LEADERSHIP
Guided by Experienced Management
Titan is led by a seasoned management team with decades of experience gained in the oil and gas industry. Guiding the company into its next chapter of growth are CEO Chris Werner, CFO Larry Lucas, Senior Vice President – Operations Mike Grimland (all former senior Exterran leaders), and Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Patrick Sansotta (former Baker Hughes/GE Oil and Gas), as well as the Vice President of Engineering Zachary Harding Goff. This senior management team is bringing needed capacity to the marketplace supported by a veteran engineering team with a rich skill-set of product and design knowledge. Moving forward, Titan will continue to be differentiated by its strong in-house design and engineering capabilities and its ability to produce and deliver high volumes of large, complex and customized products.
Chris has more than 35 years of experience in leadership roles, Chris brings an operational mindset with a depth of leadership that is essential to the Company’s success. Prior to being hired as Chief Executive Officer of Titan in July 2018, Chris was an Executive Officer at Exterran Corporation where he had dual roles as both the Senior Vice President of Global Operations and CEO Exterran Italy. Before joining Exterran in 2009, Chris had a distinguished career leading manufacturing organizations with blue-chip firms such as GE, Black & Decker, and Goodyear. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arkansas.
Larry has 40 years of finance experience in the oil and gas industry with Titan, Exterran, Hanover, Schlumberger and Camco International. Larry has an Undergraduate from University of Alabama-Birmingham in Accounting and MBA in Finance from University of Houston.
Patrick has 15 years experience in sales and 8 years oil and gas sales experience.
Patrick has held key positions at Nucor Steel, Baker Hughes and most recently was the Sales Leader for the Western and Eastern US and Key Account Manager for Kinder Morgan at Cooper Machinery Services. Patrick Graduated from The University of North Florida in Jacksonville with a Bachelor of Business Administration. In his free time, he likes to play golf and spend time with his wife and daughter.
Zach is a Veteran U.S. Air Force Captain and current licensed Professional Engineer. Zach has 11 years engineering leadership experience in the oil and gas manufacturing industry formerly with Exterran, LEED Fabrication, Tri-Point, L&L Fabrication and Ursa Major.
Mike is the Former Director of Operations for both of Exterran’s Compression and Production Equipment businesses; managing Project Management, Engineering, Design, Supply Chain, HSE, Quality & Manufacturing. Mike brings an external and internal perspective, as he’s also held the role of VP of Operations for one of Titan’s largest competitors PermianLide.