Salt Lake City, Ut., USA - February 19, 2010, Salt Lake City, Ut., USA - EnergySolutions, a provider of services to the nuclear industry, announced that Steve Creamer has resigned as CEO, and that it has appointed Val John Christensen as its CEO and president, effective immediately.
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Mr. Creamer has been Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since 2005 and became Chairman of the Board in November 2007. Mr. Creamer joined the company's predecessor, Envirocare of Utah, in 2005 as its Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Creamer began his career with the State of Utah as an engineer with the Department of Transportation and then with Environmental Quality. From 1976 to 1991, he was the President of Creamer and Noble Engineers, a consulting engineering firm. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Creamer was the Chief Executive Officer and minority partner of ECDC Environmental, an industrial waste firm.
In 1997, Mr. Creamer co-founded ISG Resources, Inc. after acquiring JTM Industries from Laidlaw where he served as Chief Executive Officer until 2002. In 2002, Headwaters Incorporated acquired ISG, and Mr. Creamer became the Chief Operating Officer and board member of Headwaters Incorporated.
In 2003, Mr. Creamer co-founded Western Pacific Group, a private equity fund focused on making long-term investments in a wide cross section of companies. Mr. Creamer holds a B.S. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Utah State University.
Mr. Christensen has been President since December 2008. Prior to this appointment Mr. Christensen served as an Executive Vice President and our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from May 2006 to December 2008.
From 1989 to 2006, Mr. Christensen served in various executive positions at FranklinCovey Co., eventually as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary as well as being a director.
Prior to that, he was a partner at the law firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, where he handled commercial litigation and general business matters in the firm’s Salt Lake City office from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Christensen is a director of Dynatronics, Inc. He received a B.A and J.D. from Brigham Young University. ■