Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco provides electrical, industrial and communications maintenance, and supply-chain management and logistics services. The company’s clients include commercial and industrial businesses, government agencies, telecommunications providers, and utilities. WESCO was founded in 1922 as a distribution arm of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., itself launched in the late 1880s by George Westinghouse as a competitor to Thomas Edison’s electric company. John J. Engel has served as Wesco’s president and CEO since 2009 and joined the company’s board in 2011.
Dirk Jensen—Wesco