American Welding & Gas
Jason began his career in 1994 as a sales trainee for Gas Tech, Inc., a large employee-owned Midwest packaged gas distributor with locations in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Following an extensive training program encompassing all aspects of the industry, Jason assumed an outside sales position and later transitioned to sales and business leadership roles.
In 1999, Praxair purchased Gas Tech, Inc. where Jason remained in leadership and acquisition integration roles until he was asked to move to Phoenix, AZ in 2001 to assume a Division General Manager position for the Southwest states of the U.S. for two years. Jason and his family began moving every couple years for expanded leadership roles that required significant growth and/or business improvements in large geographies in the central and western portions of the U.S. Senior leadership positions based in Phoenix, St. Louis, Austin, Chicago, San Francisco and Houston represented a large portion of his 23 year service with Praxair.
Jason joined AWG in 2017 as Senior Vice President of the Central Division which includes locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. In 2019 promoted to President and COO and relocated to Raleigh, NC. In 2020 promoted to President and CEO.
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American Welding & Gas
AWG, Gases and Welding Supplies is a manufacturer and distributor of industrial gases as well as a provider of all your welding supply needs. We are an employee owned company that is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Our company provides industrial, medical and specialty gases as well as food and beverage gases across the United States, from Montana to Georgia. With a team of over 600 plus employees, 75 retail locations and 16 fill plants we pride ourselves in our customer service, expertise, assets and resources that allow us to reach a large and diversified customer base at the highest quality. AWG originated from Valley Welding Supply located in Billings, Montana and Scott-Gross Company located in Lexington, Kentucky. Both of these companies began back in 1949 and have allowed us to grow through acquisitions as well as organically.