Welty Energy & Infrastructure Makes Leadership Changes

Welty Energy & Infrastructure has appointed Bill Paolillo to Group President and Eric Payne to VP of Energy Operations.
As Group President, Paolillo will be responsible for creating and executing a strategic plan, overseeing the company and securing national projects. Prior to his current role, Paolillo served as Executive Vice President of Welty Building Company, where he was responsible for leading strategy and business development.
“Bill’s proven results in growing Welty’s business and demonstrated knowledge of the energy sector, lean building science and management make him the right fit for this position,” said Don Taylor, President and CEO of Welty Building Company, parent company of Welty Energy & Infrastructure. “With his reputation for applying a collaborative approach, I am confident he will be effective in taking this business unit to the next level.”
As VP of Energy Operations, Payne will be responsible for managing day-to-day field operations. Previously, Payne worked at SunPower as Project Director, where he was responsible for overseeing more than 500MW of solar construction and installation throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. He had direct management oversight to ensure on-schedule, on-budget delivery of multiple large commercial distributed generation PV projects to ensure 100% internal and external compliance.
In other news, the company also announced the following leadership changes:
- Roxanne Sedlak, Lean Innovation Leader
- Dorothy Changelo and Brandon Young, Senior Project Managers
- Laurence Drenski, Construction Site Coordinator
- Fatimah Shabazz, Assistant Project Manager
- Mitch Kraly, Project Engineer
- Amanda Guthrie, Energy QC
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