Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> October 27, 2003
DENNIS A. ORWIG, Chief Executive Officer of Encorp, Inc. since 2001, has
an extensive track record of building companies into profitable,
industry-leading organizations. Mr. Orwig's primary focus is to move
Encorp into new market segments and leverage the company's advanced
technologies in pursuit of new strategic opportunities. A 24-year
veteran of the power industry, Mr. Orwig most recently served as
President and CEO of California-based Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CESI), a 150-employee company that manufactures pollution-
prevention equipment. Mr. Orwig oversaw the startup of Catalytica and
led the business through four years of rapid growth. Under his
leadership, the company successfully launched an IPO and additional new-
product developments. Mr. Orwig also initiated strategic alliances with
General Electric, Enron, Pratt-Whitney Canada and Kawasaki, among
others, which allowed Catalytica to raise $80 million for technology
research and development programs. From 1993 until 1996, Mr. Orwig was
part of a three-person team in the Office of the President of Elliott
Company, a 100-year-old privately owned manufacturer of large-scale
capital equipment for the petrochemical, transportation and power
industries. Mr. Orwig oversaw worldwide service operations and corporate
strategic planning. In 1996 Elliott was sold to a public Japanese
company. For eight years, Mr. Orwig served in executive management
positions at Asea Brown Boveri, Ltd. From 1991 to 1993, he was President
and CEO of the Gas & Steam Turbine Business Division, which generated
annual revenues of $560 million. As President of ABB U.S.S.R. Business
Development, Inc., from 1989 to 1991, he was responsible for initiating
and building the first five ABB businesses within Russia. Mr. Orwig
holds a Master's of Business Administration degree in International
General Management from Duke University and two Bachelor of Science
degrees, one in Applied Science and one in Paper Chemistry from Miami
University in Ohio. Profile
Mr. Orwig: Encorp is a private company formed in 1994, headquartered in
Colorado about an hour north of Denver. Encorp's initial goal
