Kenneth R. Reynolds

Kenneth R. Reynolds serves on the Board of Directors of Ariel Corporation and, in 2020 retired from being the company’s Executive Vice President and Treasurer. He previously served as its Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2016. Ariel has been a major designer and manufacturer of a wide variety of compressors for diverse global petroleum markets for over 50 years. Its compressors are in service worldwide in refineries, gas fields, pipeline service and gas gathering, making it a world leader in gas compression. Previously, Mr. Reynolds, a Certified Public Accountant, was a partner with a regional public accounting firm which he joined following his college graduation.

Mr. Reynolds has over 30 years of financial systems management and reporting experience and qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC rules for service on the Audit Committee. Additionally, Mr. Reynolds has extensive international Fortune 500 customer experience with major petroleum producers and capital goods manufacturers.