Brian Peters — CEO
Brian Peters is a commercial and industrial sales leader and general manager with more than 30 years of experience developing teams, growing revenue, communicating value to global customers and bringing new products to market. At Evoqua Water Technologies, where he is Senior Director and General Manager of Disinfection Business for the Americas, Brian is responsible for a team of 50+ employees across sales, customer service, project management, technical services and engineering. Throughout his career, Brian has prided himself on being value oriented. He regularly puts himself in the minds of his clients, asking himself what they are getting and what is the value. Brian’s career grew out of what he calls a life-changing discussion with his high school counselor who encouraged him to consider the United States Merchant Marine Academy, just miles away from his home in NY. Here too, the youngest of four children who was responsible for paying his own way through college saw value. In return for serving seven years in the Naval Reserves, the U.S. government would foot the bill for his college education. Meanwhile, he would in turn earn a bachelor’s degree – in marine engineering – as well as a U.S. Coast Guard license and an officer’s commission in the U.S. Armed Forces. Growing up, Brian excelled in math and science, and he liked to tinker on cars. He always figured he’d be an engineer. But he didn’t know what it meant or what being an engineer looked like until college. College showed him by putting him to work on ships for six months during his sophomore year and another six months during his junior year. After graduating, Brian found work as a port engineer and marine engineer and in later years selling water treatment services and technologies to a broad swath of industries. One thing he has always loved about his work is learning about how other industries work and how they power every aspect of our lives. He recalls one typical day that had him traveling to the White House, which employed his company to treat the water used to cool it, then to a meat-processing plant and a computer chip manufacturer, both of which contracted for wastewater treatment. As a testament to his love of learning, Brian later earned his MBA from Wake Forest University. He’s still tinkering, too. He loves home improvement projects like down-to-the-studs kitchen renovations. Brian lives in Charlotte, NC, with his wife Christine and their three children.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Water Treatment and Industrial Sales Executive with extensive leadership experience.
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Experience: 32 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Project Management
- Sales Management
- Business Strategy
- Channel Strategy
- Negotiation
- Revenue Growth
- Customer Relationship Management
Career Highlights
- Over 30 years in commercial and industrial sales leadership.
- Successfully managed teams of 50+ across multiple functions.
- Achieved significant revenue growth in water treatment sector.
Work Experience
Kelvin Group
Chief Commercial Officer (2 yrs 5 mos)
Evoqua Water Technologies
Senior Director & General Manager of Disinfection Business for the Americas (3 yrs 1 mo)
SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions
Regional Director (3 yrs 9 mos)
GE Water & Process Technologies
Global Center of Excellence Leader, Indirect Channel (4 yrs 11 mos)
North American Sales Leader, Indirect Channels (3 yrs)
Regional Sales Executive (2 yrs)
Account Manager (4 yrs 3 mos)
Panduit
Data Communication Sales Specialist (1 yr)
Nalco Chemical Company
Sales Representative (2 yrs 11 mos)
HolcimUS
Port Engineer (2 yrs 11 mos)
Maersk Line, Limited
Ship Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)
American Maritime Officers
Marine Engineer (2 yrs)
Education
MBA at Wake Forest University School of Business
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) at United States Merchant Marine Academy