NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans-based inFRONT Devices and Systems, a global leader in petrochemical business processes technology, announced that seasoned petrochemical industry professional John Barth has joined its team as Senior Account Manager.
With two decades of experience, Barth will have responsibility for business development, demand generation and sales growth. He will report directly to founder and president Chris Laibe.
The announcement comes as inFRONT’s AllClear Emergency Response solution continues to expand its presence in petrochemicals and refining. As a system that accounts for people, inFRONT grew its installed base by 75 percent in 2016 alone. AllClear assists ERTs in making life-saving decisions by providing rich data during an incident and acting as a deep resource of information after the event for personnel to identify areas for improvement. In his new position, Barth will play a key role in continuing to increase AllClear’s global market share in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
“I’m excited to join inFRONT during this time of rapid market growth,” said Barth. “inFRONT’s AllClear Emergency Assembly Solution puts actionable data into the hands of emergency responders fast enough to save lives, and I look forward to being a champion of a technology that can help to make not only employees, but the communities where they live and work, safer.”
Barth is well positioned to accelerate inFRONT’s momentum with a track record of success delivering solutions to global companies including Huntsman Chemical, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and BP, company reps said.
“The addition of John to our team allows us to not only reinforce our position as the leader in safety technology for the downstream sector, but also evaluate the opportunity to expand into other industries where a safety culture is imperative to success,” explained Chris Laibe. “John’s expertise and record of leading sales, marketing and people will be a huge asset as we accelerate our growth.”