Mathieu new chief of OmniTRAX energy unit
Written by Railway Age Staff
OmniTRAX, Inc., announced that Pierre-Luc Mathieu will lead OmniTRAX Energy Solutions (OES) as president, effective immediately. OES comprises the company’s offerings to the proppant supply chain, including terminals in several basins, transload operations and Arrows Up, LLC a containerized proppant delivery and storage solution provider.
“Pierre is the perfect executive to oversee the OES team and deliver strong growth to the OmniTRAX organization,” said Kevin Shuba, Chief Executive of OmniTRAX. “His experience and expertise will help allocate the right resources to capitalize on the strength of our assets. We’re looking forward to seeing great things from Pierre and OES.”
Reporting directly to Mathieu are John Allegretti, CEO of Arrows Up, the frac sand container company; Justin Renfro, Senior Vice President of Business Development for OES and James Samuelsen, Director of Corporate Development for OES. The company said it expects the full OES team will grow to more than 200 by the end of 2017.
“There are significant opportunities in the energy market right now, especially in the supply chain and logistics area where every stakeholder is looking to increase productivity and lower costs. OES will help customers improve performance by providing comprehensive solutions to move proppant and other materials from the mines to the well heads in the most efficient way possible,” said Mathieu.
Mathieu, who previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for OmniTRAX with responsibility for strategy development, service expansion, new market entry and corporate development, will continue to report to Shuba.
Prior to OmniTRAX, Mathieu spent nine years in various executive roles at Brambles Limited and held several strategy and manufacturing roles with Le Groupe Michelin in Canada and the U.S. He received an MBA from INSEAD, the European Institute of Business Administration, in France and a BS in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.
