Three Grand Forks business leaders recognized by Prairie Business grandforksherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from grandforksherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Based in Grand Forks, AE2S employs about 300 people in 23 offices throughout eight states Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 7:00 am, May 29, 2021 ×
Charlie Vein, president and co-founder of AE2S, is retiring after a 30-year career with the company. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
From a small one-room office in the basement of the old depot in downtown Grand Forks, the AE2S engineering firm has grown far beyond what Charlie Vein could have imagined about 30 years ago.
When he and co-founder Steve Burian launched the company in October 1991, “we started from scratch,” said Vein, who is retiring this month.