Contact Us | English Products & Solutions Finder Products Services Industries Investors Careers About LEADERSHIP Jean Vernet President and CEO Jean Vernet, appointed in 2017, is the 14th CEO to lead John Crane since its founding in 1917. In this role, Jean has global responsibility for one of the largest divisions of Smiths Group. Mr. Vernet holds over 30 years of experience in business development, technical sales and finance, with leadership in various markets including oil and gas, specialty metals, technology, big data, and clean energy, and across services and engineered products. Prior to joining John Crane, Mr. Vernet was CFO of Expro, a global leader in critical oil and gas deepwater exploration and completion services. Before joining Expro in 2012, Jean served as CFO of technology companies Grid Net and FormFactor, and as Director of Risk at Rio Tinto Alcan. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Vernet was employed by Schlumberger, a leading provider of technology services for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. For over 11 years he held positions of increasing responsibility including Finance Director of the wireline business and corporate R&D. Over his career, Mr. Vernet has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Mr. Vernet earned an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, and an MSE in Mechanical Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France. Celine Boland Chief Financial Officer Celine Boland is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, responsible for leading the company’s global finance function and all financial operations, and driving financial excellence across the organization. Since joining John Crane in 2000, Ms. Boland has held several finance leadership roles including Finance Director at John Crane Ireland and Director, Global Financial Projects and M&A. Prior to her current position, Ms. Boland relocated to the divisional headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, in 2011, where she served as Global Finance Director supporting the division in driving global business performance, integrating business strategic planning and forecasting, supporting investments, including M&A and driving analytical excellence. Prior to joining John Crane, Ms. Boland held various finance roles in privately held Irish companies and started her career in Chartered Accounting Practice. Celine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business from the Institute of Business and Accounting in Dublin, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Patrick Thompson Executive Vice President, Marketing Patrick Thompson joined John Crane in November 2017 and currently serves as Executive Vice President, Marketing. In this role, he is responsible for leading and strengthening the marketing function, focusing on technology portfolio optimization, go-to-market strategies and front-line sales support to grow the business in established oil & gas markets and foster expansion into new industry verticals. Prior to joining John Crane, Patrick worked for Schlumberger―the world’s leading oilfield services company―for 25 years in various leadership roles, including operations, sales, marketing and key account management. Patrick started his career at Schlumberger career as a field geophysicist in oil & gas and mineral exploration activities in Africa, Europe and North America. This experience led to various management roles with increasing responsibilities in the seismic exploration sector. Patrick continued his career in strategic marketing and sales management roles across a wide range of Schlumberger’s businesses, geographies and client accounts at both product line and group levels. Patrick received holds a Master of Science in Exploration Geophysics from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London and a Bachelor of Science in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Southampton. John Donatiello Vice President of Global End-User Sales and Service John Donatiello is Vice President of Global End-User Sales and Service, with global responsibility for the end-user business and aftermarket services. Mr. Donatiello has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has a deep understanding of John Crane’s customers’ needs and a passion for customer excellence. Prior to this position, Mr. Donatiello was John Crane’s Vice President of the Americas. From 2005 to 2009, Mr. Donatiello worked for Weir Oil & Gas, a global provider of oil and gas products. He started his tenure there as Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing and Engineering for the Weir Services division. He was then given added responsibility to run Weir’s regional service business in the Middle East, India and North Africa. Mr. Donatiello was promoted to Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing and Service for Weir Oil and Gas. From 1981 to 2005, he worked at Flowserve in numerous leadership positions in sales, operations, service and general management. Mr. Donatiello holds an MBA in operations management from Illinois Institute of Technology and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ruben Alvarez Vice President of Global First Fit Business Ruben Alvarez is Vice President of the First Fit Business, with global responsibility for the first fit, OEM and EPC customer business and the upstream oil services business. Since joining John Crane in 1998, Mr. Alvarez has held several management roles including managing director for John Crane Iberica and John Crane Western Europe. Next, he was appointed to managing director of John Crane Middle East and Africa, where he held responsibility for a culturally and politically diverse region that stretched from the Caspian territories to the Gulf Coast countries and the African continent – totalling 68 countries. Prior to his current position, Mr. Alvarez was vice president and general manager of John Crane’s upstream oil services business. Mr. Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Central Florida and an MBA in international management from European University of Toulouse, France. He also successfully completed an International Executive Management Program (TGMP) and the Corporate Leader Program at Harvard Business School. Jay Angelo Vice President and General Counsel Jay Angelo is the Vice President and General Counsel of John Crane, responsible for the company’s global legal and trade compliance organization. Mr. Angelo first joined Smiths Group as the General Counsel of Smiths Interconnect in 2009, and was appointed to his current position in February of 2014. Prior to joining Smiths Group, he worked for several publicly-traded companies including Move, Inc., AMS, Inc., and j2 Global Communications, where he held Associate General Counsel positions with a broad range of responsibility for commercial transactions, corporate governance, intellectual property and compliance. Mr. Angelo began his legal career at the New York-headquartered law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he worked in its D.C. office for three years on telecommunications regulatory, transactional and anti-trust matters. Mr. Angelo holds a J.D. from George Washington University Law School and a B.A in government and a minor in economics from Georgetown University. Joe Haas Vice President & Chief Technology Officer Joe Haas is the Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the company’s engineering organization, R&D strategy and innovation process. During his tenure at John Crane, Mr. Haas has focused on meeting customer expectations by implementing several new engineering systems and processes that led to higher productivity and better efficiency for customers. Mr. Haas joined John Crane in 1989 as a product engineer, before becoming a product manager and then manager of the Americas product group. In 1995, he became responsible for new product development activities for John Crane North America and made multiple contributions to the product portfolio that are still sold to customers today. Mr. Haas became Director of Engineering in 1999, responsible for the design, application and development activities across John Crane North America. He was soon promoted to Vice President of Engineering and maintained responsibility for all corporate engineering activities within the Americas, before being promoted to a global vice president position in 2008. Mr. Haas holds a B.S. in technology from Missouri State University. Rich Steffens Vice President of Global Quality Rich Steffens is the company’s Vice President of Global Quality, responsible for driving quality across the organization’s global network. Prior to joining John Crane in 2013, he spent 10 years in quality leadership roles at Harley Davidson Motor Company. His most recent position was the director of quality for global advanced manufacturing where he was responsible for the strategic and tactical integration of quality operating and management systems, manufactured product quality, and process standardization and implementation. During his tenure at Harley Davidson, he was also responsible for teaching and mentoring continuous improvement of manufacturing systems for global manufacturing operations. Before joining Harley Davidson, Mr. Steffens spent 16 years at Ford Motor Company and three years at General Motors. Mr. Steffens holds a M.S. in engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technical University. Hundreds of engineering experts. Over 200 global locations. Delivering innovation and service to help you succeed. 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