McAulay Smith Recruits Assistant Plant Manager - Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant

Newport, MI – March 14, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Clint Six from his role as Director of Maintenance for Constellation’s (formerly Exelon Nuclear) Limerick Generation Station to be an Assistant Plant Manager for DTE’s Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant.

Clint has over 18 years of nuclear industry experience to include former leadership roles as Fleet Operations CFAM as well as Director of Operations – Three Mile Island Generating Station.

Clint began his career with the United States Navy, where he served seven years.  He earned a B.S. in Nuclear Energy Engineering Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and obtained a Senior Reactor Operator License – PWR.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed almost 900 engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Vice President - Engineering & Technical Support

Newport, MI – March 21, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Stephanie Banker from her role as Vice President, Nuclear Engineering & Support for Ameren, Callaway Energy Center, to be the new Vice President – Engineering & Technical Support for DTE Electric, a DTE Energy Company.

Stephanie brings over 30 years of industry experience derived from her 12 years at Ameren holding leadership roles in engineering, training, projects, performance improvement and security; time spent with INPO as the project manager for Industry Leadership & Development; and engineering roles (corporate) / operations roles at Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant /Senior Reactor Operator/Shift Technical Advisor at Progress Energy.

Prior to Stephanie’s industry experience, she served in the U.S. Air Force (both active and inactive reserve).  She earned a B.S., Nuclear Engineering and Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering & Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Averett University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions. Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Director - Infrastructure

TN – February 14, 2022 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Josh Linville from his role as Director of IT Operations with TC Energy (NYSE:TSX) to be the new Director – Infrastructure for a 10,000-employee electric utility company.

In his new role, Josh will be responsible for a team of approximately 200+ employees and the strategic oversight of all Infrastructure functions to include cloud conversion.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions. Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Senior Director, Global Environment, Health & Safety

COLUMBIA, SC –September 15, 2021 – Hanneke Counts joins a global nuclear services energy company (Company) as its Senior Director, Global Environment, Health & Safety to be responsible for establishing the Company’s EHS strategy in collaboration with the business and functional needs as well as managing the development and planning of Environmental, Health and Safety programs across the organization.

McAulay Smith recruited Counts from her role as Vice President, Global HSES at Eastman Chemical, a $8.5B company primarily involved in the chemical industry.  Counts spent over 12 years with the company in various roles such as Process Improvement Engineer, Chemicals Manufacturing Division, Engineering, Environmental Affairs, Manager, HSE&S, Manager, Corporate Audit Services, Manager, HSES Special Projects, Manager, Sustainability.  She earned a B.S., Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Engineering, Environmental Engineering from Clemson University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Head of Engineering & Site Projects for URENCO USA

Eunice, NM – August 9, 2021 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Brian Dorathy from his role as Modification Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory to be the Head of Engineering & Site Projects at Urenco USA.

Dorathy brings 22 years of nuclear plant engineering experience from various roles held at Wolf Creek Nuclear Op. Corp. and Los Alamos National Laboratory.  He started his nuclear engineering career by spending six years in the U.S. Navy.  Dorathy earned a BSE in Chemical Engineering at the University of Iowa.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Director, Business HR

Nashville, TN – November 15, 2021 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Megan Andersen from her role as Executive HR Director – Firestone Building Products to be the new Director, Business HR for a 10,000-employee electric utility company.

Andersen’s HR experience spans over 15 years serving companies such as General Mills, Inc., Bridgestone Americas Corp. and LaFargeHolcim – Firestone Building Products.

Andersen earned a B.S., Human Resources as well as a Masters of Labor Relations and Human Resources from Michigan State University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Vice President, Infrastructure & Operations

 

Nashville, TN – September 27, 2021 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Faisal Bhatti to be the Vice President, Infrastructure & Operations for a $10B electric utility company.

 

Bhatti’s IT experience spans over 21 years within the energy industry.  Although his most recent role was CIO of PSEG Long Island, a majority of his career was spent with General Electric where he held various roles to include CIO of GE Environmental Services, CIO & SVP of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Client CIO Commercial of GE Power.

Bhatti earned a B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems from Georgia State University.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.

McAulay Smith Successfully Recruits Director, Government Affairs - U.S.

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Arlington, VA – August 9, 2021 – McAulay Smith successfully recruited Mary Neumayr to be the new Director, Government Affairs – U.S. with Urenco USA, Inc.

Mary most recently served as Chair & Chief of Staff for Council on Environmental Quality in the Executive Office of the President of the U.S., where she was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in January 2019.

She brings over 18 years of experience in the public sector in various roles such as Deputy Chief Counsel, Energy and Environment and Senior Energy Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives, Deputy General Counsel for Environment & Nuclear Programs for the U.S. Department of Energy and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

In her earlier law career, she was an attorney for the law firms of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae and Coudert Brothers.

Mary earned a B.A., Liberal Arts from Thomas Aquinas College and a J.D., from University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Steve Smith managed the search.

The McAulay Smith Firm is a performance-based retained executive search firm that partners with clients to recruit for executive management positions.  Established in 1995, The McAulay Smith Firm has completed hundreds of engagements for numerous client companies in 32 states and 10 countries.