Columbia, S.C.-based Energy Department subcontractor AVANTech recently hired Mark Ping as its senior vice president of business development for utility services.
Ping’s nuclear career spans more than 35 years and includes experience in radioactive water treatment, wet waste processing, and disposal, the company said in a Feb. 19 press release. The company is a provider of industrial water treatment.
Ping will help bring integrated products and services to the nuclear and fossil fuel utility industries, according to AVANTech, which also has locations in Knoxville, Tenn., and Richland, Wash.
“The addition of Mark to our team is a key strategic move for AVANTech,” Gary Benda, AVANTech’s executive vice president of business development, said in the release. “His extensive background with U.S. utilities in waste management and water treatment, and his exceptional reputation within the industry, will significantly enhance our growth.”
Ping joined AVANTech in February after more than a year as vice president of business development for WMG Inc., a software provider for the nuclear industry, according to his LinkedIn profile. Prior to that he spent nine years as a vice president for development and technical sales manager at EnergySolutions.
In the newly-created post, Ping will work out of the Columbia office and report to Benda.
Last July, AVANTech acquired Mid Columbia Engineering (MCE), a Richland, Wash., firm that provides systems for sampling and testing radioactive waste at the nearby Hanford Site. Shortly before the MCE purchase was announced, AVANTech was picked by AECOM-led Washington River Protection Solutions to design and build a pretreatment facility for tank wastes at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at Hanford.