EN ENGINEERING - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Brian leads the technology teams and partners with leaders across the business to identify new technology solutions as we continue to grow and scale our business. He also safeguards our company from cyber threats. Brian joins us from an environmental planning and engineering firm, as their former CIO. There, he transformed the IT team to become a more proactive and operationally focused strategic business partner. Brian was awarded San Diego's Top Tech Award in 2019 in the large private firm category. Throughout his career, Brian also served as Sr. Global IT Director at a transportation, defense training, and secure communications company and as IT Systems Lead at a multinational IT equipment and services company.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - West Region - Utility Services
Cedric leads the utilities team in the western region for operations and execution of gas, electric, and telecommunications engineering, design, and field support for investor, owner, and municipal utility clients. This includes identifying opportunities to align ENTRUST service offerings with clients' infrastructure expansion needs.
Cedric has been in engineering for close to 25 years. Starting in engineering consulting in 1993 for a small engineering firm, he eventually took a job with AECOM, supporting airport terminal building and utility operations. A love of utility operations led him to Baltimore Gas & Electric, where he spent nearly 20 years. He brought that considerable experience to ENTRUST when he joined in 2017.
Job Titles:
- PLS Vice President, Industrial Solutions
- Vice President, Industrial Solutions
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- PMP Chief Operating Officer
Dave leads the design team, with responsibility for quality, execution, and resources. With more than 30 years of industry experience, he has specialized in designing systems for the transmission, distribution and storage of natural gas. His number one goal is to provide exceptional service and work alongside clients as an extension of their team.
"Our mission statement talks about building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships. And, those relationships are not only with our valued clients, but with our employees."
Prior to joining ENTRUST Solutions Group, Dave worked for Enron, Kinder Morgan, CalNev Pipeline and Nicor Gas in various engineering and manager roles. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from The University of Chicago. An avid Bears fan, on Sundays during football season Dave proudly takes tailgating to new heights by engineering new recipes and sampling premium beers.
Job Titles:
- Professional Engineer
- Vice President, Resource Development
Jason leads the utilities team for gas, electric distribution, telecom design, gas inspection, and pole inspection projects in the U.S. central region. With over 20 years of consulting experience and more than 13 years in the utility industry, he believes in building long-term relationships with clients by providing quality solutions for their most difficult problems.
Jason joined ENTRUST in 2008 when the company had only two offices and 150 people focused mainly on natural gas engineering design, compared to today with 3,100+ people across 36 offices with expertise in natural gas, liquids, electric, telecom design, and a growing inspection group. He has always worked in the engineering consulting firm space and has a transportation and site development background before coming to ENTRUST.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Gas Consulting Services
Jenny oversees the Oil & Gas Consulting Services group, focusing on pipeline integrity management, regulatory compliance, assessments, risk, corrosion control, metallurgical consulting, GIS analytics, and process safety management. She enjoys the wide variety of projects and people she works with every day, as well as the constantly changing and challenging regulatory environment.
Job Titles:
- Executive VP, Business Unit Leader, Industrial & Infrastructure
Jesse is responsible for the overall execution of the Infrastructure & Industrial division. He oversees all pipeline, industrial, and automation related projects, including client management and business development. Each day he focuses on customers-managing existing relationships, developing new relationships, and ensuring his talented team is providing quality work output.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Emerging Energy Solutions
John uses over 35 years of industry experience to lead the Renewable Energy initiatives at ENTRUST. John's extensive knowledge and background includes not only natural gas pipelines, facilities, and underground storage, but also power generation and renewable energy. Throughout his career he has built numerous long-term relationships by identifying and solving utility, midstream, and industrial clients' needs. With over 36 ENTRUST offices across the country, John looks to expand ENTRUST's geographic renewable energy footprint and provide decarbonization solutions so our clients can meet their net zero goals.
Job Titles:
- Executive VP, Business Unit Leader, Utilities
- Member of the American Association of Blacks
Keith has been with ENTRUST Solutions Group since its inception in 2002. In 2006, he accepted the challenge to relocate to Maryland to open the company's first regional office and embraced the opportunity with enthusiasm. Through the years, Keith has witnessed ENTRUST's steady growth and expanded his responsibilities to include the oversight of all natural gas and electric utilities work, including design, consulting, and field service projects. His group is comprised of over 2,000+ team members specialized in servicing utility clients across 36+ offices.
Keith is an active member of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), a group that is dedicated to ensuring the input of minorities in the discussion of energy policies and regulations.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - Northeast Region - Utility Services
"Kerry Emm's career started 17 years ago as a drafter with zero utility industry knowledge. Leveraging her education in Visual Communications and experience in restaurant management combined with a newfound passion for electric distribution design, her career soared at ENTRUST. Now the Vice President for the Northeast Region within the Utility Services, Kerry supports design and engineering services for Electric, Gas from the transmission to the meter.
Job Titles:
- Vice President - South Region - Utility Services
"Lindsay started with Entrust in 2018, opening and managing a new office in North Carolina. Since then, Lindsay has expanded her responsibilities to cover the South region for electric and gas utilities. Lindsay holds a bachelor's & master's degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina Stata University and an MBA from Wake Forest University. She is a registered professional engineer and holds a PMP.
Job Titles:
- ENTRUST Solutions Group in 2011 As a Design Engineer
- Vice President - Midwest Region - Utility Services
Michael Dettloff joined ENTRUST Solutions Group in 2011 as a Design Engineer out of ENTRUST's original Woodridge, IL office. After 6 short months, he relocated to the Denver Metropolitan Area as the 4th team member in the Englewood, CO office. Over the past 12 years, Michael's responsibilities expanded to the Director - Mountain District (Utilities) where he helped grow gas, electric, and telecommunications engineering, design, and field support services in ENTRUST's Mountain District. Michael had the privilege to help support the growth of the Denver team from 4 to
over 275 team members. Today, he leads the Midwest Region Utilities team, as Vice President - Midwest Region and resides back in the Chicagoland area. He focuses on operations and execution for both gas & electric utility engineering and design services.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Business Development
"As Senior Vice President of Business Development, Michael oversees Marketing, Proposal Management, and Business Development within ENTRUST. The Business Development and Proposal teams strategize with internal operations to partner with our clients to understand their needs, while the Marketing team provides intelligence to the organization on our focus industries and composes external communications demonstrating ENTRUST's expertise and culture.
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
Attracting, developing, and retaining employees who create value for customers are Michael's top priorities. His focus is to ensure the company attracts the best talent in the industry and has the infrastructure in place where employees have the resources to build their careers and advance their knowledge and abilities.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Utility Services
Patrick Carr describes ENTRUST as a rocket ship, most likely because his career at ENTRUST shot off like a rocket. He began his career as a power generation engineer in 2006, working in many coal-fired and natural gas plants and traveling the country working on DCS migration and other I&C controls programs and projects for Utilities.
He joined ENTRUST in 2011 as an electrical distribution engineer. He quickly moved to the Baltimore office, where he supported electrical and I&C work for gas clients and a variety of gas and electrical distribution projects in the mid-Atlantic. Since then, he has helped open the Cincinnati, Ohio office, managed the electrical utility business unit, became director of utility services-southeast, managed the East Region Utility services. He most recently took on a role as the Senior Vice President of Utility Services for the country focused on both gas & electric utility engineering and design services.
Patrick earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati and is a member of IEEE, Southeast Electric Exchange, Edison Electric Institute, and the University of Cincinnati College of Engineering Alumni Association. Outside of work, Patrick enjoys spending time with his son Lincoln, and dog Mack. He enjoys outdoor activities such as golf, hiking, tennis, and running. When possible, he also enjoys traveling and experiencing new places around the world.
Job Titles:
- Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer
Ryan leads ENTRUST's strategy and corporate development activities, which include sourcing, diligencing and executing mergers and acquisitions and driving other growth initiatives. He is excited to build on the historical growth of the business and further accelerate both organic and inorganic growth.
Ryan has spent the bulk of his career in M&A. Over the last decade he has worked in corporate development for a private equity-owned business and a public company. Prior to these roles, he worked in the M&A groups at multiple investment banks.
He received an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Franklin & Marshall College.
Steve came to ENTRUST Solutions Group in 2019 with over 30 years progressive experience in financial and operational management. As CFO, Steve's focus is on business-critical responsibilities to ensure the financial well-being of the company while contributing to strategic corporate initiatives for growth and development.