Industrial, Energy & Manufacturing
Talent leaders powering industrial, energy, logistics, and manufacturing teams.
Casey Amend
EnSafe
Pete Babonis
Watts Water Technologies
Darija Barrech
Endress+Hauser International
Matt Battista
Lennar
Brian Boje
STS Aviation Services
Rachel Bourne
Jacobs
Danny Caines
Babcock International Group
Jason Cerrato
Amentum
Stephen Childs
Panasonic Automotive
Nick Curry
Blue Origin
Jennifer Curtis
Schneider Electric
Ray Custis
KBR
Rameen Fattahi
Rosendin
Heather Flynn
Lumentum
Rebeca Gonzalez
Schaeffler
Andrew Grier
CookieDog Talent Solutions Ltd
Cat Almanzor Hancock
Sonepar
Megan Henry
Cummins
Tays Heyer
EverGreene Manufacturing
Kristi Kennebrew
FedEx
Meaghan Kirk
C.H. Robinson
Ben Krupp
Cargomatic
Melissa Laswell
Blue Origin
Rebecca Lee
Safetykleen
Glenn Lindley
Bloom Energy
Ellie Long
Rolls-Royce
Jennifer Lopp
American Electric Power
Shawna Maccario
Walden Robotics
David Marshall
Comfort Systems USA Mid South
Shane Noe
Astranis Space Technologies
Kevin O'Shea
Hadrian
Catherine Petersen
Groundworks
Alex Putman
Price Industries
Matt Quinn-Johnston
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Chris Ross
Watts Water Technologies
Aaron Ruble
Performance Contracting Incorporated
Melissa Rutledge
Exemplis
Alaina Schnipke
PDW
William J. Scott
Neel-Schaffer
Tobias Slater
International Paper
Stefanie Spackman
Ecolab
Jennifer Swenson
Braun Intertec
Justin Tang
Triumvirate Environmental
Melissa Thompson
Ford Motor Company
Jon Townley
Ofgem
LaDonna Tucker
Schneider Electric
Vineet Wadhwa
Reworld Waste
Chris Winchester
Altec
Anne Wittenborg
Marvin
Chris Woodham
FedEx
About this category
Each Talent 100 category recognizes up to 100 honorees. 50 of the honorees in the Class of 2026 belong to Industrial, Energy & Manufacturing. They lead talent and recruiting work at organizations including Blue Origin, FedEx, Schneider Electric, Watts Water Technologies, and Altec. Each profile covers how they got into recruiting, how their team hires today, and what they think is changing about the work.
Honorees are selected through a dual-path process: about half are nominated directly by fellow people and recruiting leaders, and the rest by selection committees of senior talent practitioners and industry advisors who seek out leaders who may be under-recognized. Nominations are free and selection is based on merit. See the Talent 100 overview for the full process, or browse every category of the class.
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