AAON Announces Promotions and Retirement of Mikel Crews, Vice President, Operations
April 03 2020 - 7:00AM
Today, Mikel D. Crews notified AAON, Inc. (the "Company") of his
intent to retire as Vice President, Operations, effective May 8,
2020. Mr. Crews has been with the Company since its inception and
had a large role in developing the talent to succeed him. In
furtherance of the Company’s ongoing succession planning
initiatives, Mr. Crews’ duties will be reallocated to Stephen
Wakefield, Vice President of Engineering, as well as other Company
personnel.
Mr. Crews has served as Vice President,
Operations since 2017. Mr. Crews served as Director of Material and
Operations from 2015 to 2017, Manager of Operations from 1991 to
2015, and prior to that held various operational, production and
inventory management roles throughout the Company. Mr. Crews has
been in leadership positions in the HVAC industry for over 40
years.
Norman H. Asbjornson, CEO, said, “I want to
thank Mike for his leadership during his lengthy career with our
Company. He was key in the founding of AAON and has contributed in
countless ways to the tremendous growth we’ve experienced. We
congratulate him on his well-deserved retirement and wish him many
years of good health and happiness.”
Gary D. Fields, President, added, “I have always
valued Mike’s guidance and knowledge during our time working
together. I would like to thank him for helping to shape the team
of the future here at AAON. We are very excited for this next
generation of leaders and are confident in their ability to
continue strengthening our business.”
The Company also announced its Board of
Directors has promoted Stephen Wakefield to the position of Chief
Operating Officer. Mr. Wakefield has served as Vice President of
Engineering since 2018, Director of Engineering since 2017, and
prior to that held various engineering leadership roles in the
Company. Mr. Wakefield will continue to report to Gary Fields, AAON
President.
Within the Company’s senior leadership team,
Larry Honel has been promoted to Director of Continuous Improvement
and Whitney Wakefield (no relation to Stephen Wakefield) has been
promoted to Director of Purchasing, Warehouse and Production
Planning. Both will report to Mr. Wakefield, along with Doug
Wichman, Director of Manufacturing.
About AAONAAON, Inc. is engaged
in the engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sale of air
conditioning and heating equipment consisting of standard,
semi-custom and custom rooftop units, chillers, packaged outdoor
mechanical rooms, air handling units, makeup air units, energy
recovery units, condensing units, geothermal/water-source heat
pumps, coils and controls. Since the founding of AAON in 1988, AAON
has maintained a commitment to design, develop, manufacture and
deliver heating and cooling products to perform beyond all
expectations and demonstrate the value of AAON to our customers.
For more information, please visit www.AAON.com.
Certain statements in this news release may be
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements regarding future
prospects and developments are based upon current expectations and
involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results and developments to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements.
Contact InformationJerry R.
Levine Phone: (914) 244-0292 Fax: (914) 244-0295Email:
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