Executive Officers & Management
Mr. Fleming has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Water since January 2015 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in November 2018. From 2007 to 2014, he served in various roles with the company, including as Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Vice President and General Manager, and from 2004 to 2006, as Senior Project Manager of Engineering and Construction. Mr. Fleming joined Global Water in 2004, crossing over from the construction industry where he worked on numerous large-scale heavy civil infrastructure projects throughout Arizona. Mr. Fleming has over 16 years of related management and utility experience. Mr. Fleming is a director of the Board of Directors of the Maricopa Economic Development Alliance and the Pinal Partnership where he is the Co-Chair and founder of the organization’s Water Resources Committee.
Ron L. Fleming
Chairman, President & CEO
Mike Liebman
Senior Vice President & CFO
Mr. Liebman has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Global Water since May 2014. Mr. Liebman brings over 17 years of finance and management experience. Prior to joining Global Water, Mr. Liebman was a Senior Director at Alvarez and Marsal, a predominant turnaround and restructuring firm in the United States, from 2002 to 2014. While at Alvarez and Marsal, Mr. Liebman provided strategic planning and interim management services to companies across various industries, including homebuilding, retail, rental/leasing, and manufacturing. During this time, he successfully negotiated the restructuring of over $3 billion in capital and raised $750 million of new capital for clients. Mr. Liebman holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Northern Arizona University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Arizona, and is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA).
Mr. Krygier serves as Chief Operating Officer for Global Water. He brings more than 15 years of experience in operations management, regulatory strategy, and capital deployment for large projects and transactions, along with multi-state experience and industry knowledge. He has extensive experience representing utilities before the Arizona Corporation Commission, other public utility commissions, and municipal and county governments. Mr. Krygier most recently served as director of operations for a water and wastewater utility division of an investor owned, publicly traded, multi-national renewable energy and regulated utility conglomerate. He served as its director of rates, regulatory and governmental affairs for a division that served hundreds of thousands of customer connections throughout Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. He played an integral role in the acquisition and integration of multiple billion-dollar transactions related to wind power generation and distribution. He earned his BS in Economics and MBA in Finance from Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business. He is also a Certified Management Accountant.
Christopher Krygier
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Corwin has served as the General Manager of Global Water since September 2013. He previously held roles as the Maricopa-Casa Grande Regional Manager and the Operations Program Manager. Mr. Corwin joined Global Water in 2011 after serving eight years as a Civil Engineering Officer in the United States Air Force where his primary duties included managing infrastructure construction and maintenance at multiple Air Force bases. While in the Air Force, he served in a variety of capacities; including, civil construction, base utility engineer, maintenance engineer, and emergency manager in both stateside and deployed locations. Mr. Corwin holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, with an emphasis in structural engineering. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.
Jon Corwin
Vice President and General Manager
Mr. Brill serves as Vice President, IT Operations and Security. Mr. Brill brings over 20 years of professional experience in Information Technology, with a focus on architecting efficient, scalable, and secure infrastructures. Prior to joining Global Water, Mr. Brill served as an IT consultant for mid-market manufacturing corporations where he worked directly with CIOs and CTOs designing new Enterprise IT infrastructures, deploying new ERP systems and redefining desktop environments. He has also held roles focused on architecting secure, stable, and scalable solutions across the infrastructure stack, including Telephony, Virtualization, Storage, Networking, Data Center and Cloud technologies. Mr. Brill also served as Vice President, IT Operations and Security, at a360inc, a leading technology and outsourcing services provider in the real estate industry. Mr. Brill holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Western International University and a M.S. in Business Administration - Information Technology Management from Ashford University. Mr. Brill is also a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
Steven Brill
Vice President, IT Operations and Security
Jake Lenderking
Senior Vice President, Water Resources and Legislative Affairs
Mr. Lenderking currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Water Resources and Legislative Affairs. He previously held roles such as the Manager of Water Resources at EPCOR Water, in addition to working in the Water Conservation Office at the City of Phoenix where he assisted in the management of the City's water resources and oversaw the development of the City's Demand Management Plan and the City's Residential Retrofit Program. Prior to his tenure at the City of Phoenix, Mr. Lenderking worked at the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR). He held various positions and ultimately oversaw the review of all Phoenix Active Management Area recharge and recovery applications. Mr. Lenderking received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Resources with a concentration in Watershed Ecology from Arizona State University, and holds a Master of Business Administration from Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Robert J. Kuta is the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Environmental Resources for Global Water Resources, Inc. Mr. Kuta is responsible for the planning and directing of all aspects of the Company’s engineering and construction functions as well as direct oversight of the environmental compliance activities of Global Water. Mr. Kuta is an experienced water utility executive who is largely recognized as an industry expert in delivering outstanding residential, commercial and industrial water and wastewater services. With a 35+ year career that spans utility management, large capital program and project delivery and contract operations & maintenance, he has consistently and successfully brought innovative and technology-driven solutions to his clients and employers alike. Mr. Kuta “grew up” in the water industry having started in Arizona as field operator. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kuta served in a C-level position at the 3rd largest investor-owned water utility in the US. Mr. Kuta has obtained an advanced executive certificate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Central Michigan University. He has maintained seats on over 10 Boards of Directors. He holds certification as a Designated Design-Build Professional by the Design-Build Institute of America and is a certified water and wastewater operator in Arizona. Mr. Kuta is also active in many industry related associations and service groups.
