WTEC ENERGY INNOVATION - Key Persons
Bonita Singh is responsible for the financial operations of WTEC Energy and is a member of the corporate Board of Directors.Bonita joined WTEC Energy in 2008, with over 20 years of experience in the financial banking industry. Prior to joining WTEC Energy, Bonita served as Assistant Treasurer/VP Treasury Operations at a publicly held company, managing over $18 Billion of Collateral for ten years. Previous positions include Controller/VP of Loan Administration where she managed a staff of 40 accounting and loan administration employees
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
Brian Singh, President and CEO of WTEC Energy, has more than 35 years' experience in the wind industry and cable manufacturing and product development. Prior to forming WTEC Energy in 2002, Brian was President of King Wire and Chief Operating Officer of Telecom Energy Cables Corp/Taihan USA. He received a Masters in Biology and Chemistry from New York Polytechnic Institute.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of WTEC Energy Steel
As VP of WTEC Energy Steel, Kirill Permyakov is responsible for managing the sales organization and overseeing operations for three U.S. steel locations.
Kirill graduated with master's degree in Engineering from the Moscow State University of Instrument Engineering and Computer Science. He also holds Cum Laude MS degree in Law from Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics, and Informatics. Prior to WTEC Energy his career experience included overseeing general law compliance in the sphere of commercial and residential construction and manufacturing at the Office of Moscow Region District Prosecutor in Russia, where he served as a Senior Prosecutor.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Industrial OEM
Robert's background spans over 20 years in industrial global cable harnesses and assemblies. As VP of Industrial OEM, Robert Hanes is responsible for the management and manufacturing of cable harnesses and assemblies for the wind, solar and industrial OEM markets. Before joining WTEC Energy, Robert was President of SOLERS, Inc. for 4 years from 2015 to 2019, and prior to that he was with SOURIAU (Esterline Connection Technologies) as President and COO from 2010 to 2015.
Robert holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University Northwest.
Sherie Cho has been Chief Operations Officer at WTEC Energy since 2010. Sherie is responsible for WTEC Energy's Operations, Human Resources, IT, Quality and Safety programs. She leads our Quality team, which is responsible for establishing manufacturing policies and procedures for WTEC Energy and its affiliate companies.
Sherie was a Senior Auditor for Bloom & Company public accounting firm for 12 years as a CPA before joining WTEC Energy in 2006. Sherie is a member of WTEC Energy's Board of Directors.
She holds an Accounting degree from St. John's University and is a Certified Public Accountant
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Procurement and Sales for WTEC & Gulf Cable
Steve Kim leads the quotations and procurement teams for our wire, cable and cable accessories divisions. Steve specializes in the sourcing and procurement of materials, operation forecasting, supplier management and integration of the cable manufacturing process. Steve joined WTEC Energy in 2007 as a manager in our electrical systems division. Prior to joining WTEC Energy, Steve was a securities trader for DK Capital in Seoul, Korea where he monitored S&P and NASDAQ futures and initiated securities positions and strategies.
Steve graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in History. He holds both NASD Series 7 and Series 55 licenses.