Advanced Emissions Solutions Appoints Jeremy "Deke" Williamson As Chief Operating Officer, Effective September 18, 2023

Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADES) (the "Company" or "ADES"), a producer of activated carbon, and other environmentally efficient carbon products for use in purification, sustainable energy, sustainable materials and energy transition, today announced that Jeremy "Deke" Williamson has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") effective September 18, 2023.

 

Robert Rasmus, CEO of ADES commented, "I would like to welcome Deke to the ADES team in his role as COO. Deke is a proven leader. He has extensive experience optimizing plant operations and successfully completing construction and expansion projects on, or ahead of time. I know Deke shares our goal of ADES being the safest, lowest operating cost and most profitable company in the industry."

Williamson added, "I am thrilled to become a part of the ADES team and believe we have a tremendous opportunity to help the world reduce carbon and chemical emissions through our growing platform of activated carbon solutions. ADES will be the only vertically integrated Granular Activated Carbon producer in North America, and I look forward to leveraging my prior operations experience to support the construction and completion of the expansion of ADES's Red River and Corbin plants. We have a great mission focused on the need for innovative purification solutions and I'm excited to get to work."

Mr. Williamson is the former Senior Vice President of Production and Distribution Operations at Hi-Crush, Inc., a fully integrated provider of proppant and logistics services for hydraulic fracturing operations. While at Hi-Crush, Williamson's responsibilities largely revolved around managing multiple mining operations, strategic planning, and assisting the research and development teams. Prior to joining Hi-Crush in 2011, Williamson was the Plant Manager at Southeast Missouri Stone, a leader in infrastructure construction and maintenance. Williamson holds a BS in Business Management and MBA from the University of Phoenix.