Advanced Energy president, COO steps down

FORT COLLINS and DENVER — Neil Brinker, president and chief operating officer of Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEIS), has resigned and will return to the Midwest for family reasons.

Yuval Wasserman, the company’s CEO, has assumed the president’s role, the company said in an announcement Monday. Brinker will assist with the management transition through November.

AE manufactures highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes.
“My decision to resign is due to family circumstances,” Brinker said in a written statement. “I regret the sudden nature of this decision but believe that it is in the…