For over 21 years, Kelly McAndrew has served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), playing a pivotal role in shaping AM Technical Solutions (AM) culture and strategic direction, enabling exceptional results.
Under his leadership, AM has strengthened its market position, expanded capabilities, and developed into a high-performing Global Engineering and Construction Management firm serving the High-Technology industry. Guided by strong faith, ethics, Kelly has fostered a culture of integrity, care, innovation, and success.
Kelly has transitioned into the role of Chairman of the Board. As Chairman, Kelly will focus on investments and partnerships to further enhance our solution offerings. Concurrently, he will collaborate with the CEO to provide high-level strategic guidance, ensure alignment with our core values, and support ethical and sustainable growth. His passion for helping and mentoring others is enriched by both his family and ministry activities, which inspire excellence in life and business.
Dave Watrous: Leading Our Next Chapter as CEO
We are eager to announce that Dave Watrous will succeed Kelly as Chief Executive Officer. Our company has worked closely with Dave for more than six years in the roles of customer and partner. His faith, integrity, leadership qualities, and strong industry expertise make him the ideal choice for this role.
With a distinguished 30-year career in High-Technology industries, Dave brings extensive capabilities in delivering multi-billion-dollar Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Validation projects worldwide.
As CEO, Dave will focus on leading growth, accelerating opportunities, enhancing customer value, and reinforcing our position as an industry leader while upholding the company’s core values and ethics.
Continuing Our Legacy of Values-Driven Leadership
This transition from Kelly to Dave underscores our dedication to:
- Continuity of Core Values: Our principles and culture remain unchanged.
- Strengthening Leadership: Combining Kelly’s strategic vision with Dave’s leadership and expertise positions us for long-term success.
- Enhanced Capabilities: We will continue to invest in talent, leadership, innovation, and capabilities to better serve our stakeholders.
- Strong Ethics: Faith, Integrity, and Responsibility remain the foundation of our company.
We are confident that this new leadership structure will be a valuable enhancement of AM Technical Solutions and create lasting value for all of our People, our Customers, and our Company.
“Serving as CEO for more than two decades has been one of the greatest privileges of my life, as we built a values-driven company grounded in faith, integrity, and a commitment to exceptional results,” says Kelly McAndrew. “I have full confidence in Dave Watrous as he steps into the CEO role, and I believe his leadership, character, and dedication will guide AM into an even stronger future.”
ABOUT AM TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1994, AM is a global architecture, engineering, construction, and commissioning firm for high-tech markets. AM targets semiconductor, life sciences, data centers, solar, aerospace, research, university, and other high-technology facilities. AM has successfully managed over $30 billion in capital projects, cleanroom construction builds, and facility expansions for more than 170 different customers in 26 different countries.
AM ‘s Global Headquarters are in Austin, Texas, and they have additional U.S. offices in Tempe, Arizona; Nashville, Tennessee; and Statesville, North Carolina. AM has projects spanning all across North America, Asia, and Europe.