COOPER MACHINERY SERVICES - Key Persons
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- Vice President, Field Operations
Bernie McCoy is a 20+ year oil and gas veteran who spent most of his career focusing on subsea drilling technology for traditional and new energy industries and product line management. He held various leadership roles at Shermco Industries and FMC Technologies to include his most recent role as Senior Vice President of Engineering, Controls, and Wind & Machine Service Divisions. Bernie brings a wealth of strategic leadership experience to support our mission and values, advance our ambitious goals, and drive future growth at Cooper. Bernie holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Texas A&M.
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- Eastern Inside Sales Manager
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- Vice President, Engine Analytics and Technical Training
Charles is an accomplished professional with 30+ years of experience with most of his years spent in the oil and gas midstream and pipeline industry. During his career, Charles held engineering, operations, sales, consulting, and senior management roles at Dominion Energy/Consolidated Natural Gas, Compressor Engineering Corporation, Siemens/Dresser-Rand, and FirstService Residential. Charles holds a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering, a Bachelor of Science in electrical and electronics engineering, and an MBA from West Virginia University.
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- Director, Strategy and Corporate Development
Chioma Eze is a strategy professional with experience developing strategy and implementing large-scale transformation programs. Prior to joining Cooper, Chioma led transformation programs across technology, human capital, and profitability topics while at Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and the Boston Consulting group. She has a Masters in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from The University of Texas, McCombs School of Business.
Cooper services Latin America on small-bore and large-bore
engines and compressors with a multitude of locations and partners.
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- Sales & Product Line Leader
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- Southeast Service Manager
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- Business Executive
- Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere
David Glasson is a seasoned business executive with 15+ years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry. In 2013, David joined Quorex Switzerland as a business development manager. In 2018, David founded Quorex Australia, a gas compression aftermarket service company that was later acquired by Cooper in 2020. Prior to Quorex, David worked in various project and design engineering roles, including Veolia Australia as an EPC in the Oil & Gas sector. David holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sydney.
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- Vice President, Used & Refurbished Equipment
David Tomes is a 40+ year gas compression guru who began his career in the industry as a Cooper mechanic in 1980 working globally on reciprocating engines-compressors. In 1996, he moved to NRG Energy where he managed their United States Operation. Since 2010, David has owned his own compression business specializing in the overhaul and refurbishment of reciprocating equipment and parts for AJAX, Clark, Cooper-Bessemer, IR, Waukesha, and Worthington models. Today, David leads Cooper's used and refurbished parts and equipment business located in Odessa, Texas.
Job Titles:
- West Regional Sales Manager
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- Vice President, Information Technology
- Information Technology Leader
Giuseppe Robbiano is an information technology leader with more than 26 years of experience in architecting, implementing, and supporting information technology systems. Giuseppe has held several key IT positions with Baan Peru/Grupo Novatech, Bucyrus International, Caterpillar Global Mining, and Ducommun LaBarge Technologies. He also served in various IT senior management positions with Bray International. Giuseppe holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Lima, Peru.
Job Titles:
- Regional Vice President - East
Greg Penzato is a 33-years Cooper veteran who started his career at the Louisiana Service Center as a management trainee. Greg dedicated his career to Cooper and has held many positions in aftermarket services. Greg learned the business from the ground up and has served as machine shop manager, project manager and services manager. Greg served as the Southeast U.S. region lead until Feb. 2023. Greg served as the Eastern U.S. operations leader which included management of the sales team, parts, inside sales, machine shop and field service group until April 2024. Greg now serves as the Regional VP - East.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Engineering
Hans Mathews joined the gas pipeline and compression industry in 1991 with Tenneco where he spent 9 years in engineering, maintenance analysis, and leadership roles before joining Hoerbiger in 2000 where he became a senior vice president and general manager for their Engineering Services (HES) team. HES was acquired by Cooper in 2020, and Hans joined us after the transition. Hans is a United States Air Force Veteran and graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Operations
- VP Operations
James Harrison has 14 years of experience in the compression market and 21 overall in various engineering, technical support and operational roles. James has held key positions at Fluor, Exterran-Archrock and Waukesha-Pearce. Most recently, James was director of operations with Cook Compression. James graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Operations
Jay Guidry has more than 30 years of experience in operational roles with over 26 years in leadership. He has been with Cooper for 14 years working in various capacities within new compressor and after-sale operations including sourcing, procurement, repair, and service. In addition to Cooper, Jay has held plant and operations manager positions with companies like Epic and Gardner Denver. Jay graduated from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Cooper Components Group
Jeremy Holberg is a 22-year aftermarket and energy industry veteran with substantial experience in gas compression, hydraulic fracturing, and conventional drilling. Jeremy has held multiple sales, operational, and leadership roles in his career including a 10+ year career at Cameron's Compression Systems group where he worked in procurement, project management, and key account sales. In 2012, Jeremy became the director of aftermarket at GD Energy Products and advanced later to the position of vice president, aftermarket operations until re-joining Cooper in 2023. Today, Jeremy leads Cooper's components division at corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas. Jeremy holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Texas A&M University.
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- Southeast Machine Shop Manager
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- Regional Vice President - West
Mike Baughman began his career with Cooper as a high school student in 1979 where he worked on the assembly floor of the famous Grove City, PA Cooper-Bessemer plant. Mike collectively spent 31 years with Cooper over the course of his career in Grove City and Odessa. Mike also spent time at Nickles Industries and Valerus Inc. where he packaged close to 1,000 new and refurbished compressors. In recent years, Mike has run his own catalyst business. He returned to his roots as the leader of Cooper's Midland-Odessa service, shop, and sales operations as Western U.S. operations leader until April 2024. Mike now serves as Regional VP - West.
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- Vice President, Turbocharger Solutions International ( TSI )
Mitch Opat is a turbocharger veteran having spent 40 years in the industry. Mitch started his career at Turbine Specialties Inc. in Salina, Kansas before transitioning to LCM Turbo Inc. For the last 10 years, Mitch has been the general manager of Archrock's turbocharger division located in McPherson, Kansas. In 2020, Cooper purchased the Archrock turbocharger division, and Mitch came to us during the transition. Mitch has a technical degree in Diesel Engine Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Central Christian College.
Job Titles:
- Sales Leader
- Vice President, Sales - Americas
Patrick is a sales leader with 16+ years' experience building partnerships with customers in the power generation and gas compression industries. Patrick began his career in Moscow as part of GE's market development team. After returning to the US, Patrick joined Cooper in 2015 and has held successive roles leading commercial teams in the U.S. and Latin America. Patrick holds a BA in International Relations & Russian Language from Boston University.
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- Senior Operations Coordinator
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- West Region Operations Manager
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- Regional Director, Gulf Coast U.S. Region
Stephen Hammond is a 35-year Cooper veteran who started his career just after high school after taking a tour of our former Superior engine-compressor factory in Springfield, Ohio. Stephen has dedicated almost his entire career to Cooper, as there are few things he's done outside of our company. Stephen learned the business from the ground up and has served in AJAX package engineering, application engineering, shop management, service management, and sales leadership both domestically and globally. Today, Stephen is the leader of our Gulf Coast region which includes management of the sales team, machine shop, and service group.
Job Titles:
- Northeast Service Supervisor