Management Team

Earl C. “Duke” Austin, Jr., is president and CEO of Quanta Services, a recognized leader driving the operations of the largest specialized contractor serving electric power, pipeline, industrial and communications customers in North America.

Quanta Services is a Fortune 300 company with more than $11 Billion in revenue and 39,000 plus employees worldwide. Austin has played a fundamental role in Quanta’s significant growth in its key markets, including strategic development of the company’s capabilities in assessment, planning, engineering and design, procurement, construction, commissioning, testing, operations and management of critical infrastructure systems.

Austin served as chief operating officer and served as president of Quanta’s Electric Power and Natural Gas and Pipeline Divisions before assuming the chief executive officer role. Austin initially joined the Quanta executive team in 2009 to lead the company’s expanding pipeline operations.

Before joining Quanta Services, Austin served as president of North Houston Pole Line, LP, a Quanta operating unit. He was instrumental in the strategic growth of the Texas-based unit, which delivers a full range of electric power, gas and telecommunication utility infrastructure services to customers throughout the region.

Austin serves on the CEO Roundtable, the board of the Southwest Line Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association, as well as the Junior Achievement board of Southeast Texas (JASET), and the executive committee for the Greater Houston Partnership (GHP). He also serves on the Texas State University System Board of Regents.

Austin is a graduate of Sam Houston State University, where he received his B.S. in Business Management/Accounting. In 2016, Austin received the Sam Houston State University Distinguished Alumni Award. Austin resides in Houston with his wife, three sons and one daughter.

Jayshree Desai serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Quanta Services. She oversees the company’s finance and accounting, mergers and acquisitions, treasury, and IT functions, leveraging her industry knowledge and financial expertise to position Quanta for continued growth.

Desai previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), where she led the company through multiple recapitalizations, including the 2005 sale of EDPR NA’s predecessor company to the Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the 2007 sale to Energias de Portugal for $2.7 billion, and the 2008 initial public offering of EDP’s renewable energy subsidiary, valued at $2.4 billion. Desai served as Chief Operating Officer of Clean Line Energy Partners LLC from 2010 to 2018 as they worked to bring renewable energy to market. In 2018 she was named President of ConnectGen LLC, a private-equity-backed developer of utility-scale wind energy, solar energy, and battery storage projects. Desai joined Quanta Services as Chief Corporate Development Officer in early 2020, overseeing all mergers and acquisitions opportunities, as well as treasury functions. She was named Chief Financial Officer in 2022.

Desai currently serves as a director on the board of TPI Composites Inc., the world’s largest independent manufacturer of wind turbine blades. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin.

BJ Ducey serves as President of Strategic Operations for Quanta Services. As part of his strategic oversight, Ducey supports Quanta’s extensive and growing business portfolio and leads a team that evaluates technologies, assets, projects, and opportunities. He has been a key driver of growth and innovation across the company.  

Ducey has significant industry experience, previously serving as Quanta’s Senior Vice President of Operations from 2017 through 2023. As Senior Vice President of Operations, he played a key role in the development and execution of advanced projects and programs in countries throughout North America and beyond and within a range of end markets, including the electric power, renewable energy, and underground utility and infrastructure segments. Prior to being named Senior Vice President of Operations, Ducey served in various other management roles within Quanta from 2012 through 2017 and as Vice President — Operations and Business Development at Dashiell Corporation, a Quanta operating company, from 2006 through 2012. Throughout his tenure at Quanta, Ducey has helped position the company as a global leader for infrastructure solution services and the development of key infrastructure projects that empower the growth of reliable and cleaner energy in complex markets.

Ducey holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas and a Master of Business Administration from Rice University. He lives in Houston with his wife and is the proud father of two children.

Karl Studer serves as President of Electric Power for Quanta Services. He is an essential member of the executive leadership team. Studer directly oversees all of Quanta’s electrical operations across the United States, Canada, and Australia. His leadership has directly and positively impacted the strategic growth of Quanta Services in all areas of electrical engineering and construction.

Studer previously served as Regional Vice President of Quanta Services as well as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Probst Group, consisting of Quanta-owned Operating Units that specialize in the construction of electrical infrastructure across the US. He has overseen thousands of field and line operators and implemented the most advanced safety measures to protect them. Studer is a co-founder of Probst Electric and Summit Line Construction, both acquired by Quanta Services in 2013.

Studer is a graduate of the Northwest Lineman College in Meridian, ID where his leadership qualities immediately afforded him responsibilities over crew safety, job efficiency, and client satisfaction. Studer resides in his hometown of Rupert, ID with his wife and five children. In his free time, Studer stays true to his roots as an active farmer and cattle rancher.

Donald Wayne serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Quanta Services. With over 25 years of legal experience, including more than 20 years of service as General Counsel to energy and construction companies, he provides Quanta with insightful legal advice tailored to the energy infrastructure industry. 

Wayne previously worked as an attorney with the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP. In 1999, he took on the role of Vice President and General Counsel of U.S. Concrete Inc. He later served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Archrock Inc. and its predecessor companies, Exterran Holdings Inc. and Universal Compression Holdings Inc. from 2006 through 2017. During his time at Archrock and its predecessor companies, he concurrently served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the managing general partner of a master limited partnership controlled by Archrock and its predecessor companies, and as a director of the managing general partner from 2015 through 2017. Wayne’s extensive background with these publicly traded energy and construction companies has afforded him the industry knowledge needed to guide Quanta in its continued growth.

Wayne is a graduate of Tufts University and completed his Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctorate at Washington University.