Jillian (Jill) Evanko is President and Chief Executive Officer of Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS), serving in this capacity since June of 2018. Ms. Evanko joined Chart in February of 2017 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Chart, Jill was the Chief Financial Officer of Truck-Lite Co., LLC as well as having held multiple operational and financial executive positions at Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) and its subsidiaries. Prior to joining Dover in 2004, Ms. Evanko held financial and operational roles at Arthur Andersen, LLP, Honeywell Corporation and Sony Corporation. In addition to serving on Chart’s Board of Directors, Ms. Evanko also serves as an independent director of the Board of Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE: PH).

Jill received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from The University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from La Salle University. She is the winner of the 2020 ExxonMobil Power Play Rainmaker award, the 2020 S&P Global Platts Energy Award for Chief Trailblazer, and the World LNG Executive of the Year 2020. She serves on the non-profit Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).

Brad is Senior Vice President of Executive Operations. Prior to this role, he was Vice President of Operations for North America, President of our E & C FinFans segment and served as VP & GM, Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers and Cold Boxes which includes the LaCrosse, Wisconsin, New Iberia, Louisiana and Franklin, Indiana locations. He was a team member and key contributor to the Chart Special Operations team since its inception in 2018. Brad has been with Chart since 2005 and also served in the role of General Manager of Energy & Chemicals New Iberia, Louisiana facility. Brad is a graduate of Park University and has completed courses at both Georgia Institute of Technology in Lean Manufacturing and Louisiana State University in Executive Development.

Joe is currently the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for Global Engineering, including Project Management tied to the Engineering Execution of the Commercial Order pipeline. Prior to this role he was the Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for strategically and profitably growing both our industrial gas and traditional energy markets as well as expanding our customer touchpoints in new specialty and clean energy markets and applications. Previously, Joe was the President of the Energy & Chemicals (E & C) segment, and held the roles of President of E & C Cryogenics and VP/GM of Chart’s Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers (BAHX) business.

Joe began his career as a Sales/Applications Engineer with ALTEC International in 1993. As ALTEC transitioned into Chart Energy & Chemicals, Mr. Belling took on several roles related to commercialization, design and application of BAHX, Cold Boxes, and Core-in-Kettles® in key markets of Industrial Gas, Hydrocarbon and Petrochemical Processing, and LNG.

He also has related experience with Trane, a multi-national corporation specializing in the HVAC industry, where he held roles of increasing responsibility as Product Planning and New Product Introduction Leader for Trane’s Global Parts Division

Joe has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Joe is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Joe has been with Chart since 1993 and has held various roles, starting his career as a Product Engineer and then the Strategic Sourcing Manager for MVE. His former roles have included Materials Manager , Director of Global sourcing and most recently VP & GM of Bulk Gas Products.

He holds a BS of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Masters of Business Administration, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

Fred is President, Europe, joining in March of 2023, as part of the Chart Industries, Inc. acquisition of Howden.

He joined Howden in 2013 as Managing Director and Leader of the Global Product business. Progressing in 2020 to Executive Director and President of EMENA region with responsibility for the delivery of Howden’s business across Europe, Middle East, Russia and India. Additionally Fred supported Howden’s diversification and growth, providing global leadership of commercial and product strategies in Tunnel & Metro and Metals and Nuclear end markets.

Prior to joining Howden, Fred worked in business development and operational leadership roles with Petrofac and Weir Group specializing in Power, Water, Oil and Gas and Aftermarket services.

During Fred’s career spanning more than 30 years in mechanical engineering, he has amassed expertise including the ability to translate market insights into product development through to successful global commercialization, M&A experience from opportunity development to value realization and delivering profitable growth across a diverse product and business portfolio.

Fred holds a B.Eng. bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK.

Herbert G. Hotchkiss is our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, serving in this capacity since March 5, 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hotchkiss spent over 11 years at Truck-Lite Co., LLC as Vice President and Corporate Counsel. Prior to joining Truck-Lite, Herb worked for Blair Corporation as its Vice President and General Counsel. Herb was employed as a Cleveland attorney, working as a corporate associate at Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP and Hahn, Loeser & Parks LLP. Mr. Hotchkiss graduated cum laude from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University with his J.D. in 1996, and he received his LL.M. in Taxation from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1998.

Steve is currently the Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for strategically and profitably growing our served markets and customers with our diverse portfolio of products and services as well as expanding our customer touchpoints in new specialty and emerging markets that. Prior to this role Steve was the Vice President of Global Energy Business Development.

Steve began his career with GE Aviation and GE Energy, spending 20 years with GE in a variety of technical, manufacturing, and commercial roles. Subsequent to GE, Steve led the development and commercialization of innovative ORC technology for energy recovery and geothermal applications with TAS Energy prior to joining Chart.

Steve has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Virginia Tech, a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Cincinnati, and an EJD degree from Concord Law School.
 

Earl is President, Americas, rejoining Chart in August of 2023. He brings over 30 years of leadership and general management experience across multiple industries including energy, metals, food, chemicals, medical, and manufacturing. Earl served as the CEO of medical oxygen device manufacturer, CAIRE Inc., a global business with operations in the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Earl previously served as President of Chart’s Biomedical Group until 2018 when the CAIRE, Inc. business was divested. Earl also has deep experience in the industrial gas industry, having held senior leadership roles at both The Linde Group and BOC Gases.

Earl is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he obtained a BS in Engineering Management, Civil Engineering. He also obtained an MBA in Finance, Strategy and Leadership from Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.

Kristin is Senior Vice President, Finance Analytics & Strategy, she joined Chart Industries, Inc. (NYSE: GTLS) in September 2023. Kristin brings over 25 years of experience in multiple finance, accounting, and strategy roles, spanning various industries with a strong manufacturing background. Over her career, Kristin has demonstrated success in integration and change management through multiple M&A transactions and building strong business minded finance teams.

Prior to joining Chart, Kristin served as the Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at Vibrantz Technologies a specialty chemical and materials manufacturer, formed out of a transaction from Prince International Corporation where she served as Vice President of FP&A and Controller from 2019 until the forming of Vibrantz. Prior to Vibrantz, Kristin served as the director of strategy and business development at Wayne Fueling Systems where she spent six years. Prior to Wayne Fueling Systems, Kristin served in various financial roles at Wayne, GE (NYSE: GE), Dresser, Inc, and Sappi.

Kristin earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southern Methodist University.

Sherry is Vice President of Operations for our Changzhou, China site. Sherry has been with Chart since 2001 in various product management roles. She graduated from Jiangsu University of Science & Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Heat Treatment Technology.

Curtis is Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence & Integration. Curtis is currently responsible for driving operational improvements across Chart and overseeing efforts for integrating Howden into Chart to achieve the expected commercial and cost synergies. Curtis started with Chart in April 2020 as the Vice President of Specialty Markets for Chart where he had commercial responsibility for Chart’s equipment sales in new and emerging markets. Prior to his time at Chart, Curtis held various operational, commercial, and business management roles with Praxair (now Linde) over his 17 years there. He also previously held engineering and operational roles with BP Amoco Chemical and Scott Specialty Gases.

Curtis has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kansas and an MBA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Eric is President of Africa, Middle East, India, APAC, joining in March of 2023, as part of the Chart Industries, Inc. acquisition of Howden.

He joined Howden in 2018 as President, Howden Africa. Eric has overall operational responsibility for the Middle East and Africa (“MEA”) region, covering key growth end markets such as Power Generation, Hydrogen, Mining & Metals, Petrochemical Oil & Gas, and others. Eric’s role includes developing new routes to market and permanent business establishment in the MEA region, improving regional business capacity in alignment with customer needs. He is also focused on key account management, targeted partnering, product portfolio expansion and localization initiatives.

Eric has held several senior management and leadership roles in a career spanning over thirty years. He has worked for businesses in South Africa and Europe, including: Dorbyl - Tubemakers of Australia; ABSA Bank; HSBC Bank plc and Group Five Limited. A Civil Engineer by trade, Eric’s specialisms include OEM manufacturing, industrial sales and marketing, project financing, infrastructure project development, public-private partnerships, multi-disciplinary EPC construction, corporate restructurings, and M&A. He is passionate about living to our values, driving business transformation, sustainability, and firm action to address climate change.

Eric holds a BSC in Civil Engineering and an MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, as well as an Executive Development Diploma in Management and Innovation from Harvard Business School.

Gerald F. Vinci is our Chief Human Resources Officer and has served in that capacity since December 5, 2016, when he joined the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Vinci held various executive Human Resources roles at Dover Corporation from February 2013 to November 2016, including Vice President, Human Resources for Dover Engineered Systems and Dover Refrigeration and Food Equipment Segments. From 1997 to 2013, Mr. Vinci served in numerous Human Resources executive roles and as Senior Counsel for Harsco Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Vinci was an attorney for Sunoco, Inc.