CEA Industries Inc. announced the appointment of Ryan Gift as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Gift is a seasoned M&A executive with over 15 years of leadership experience. Mr. Gift has more than 15 years of progressive experience in mergers and acquisitions, industrial manufacturing, project management, commercial construction, and engineering.

He was most recently M&A Manager – North America at Alfa Laval, a leading global supplier of products & solutions for heat transfer, separation, and fluid handling. In this role, he was responsible for leading all corporate development activities such as mergers, acquisitions, investments/joint ventures, divestments, or strategic partnerships for North American headquartered companies across all three divisions and fourteen business units. Prior to this role, Mr. Gift joined Alfa Laval in 2012 as part of an acquired company, where he was a project manager responsible for capital equipment supply contracts in water & wastewater treatment equipment.

As part of the subsequent post-acquisition integration planning, in 2014 he took over responsibility for the acquired company's global aftermarket/service business and the related integration activities.