Earl C. “Duke” Austin, Jr. – President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Quanta Services – Email Address

Mr. Earl C. Austin, Jr., also known as Duke, has been the Chief Operating Officer of Quanta Services, Inc. since January 1, 2013. Mr. Austin has been Director, President and Chief Executive Officer at Quanta Services, Inc since March 2016. He served as the President of Electric Power and Natural Gas & Pipeline Divisions at Quanta Services, Inc. since May 2011 until January 1, 2013. Mr. Austin served as the President of the Natural Gas and Pipeline Division of Quanta Services Inc. from October 1, 2009 to May 2011. Mr. Austin has been with Quanta for over eight years. He has more than two decades of industry experience. He served as the President of North Houston Pole Line (NHPL) since 2001. He serves on the Board of the Southwest Line Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association. Mr. Austin received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from Sam Houston State University.

Quanta Services is a U.S. corporation that provides outsourced construction, maintenance, and technology services for electric power, telecommunications, broadband cable, and gas pipeline industries. Capabilities include the planning, design, installation, maintenance and repair of most types of network infrastructure. In June 2009, Quanta Services was added to the SP 500 index, replacing Ingersoll-Rand.^[2]

Quanta Services employs about 17,500 people, approximately 2,300 of which are salaried. Its operating companies achieved combined revenues of about $4.7 billion in 2011.^[1] It is headquartered in Houston, Texas.