Will Exline has been named president of Exline Inc., effective November 1, 2023. Will previously held the position of vice president of repair and manufacturing operations at Exline. Headquartered in Salinas, Kansas, the company provides industrial repair and manufacturing services for natural gas compression, power generation, industrial repair and manufacturing, and plastic mixing industries. Will is the 6th generation of the Exline family to lead the organization.
Since joining the company in January of 2018, Will has lead strategies and operational shifts across the company’s portfolio of products and services, most notably the company’s growth in serving the midstream oil and gas compression and refinery markets. Prior to joining Exline, Will served as an application engineer for Compressor Products International, designing aftermarket reciprocating compressor components for the oil and gas industry. Will holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University.
Exline has also named Bret Hightower as chief commercial officer (CCO), effective November 1. Hightower previously served as Exline’s president. He has more than 30 years of heavy industrial service and manufacturing experience. Prior to joining Exline, Hightower held positions with Dover Corp., Hoerbiger Service Inc., and EnPro Industries. In the role of CCO, Hightower will be focused on the development, implementation, and oversight of commercial strategies at Exline and provide hands-on leadership to the sales, marketing, product management, and customer success departments. In addition, he will continue as a principle within the Exline executive team.
