HOUSTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Champion Energy Services LLC has announced that Scott L. Fordham recently joined the company as president and chief executive officer.

During his career, Fordham has been associated with a number of dynamic business enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures. Prior to joining Champion, Fordham was co-founder, president and chief executive officer of NetVersant Solutions, a privately held multi-location provider of comprehensive and integrated network infrastructure solutions serving major vertical markets such as financial services, retail, healthcare, education, transportation and technology. Prior to NetVersant, Fordham was executive vice president - operations of publicly traded Consolidated Graphics, Inc., where he was involved in the day-to-day operations and supervision of operating units across the country, as well president of Chas. P. Young Co., a financial printer and wholly owned subsidiary of the company. A certified public accountant, Fordham's career began at Arthur Andersen LLP where he held various positions, most recently as senior manager of the firm's audit practice.

Fordham, who holds a bachelor of business administration from the University of Texas, serves on the board of directors of Georgia-based Blaze Recycling & Metals LLC, which specializes in the process of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and Texas-based Soarion Studios LLC, an independent software developer that creates high-end video games.

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Houston-based Champion Energy Services ranks in the top five nonutility-affiliated retail electric providers in the United States and among the top 20 retail electricity companies in the nation. Champion Energy currently serves residential, commercial and industrial customers in deregulated electric energy markets in Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania, and is slated to enter the Ohio market. The company serves 350,000 residential customer equivalents, with a peak load near 1,000 Megawatts. Champion Energy is backed by the financial strength of Texas-based Crane Capital, owned and operated by Houston entrepreneur James R. "Jim" Crane.

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