J-W Energy Co. President G. Gene Gradick has been given the additional duties of chief executive officer with the responsibility of managing day-to-day operations.

Gradick joined J-W Energy in 1998 as chief operating officer and was promoted to president in January 2005. During his tenure, the company has grown from US$70 million to more than US$800 million in gross revenue and from US$147 million to $1.5 billion in assets.

Prior to joining the company, Gradick was president of Delhi Gas Pipeline Corp. He is a mechanical engineering graduate of Texas A&M University.

J-W Energy consists of five business units that specialize in natural gas compression, gas measurement, gas gathering and processing, cased-hole wireline services, and exploration and production.