Osmose leverages its scale, multi-decade operational experience and proprietary data analytics to deliver a unique and essential service that is cost-effective, improves infrastructure reliability and reduces risk for its utility and telecom customers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.įounded in 1934, Osmose is the leading provider of critical inspection, maintenance and restoration services for wood and steel infrastructure in the United States. Osmose will maintain its corporate headquarters in Peachtree City, Georgia, under the continued leadership of CEO Ron Childress and the Osmose management team. ("Osmose" or the "Company") from Kohlberg Investors VII, a fund managed by Kohlberg & Company, LLC.
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Osmose’s field technicians, professional engineers, wood scientists and corrosion experts utilize their expertise to identify and solve issues to make utility infrastructure safer, longer-lasting and more resilient while lowering the total cost of ownership. Headquartered near Atlanta in Peachtree City, GA, the company employs 4,000 people. I am proud of the people of Osmose and the tremendous growth trajectory of the business,” said Ron Childress.įounded in 1934, Osmose is the market-leading provider of critical inspection, mobile contact voltage testing, maintenance and restoration services for electric transmission, distribution and telecommunications utilities in the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It has been my honor and privilege to serve such a great company. “I have served in executive roles with Osmose for over two decades and five years as CEO, it is the right time for a leadership change. Ron Childress, the firm’s current President and CEO, is retiring effective Jafter 34 years of service with the company. “I’m especially appreciative of Ron Childress for having established such a strong foundation of excellence during his Osmose tenure.” “I’m honored to join Osmose, whose 86-year history of superb service quality and dependability provides an optimal platform for future growth and innovation,” said Phipps.
Utilities expect not only operational excellence but strategic foresight from Osmose, and Cody brings both of those key qualities to our business,” Rooney added. “At a time when utilities are investing heavily in the future of their grid infrastructure, Osmoses’ job of ensuring the strength and resiliency of the assets that support that grid rises to mission critical level. “Cody Phipps is the right leader for Osmose as it continues to expand the scope and scale of its services while increasing the quality and value it delivers to the utility and telecom markets,” said Tom Rooney, Chairman of Osmoses’ Board of Directors. Earlier in his career, Phipps was a Partner at McKinsey & Company in Chicago where he co-founded and led the firm’s Service Operations Practice and was a leader in the Global Operations Effectiveness Practice.
Prior to Owens & Minor, Phipps served as President and CEO of Essendant, a Fortune 500 distributor of business products. He was most recently Chairman, President, and CEO of Owens & Minor Inc., a global healthcare distributor/services company with over $10 billion in revenues. Phipps’ unique experience leading major business services companies through significant periods of expansion makes him well-equipped to guide Osmoses’ continued growth. Cody Phipps has been appointed the new President and Chief Executive Officer.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA.- Osmose Utilities Services, Inc. Ron Childress to Retire After 34-Year Career Cody Phipps Elected President and CEO of Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.,
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