Progress Energy Ltd. (TSX-PGX.UN) has appointed Cindy Rutherford the vice-president of land. She has more than 25 years of experience in land management, negotiation and administration, and has been instrumental in the development and management of Progress's land portfolio. Progress is a Calgary-based natural gas-focused trust.
Smart Technologies Inc. has named two new vice'-presidents. Bill Jones joins Smart's Calgary head office as VP of North American sales, while Alan Richards assumes the role of VP of operations.
Prior to joining Smart, Jones held the position of president and CEO of the sales and marketing management-consulting company Hunter Jones Solutions, Inc. Richards comes to Smart from Gennum Corp.
Founded in 1987 in Calgary, Smart Technologies is an industry pioneer in interactive whiteboards and other group collaboration tools.
Reece Energy Exploration Corp. has appointed Ron Stuckert as chief executive officer. He takes over from Lorne Swalm, who remains as president and chairman of the board.
Prior to his appointment as CEO, Stuckert provided business consulting services to Ganze-Reece Operations Ltd., an oil and gas company recently acquired by Reece.
Reece is a publicly held oil and gas company headquartered in Medicine Hat that trades on the TSXV under the symbol RXR.
There have been some executive changes at Pure Energy Services.
Rutger Niers has moved into the position of executive vice-president while Ron Green, formerly the VP of production testing, has been promoted to COO. Jim Lake takes over Green's former role. Most recently Lake was VP and COO of ESI Energy Services.
Pure Energy Services is a Calgary-based oilfield services company with offices located throughout Western Canada.
Rifco Inc. has hired a new vice-president of operations. Prior to joining Rifco, Monte Coates served in a number of executive roles at Wells Fargo Financial (Trans Canada Credit Corp.). Operating through its wholly owned subsidiary Repair Industry Finance Corp., Rifco (TSXV: RFC) is a specialty consumer finance corporation with a focus on the automotive aftermarket industry.
Kelman Technologies Inc. has announced the pending appointment of Rene VandenBrand to the position of president and CEO of the company.
He previously held several senior executive positions with a Kelman competitor.
Kelman (TSX:KTI) is a publicly traded company based in Calgary that provides technology services in seismic processing and online data management.
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