Global Water Resources, Inc. announced that it has appointed noted utility industry leader, Chris Krygier, to the new position of chief operations officer. He previously served as the company's chief strategy officer since June 2020. As COO, Krygier will be responsible for Global Water's regulated water and wastewater utility operations across its expanding footprint in Arizona, including continuing to oversee the company's business development and regulatory affairs.

Krygier will also continue to lead the company's acquisition and growth initiatives, building on Global Water's record of successful acquisitions of 12 utilities acquired in Maricopa, Pinal and Pima County since 2017. Krygier brings to the position 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 regulatory experience representing utilities in over 10 states, including electric, natural gas, water and wastewater companies.

He has also represented utilities before the Arizona Corporation Commission. Prior to joining Global Water, Krygier 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 oversaw 75,000 water and wastewater active connections in Arizona and Texas.

He also served as its director of rates, regulatory and governmental affairs, and in other positions for a division that served hundreds of thousands of customer connections throughout the mid-western United States. He played an integral role in the acquisition and integration of multiple billion-dollar transactions related to wind power generation and distribution. Earlier in his career, Krygier held several positions of increasing responsibility at American Water, the United States largest water and wastewater investor owned utility.

He has also served on numerous utility industry and volunteer boards and committees, including Southern Gas Utilities Association and Water Utilities Association of Arizona. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics and MBA in Finance from Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business. He also previously served as a board member of ASU's Hispanic Business Alumni Association.

He is also a Certified Management Accountant as designated by the Institute of Management Accountants and is a CFA charterholder.