Brad Kitterman – President, Executive Brad Kitterman is President of Aclara, a division of ESCO Technologies. The Aclara brand represents one of the industry’s leading Intelligent Infrastructure™ technologies for providing device networking, data-value management and customer communications to water, gas and electric utilities globally. Over 500 utilities in nine countries rely on proven Aclara solutions to connect with their customers
Brad is a utility industry veteran with 30 years of experience leading organizations and developing technology based solutions to solve customer problems. He began his career with Dupont as design engineer in several areas including biomedical equipment, robotics, and digital imaging. He later moved to the Electricity Metering Division of Schlumberger and rose through the ranks of engineering management to eventually head the North American Engineering Group. In 1998, Brad was promoted to President of Schlumberger’s North America Utilities Division. Under Brad’s leadership, revenues doubled from $300M to $600M in four years through both internal growth and acquisitions, such as Cellnet Data Systems and Convergent Group.
He has led a diverse set of businesses over the past ten years including U.S. Pipe & Foundry, LogicaCMG’s North America Energy & Utilities division, and the North American division of Asahi Glass Company. In each role, he combined visionary leadership with a strong background in operations and technical development to drive organizations to new levels of performance.
Brad holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University and is married with two children. John Dutt – Vice President, Technical Services & SupportJohn Dutt is the Vice President of Technical Support & Services. His organization supports all Aclara product lines and includes Technical Support, Customer Care, Technical Publications, and Customer Training. Under John’s leadership, his departments have been instrumental in the success of many customer deployments, ranging from small cooperatives to municipals and multi-million-endpoint investor owned utilities. Once deployed, John’s organization ensures that customers receive the appropriate training and are provided with the tools and resources they need to get the most benefit from their Aclara system.
John graduated from Saint Louis University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and earned his MS in Electrical Engineering from Missouri Institute of Science and Technology (formally University of Missouri, Rolla). John joined Aclara in May of 2000. He lives in Saint Louis with his wife and three children.
Karen Flathers – General Manager, Software and ServicesKaren Flathers is a recognized expert in the business of professional services and combines extensive experience building, organizing and growing consulting practices with an insider’s knowledge of SAP and its products.
During her 15-year career with SAP, Karen transformed SAP’s consulting practice from a small cost center into a profitable $1.3 billion business with 1,500 consultants and over 2,000 corporate clients.
Throughout her career, Karen has led consulting groups of varying sizes and at different stages of development. She has managed practices organized by industry, by geography and by solution area and has an in-depth understanding of the appropriate approach for each situation. Her early experience as a project manager means that her leadership principles are rooted in the reality of hands-on systems implementation.
Karen has a BA in International Relations and Economics from Brown University and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She currently resides with her family in Massachusetts.
Michael Garcia – Vice President, Human ResourcesMichael Garcia, a Human Resources leader, brings in-depth operational and strategic experience developed in a range of industries. Michael drives to build operational partnerships and a high performing work culture, is Vice President, Human Resources & Organization Effectiveness for Aclara.
Before joining Aclara, he was Vice President, Human Resources for SSM Health Care, where he led the Human Resources and Clinical Education team for four hospitals in the St. Louis market, the St. Louis Physician Organization and the Behavioral Medicine Service Line. SSM is a non-profit, mission based, health care system.
Additionally, Michael managed Sage, Human Capital Group LLC, an organization he started. Sage is a people advisory business providing C-Suite service and experience that developed and implemented people strategies enhancing Human Capital capability.
Previous to Sage, Human Capital Group, Michael held senior executive positions at RehabCare Group, Nexstar Financial Corporation, Ernst & Young, and Prudential Home Mortgage. He started his corporate career with McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) where his last position was Consent Decree Manager.
Michael holds Masters and Bachelors degrees from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
Jack McKechan – Senior Vice President, EngineeringJack McKechan is Sr. Vice President, Engineering & Technology responsible for the Aclara hardware and firmware product development.
Jack began his career with the Electronics and Space Division of Emerson Electric in 1972 and has continued with various divisions of ESCO to date. He has been involved with all phases of complex hardware and software development since receiving a Bachelors of Science degree with dual majors in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from Southern Illinois University.
He has been instrumental in the successful completion of many major projects ranging from state-of-the-art Research and Development efforts to major multi-year developments.
In October 2010, he moved to his current position, responsible for both TWACS® and STAR®. He brings both very strong organizational and broad technical skills to the company.
Terry Messmer – Senior Vice President, Operations and FinanceTerry Messmer is Senior Vice President of Operations and Finance for Aclara Technologies. Terry oversees the manufacturing, information technology, and finance functions. He became a part of the executive leadership team in May 2008 when he was named Chief Financial Officer.
In 2004, Terry joined ESCO Technologies, Inc., Aclara’s parent company. He served as Director of Finance and was responsible for internal audit and various operational audits.
Terry holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). He and his wife, Kathleen, live in St. Louis, MO with their three children.
Rick Riccardi – Executive Vice President, Major ProjectsRichard Riccardi is the Executive Vice President, Major Projects of the Aclara division of ESCO Technologies. He is an experienced senior executive in the AMI industry with more that fifteen years managing the development, sale and marketing of advanced metering systems. He was president of Hexagram, one of the early leaders in development of fixed network AMI systems, prior to its acquisition by ESCO Technologies. Since then, Rick has held several executive positions with Aclara, including strategic account management, marketing, and technology.
Rick holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Case and an MBA from CSU. He is married with two children.
Nancy Rich – Vice President, Sales and Account ManagementNancy Rich is Vice President of Sales and Account Management of Aclara. Focusing on global sales and business development, Nancy is responsible for strengthening the overall relationship with our account base, as well as building new business relationships. She leads Aclara’s tightly-focused industry-specific sales groups, targeting electric, water and gas utilities for new and cross-technology opportunities, matching client's needs with Aclara solutions.
Prior to joining the company, Nancy was Executive Vice President at Bridgeway Software, responsible for market development, sales, and contract negotiations for all product lines. Bridgeway is a leading provider of legal application and hosting services to Fortune 500 accounts and major Federal, State, and City agencies.
In 1996, Nancy joined Logica Corporation, an international technology and services solution provider serving the global energy and utility industries. As Vice President, Sales, she was responsible for management of the US sales and marketing organization, and product planning and development, and was instrumental in selling a large scale meter data management system to AEP which manages all retail transactions for AEP’s operating companies.
Earlier in her career, she worked at ABB Impell Corporation, a nuclear energy services firm providing engineering, regulatory analysis, and operations support to over 50 nuclear plants. During her 15 years with ABB, she held several positions including application development, project management, and business development.
Nancy holds a BS in electrical engineering from Villanova University. She lives in Marshfield, Massachusetts with her husband, John.
Kevin Sauter – Vice President, Quality Assurance
Kevin Sauter is Vice President of Quality Assurance for Aclara. He is responsible for leading Quality Assurance across Aclara’s product technology platforms.
Kevin has more than 25 years of experience in Manufacturing, Operations, and Engineering. Kevin is a hands-on leader with a proven track record in leading Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives. Before joining Aclara in 2008 Kevin held positions as Vice President of Engineering for a Tier 1 Automotive company, Director of North American Operations and Global SAP Implementation Manager for an Electrical Contact company and management positions in Texas Instruments’ Defense Electronics business.
Kevin holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Industrial Engineering & Management from Clemson University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business. He received a Six Sigma Black Belt from Motorola University. Kevin and his wife, Sonya, live in Wildwood, MO with their two children.
Ron Smith – Vice President, MarketingRon Smith is the Vice President, Marketing responsible for the Aclara’s Marketing Communications and Product Management verticals covering the Electric, Water, and Gas Markets.
Ron began his career as a Software Development Engineer with Emerson Electric in 1985 as a member of the Electronics and Space Division. He moved into the Automotive Industry with Hunter Engineering as a Production Engineer responsible for the production of highly specialized automotive test equipment and later worked as an Research and Development Engineer responsible for hardware and firmware design. Prior to Aclara he worked with a small agricultural research company developing highly custom sensor solutions. Since joining Aclara 10 years ago he has held management positions in Engineering, Product Management and since April of 2011 has been the Vice President of Marketing for the combined Aclara Technologies supporting STAR, TWACS, and Software. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a BS in Electrical Engineering and currently hold 3 patents.
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