David Wathen President and Chief Executive Officer David M. Wathen began his career in 1977 at General Electric, where he started as a manufacturing engineer and later served in various capacities, including several managerial positions. He then held leadership roles at premier, industrial companies including Eaton, where he was CEO of a large free-standing subsidiary, as well as Allied Signal (which is now Honeywell) and Emerson Electric, where he served as the President of major divisions at each company. Most recently, David was President and CEO of the North American Operations of Balfour Beatty – a leading, publicly-traded UK-based engineering, construction, services and investment company – and he was responsible for running a business with over $1 billion in revenues and roughly 4,000 employees. back to leadership