GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ -- Gas Natural Inc. (NYSE Amex: EGAS) (the "Company"), a natural gas utility company serving approximately 63,500 customers in six states, has named Dean A. Wardto the new position of Chief Information Officer, reporting to the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Thomas J. Smith. Mr. Ward, 48, will be responsible for the planning, alignment, governance and delivery of the Company's information technology infrastructure. Current challenges include the integration of the various operating units under a new organization-wide accounting and financial management system and the further development of a reliable, high-capacity technology infrastructure.
"Given Dean's depth of experience and knowledge of change management, we expect to more fully evolve our use of technology to deliver high quality, reliable information that can support our growth strategy and to provide more efficient means to continually improve customer satisfaction," Mr. Smith noted.
Mr. Ward's 20 years of experience includes previous roles as the acting CIO for The Kennedy Group, The Director of Information Technologies for Hausser + Taylor/Maloney + Novotny LLC., The National Manager of Support at RSM McGladrey, Regional Economic Leader and National Manager of support for American Express, as well as the owner of his own technology consulting firm.
About Gas Natural Inc.
Gas Natural Inc. distributes and sells natural gas to
end-use residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
It distributes approximately 30 billion cubic feet of
natural gas to approximately 63,500 customers through
regulated utilities operating in Montana,
Wyoming, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Maineand
North Carolina. The Company markets
approximately 1.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas to
commercial and industrial customers in
Montanaand Wyomingon an
unregulated basis. In August 2011, the
Company acquired its propane operations, delivering liquid
propane, heating oil, and kerosene to approximately 4,500
customers in North Carolinaand Virginia.
The Company also has ownership interests in 160 natural gas
producing wells and gas gathering assets and owns the
Shoshone interstate and the Glacier gathering pipelines
located in Montanaand Wyoming.
The Company's Montanapublic utility
was originally incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in
Great Falls, Montana.
The Company's toll-free number is 800-570-5688. The Company's address is 1 First Avenue South, Great Falls, Montana59401 and its website is www.ewst.com.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The Company is including the following cautionary statement
in this release to make applicable and to take advantage of
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for any forward-looking
statements made by, or on behalf of, Gas Natural Inc.
Forward-looking statements are all statements other than
statements of historical fact, including, without
limitation, those that are identified by the use of the
words "anticipates," "estimates,"
"expects," "intends,"
"plans," "predicts,"
"believes" and similar expressions. Such
statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed. Factors that may affect
forward-looking statements and the Company's business
generally include but are not limited to the Company's
ability to successfully integrate the operations of the
companies it has recently acquired and consummate
additional acquisitions, the Company's continued
ability to make dividend payments, the Company's
ability to implement its business plan, fluctuating energy
commodity prices, the possibility that regulators may not
permit the Company to pass through all of its increased
costs to its customers, changes in the utility regulatory
environment, wholesale and retail competition, the
Company's ability to satisfy its debt obligations,
including compliance with financial covenants, weather
conditions, litigation risks, and various other matters,
many of which are beyond the Company's control, the
risk factors and cautionary statements made in the
Company's public filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and other factors that the Company is
currently unable to identify or quantify, but may exist in
the future. Gas Natural Inc. expressly undertakes no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statement contained herein to reflect any change in Gas
Natural Inc.'s expectations with regard thereto or any
change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any
such statement is based.
For more information contact:
Gas Natural Inc. | Investor Relations: Kei Advisors LLC |
Thomas J. Smith, Chief Financial Officer | Deborah K. Pawlowski, Chairman & CEO |
Phone: (440) 974-3770 | Phone: (716) 843-3908 |
Email: tsmith@ewst.com | Email: dpawlowski@keiadvisors.com |
SOURCE Gas Natural Inc.
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