Tennant Company Announces Rusty Zay, Senior VP of Global Marketing, Selected to Lead Largest Tennant Business Unit
17 July 2014 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Company Announces Resignation of Andy
Eckert, Senior VP of Americas Business Unit
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) announced today that Andy Eckert,
Senior Vice President of the Americas, has chosen to leave Tennant
to pursue other career aspirations. Eckert, who joined the company
in 2002 as Western Division Manager, rose through the ranks to lead
Tennant’s largest business unit. Rusty Zay, Senior Vice President
of Global Marketing, has been selected to replace Eckert.
Zay, a former Whirlpool marketing executive who joined Tennant
in 2010, has led the transformation of the global marketing
function at Tennant, demonstrating his ability to translate global
strategic insights into results-oriented marketing programs. Zay
has developed a marketing organization dedicated to sound research,
customer-oriented products and solutions, and targeted marketing
programs to drive profitable growth. His key contributions include
the development and execution of the most robust product roadmap in
Tennant ‘s history and the creation of an organization that
delivers the sophisticated marketing analytics that are the
cornerstone of Tennant’s ambitious growth goal of achieving $1
billion in sales and at least 12% operating profit margin by the
end of 2017.
Chris Killingstad, Tennant Company President and CEO, thanked
Eckert for his many contributions to Tennant, noting, “It is
unfortunate that the professional development opportunities for
future advancement at Tennant are inconsistent with Andy’s personal
and professional ambitions. Tennant Company acknowledges Andy’s
leadership of our Americas region, including growth of our Latin
America market and tremendous expansion of our Global Strategic
Accounts business.”
“We are delighted to be in a position where we can draw upon our
succession plans to transition seamlessly with Rusty’s appointment
to this critical leadership role,” said Killingstad. “I’m confident
that Rusty will swiftly and successfully transfer his exceptional
leadership from global marketing to leading the Americas and
helping drive our ‘Blueprint for $1 Billion’ growth and
profitability goals,” Killingstad continued.
According to Killingstad, Zay will assume his new leadership
role as of July 21, 2014. Eckert will remain with the organization
until October 17th to aid in the transition. The company will
immediately begin a search for Zay’s replacement, including
external and internal candidates. Mr. Zay will continue to have
oversight of Global Marketing until a replacement is named,
Killingstad added.
About Tennant
CompanyMinneapolis-based Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) is
a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions
that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. Its products
include equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial,
commercial and outdoor environments; chemical-free and other
sustainable cleaning technologies; and coatings for protecting,
repairing and upgrading surfaces. Tennant's global field service
network is the most extensive in the industry. Tennant has
manufacturing operations in Minneapolis, Minn.; Holland, Mich.;
Louisville, Ky.; Uden, The Netherlands; the United Kingdom; São
Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China; and sells products directly in
15 countries and through distributors in more than 80 countries.
For more information, visit www.tennantco.com.
Tennant CompanyInvestor Contact:Tom Paulson, 763-540-1204Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerorMedia Contact:Kathryn
Lovik, 763-540-1212Global Communications Director
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