Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 23, 2004

WILLIAM INDELICATO – VALLEY NATIONAL GASES INC (VLG)

WILLIAM A. INDELICATO was elected a Director of Valley Natiional Gases Inc. in January 1997 and was appointed as Valley's Vice Chairman and Acting Chief Executive Officer in February 2002. Mr. Indelicato served as Acting Chief Executive Officer from February 2002 to October 2002 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in June 2003. Mr. Indelicato has been President of ADE Vantage, Inc., a business consulting firm, which provides certain services to Valley, since July 1992. From 1988 to 1991, Mr. Indelicato served as General Business Director of Union Carbide Industrial Gases Inc. Mr. Indelicato has also been an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at Pace University in New York. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and his Master's in Business Administration degree from Pace University. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a description of Valley National Gases?

Mr. Indelicato: Valley National Gases is a producer, a packager and

distributor of industrial gases, related welding products