American Electric Technologies Accelerates Renewable Energy Push

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September 3, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AETI), the premium provider of power infrastructure solutions for the traditional and renewable energy industries, announced the appointment of two new executives focused on accelerating the company's penetration in the wind and solar markets.

John Skibinski joins AETI as vice president of New Market Development, reporting directly to AETI's new president and CEO, Charles Dauber. Robert Thomson also joins AETI as manager of North American Renewable Energy Services, responsible for building and successfully managing the company's North American wind farm and solar farm start-up and maintenance services.

Skibinski brings 26 years of power conversion and power distribution experience to AETI from Eaton Corp. His background in engineering, product marketing and business development will enable AETI to successfully bring to market custom-designed renewable energy solutions. Skibinski holds bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and M.B.A.s in business management, program management and human resources from the Keller Graduate School of Management.

Thomson joins AETI from Electrical Power Systems in Denver where he was responsible for managing teams that provided start-up and maintenance services for wind farms across the United States. Thomson also held technical services roles at Johnson Controls, Eaton/Cutler-Hammer Engineering Services and Piper Electric.

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