for sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing private equity investments in the oil, gas and mining sectors. He began his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in the energy investment banking group and has also worked in operating, investment and business development roles at El Paso Corporation and K2 Energy Partners.
Ben earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Princeton.
Scott Thompson serves as Vice President, Human Resources for AEREON and is responsible for overseeing all HR functions globally. Scott brings experience in the HR role with companies such as Independence Contract Drilling, Noble Energy, NATCO Group and Schlumberger. Additionally, he has experience in general management and operations at Carbo Ceramics and Schlumberger.
Scott received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from New Mexico State University.
Mark Zyskowski serves as Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for AEREON. Since beginning his career in 1983, Mark has more than 30 years of experience in sales and sales management with companies servicing the O&G markets. Prior to joining AEREON, Mark developed a solid understanding of the global process industries and sales management through serving as Executive Vice President for Honeywell Process Solutions and in various senior sales leadership roles at both Aspen Technology and Baker Hughes.
Mark received his Bachelor of Applied Science in chemical engineering from the University of Toronto.
Ihab Al-Bierouti serves as Vice President of International Sales, Eastern Hemisphere for AEREON. He leads the company’s activities in the Middle East, Asia, Northern Africa and CIS region, including management of offices and distributors in these areas. Since joining AEREON in 1998, Al-Bierouti has gained extensive international experience in sales and business development in this region. Previously, he served in an engineering and sales capacity for several years in the oil and gas industries.
Ihab received his undergraduate degree and his Masters of Chemical Engineering from Jordan University of Science & Technology.
Kevin Book currently serves as VP - US Upstream Sales and Services for Aereon. Kevin has over 17 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with more than 10 of those in executive leadership positions. Prior to Aereon, Kevin held executive roles with CSI Compressco LP, a world leader in natural gas compression, where he founded the Canadian division before expanding the company's global footprint to numerous international markets. Prior to joining Compressco, Kevin worked as a Production Engineer for Conoco Philips.
Kevin holds a BSc - Mathematics degree with Distinction from the University of Alberta, and a BSc - Petroleum Engineering degree with Special Distinction from the University of Oklahoma.
Francesco serves as Managing Director of AEREON Europe and is responsible for managing our Operations Centre in Milan, Italy which includes Engineering, Sales and Service capabilities. This Operations Centre supports the European, African and Middle East markets for all product lines. Francesco joined Aereon/Jordan Technologies in 2005 as an engineer and then became the Managing Director of the European Operations Centre in 2010.
Francesco completed his Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pisa, Italy.
Michael currently serves as Managing Director - Australasia and is responsible for managing our Operations Centre in Melbourne, Australia which includes Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales and Service capabilities. Prior to joining AEREON, Michael successfully owned and operated his own engineering and manufacturing company where he developed a solid understanding of selling and building capital equipment throughout Australasia.
Michael received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Honours from the Monash University.
Mark Thatcher serves as Vice President, Combustion Technology for AEREON, overseeing and managing the Flare and thermal oxidizer product lines. Mark has more than 20 years of industry experience in project management, technical design, sales, marketing and business development. Prior to joining AEREON, Mark worked at John Zink and at Koch Industries – both involving heaters and flare technology.
Mark received a dual degree in mechanical engineering and business administration from the University of Kansas.
