EPRI Completes Merger

Three formerly separate companies – EPRIsolutions, Inc., EPRI PEAC Corp., and Primen, Inc. – have merged to form a new company now called EPRI Solutions, Inc.

Michael Howard, Ph.D., previously president and CEO of EPRI PEAC, has been named president and CEO of the new entity.

Steve Specker, president and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), said, “This organizational change strengthens our ability to deliver exceptional value to our clients, and allows the new EPRI Solutions to better leverage EPRI technology and industry best practices to address the unique operational, financial, and organizational challenges faced by our mutual customers.”

EPRI Solutions also named four vice presidents to lead its business units. Walter Bak, previously vice president, operations, for EPRI Solutions, now heads the generation and environment business unit. Arshad Mansoor, Ph.D., formerly vice president, engineering, for EPRI PEAC, manages the new power delivery group. Bradley Davids, previously president of Primen, leads the corporate marketing group and directs its market intelligence business unit, which will continue to offer its products and services under the Primen brand. The company’s new chief financial officer and vice president of business operations is Leon Paul, formerly director of business operations for EPRI PEAC.

EPRI Solutions’ new corporate headquarters is in Knoxville, Tennessee, with additional office locations in Boulder, Colorado; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Palo Alto, California; and major test facilities in Haslet, Texas, and Lenox, Massachusetts.

For more information, visit www.eprisolutions.com.