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.
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On the night of April 8, Marcus Morris Sr. returned to his locker in the fourth quarter of an easy Clippers win over the Phoenix Suns and scrolled through his phone to catch up on the evening’s events.
“No way that happened,” he said, chuckling to himself.
There was Marcus, dealing with the frustration of an early exit bestowed on him by his usual foil an NBA referee. And somehow the refs had gotten to Markieff, too, booting the league’s notorious twin troublemakers during the same national TV doubleheader?
“I knew everybody would be like, we did that on purpose,” Marcus says. “First of all, we love playing. Second of all, we love money. So we’re not trying to get ejected.”