The Shaw Group Inc. announced several changes to the executive team of its Power Group.
– By Linton Levy –
Monty Glover assumes the newly established position of President of Construction with the overall responsibility for construction within the Fossil and Nuclear Divisions of the Power Group. Mr. Glover joined Shaw in 2001 as Vice President of Construction Operations and was named President of Construction within Shaw’s Energy & Chemicals Group in 2003. In 2007, Mr. Glover was named President of Shaw’s Fossil Division.
Ron Barnes joins Shaw as President of the company’s Fossil and Renewables Division. With more than 35 years of experience, Mr. Barnes is experienced in new fossil power generation, as well as refurbishment and modification of existing facilities. Before joining Shaw, he served as Vice President of the Cliffside Modernization Project for Duke Energy with responsibility for project management and construction. In 2006, he was named Vice President, New Generation Projects, and in 2003, he served as President of Duke COGEMA Stone & Webster, LLC. He managed engineering and construction of numerous fossil-fueled power plant projects before being named Senior Vice President of Operations in 1999.
Shaw also announced that Eli Smith joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Procurement for Shaw’s Power Group. Mr. Smith comes to Shaw from Bechtel Corporation where he served as Principal Vice pPesident and Corporate Manager of Contracts and Procurement. Mr. Smith has more than 35 years of experience in procurement, engineering and project execution. He previously spent 22 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in various senior management positions.
“Monty has made a critical contribution to the success of our Fossil Division, which has resulted in Shaw being ranked No. 1 in power design by Engineering News-Record as compared to our industry peers. His responsibilities now are being expanded to allow both the Fossil and Nuclear Divisions to benefit from his expertise in construction operations as we move forward with a number of large nuclear and fossil projects,” said Frederick W. Buckman, President of Shaw’s Power Group. “Additionally, we are excited to welcome both Ron and Eli to Shaw. As respected industry leaders, both will be tremendous assets to the continued growth of the Power Group.”
The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication, manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management services for government and private sector clients in the energy, chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets. A Fortune 500 company with fiscal year 2008 annual revenues of $7 billion, Shaw is headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., and employs approximately 26,000 people at its offices and operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Shaw is the power sector industry leader according to Engineering News-Record's list of Top 500 Design Firms.