Beacon Roofing Supply Promotes C. Eric Swank to Chief Operating Officer
January 02 2019 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN), announced today that
it has promoted Chief Commercial Officer C. Eric Swank to Chief
Operating Officer (“COO”), effective immediately. As COO, Mr. Swank
will lead Beacon’s $6 billion roofing and exterior products
business, in addition to having Company-wide responsibility for
sales, marketing and supply chain.
A 15-year veteran of Beacon, Mr. Swank has held a number of
progressive roles with the Company that have provided him with a
deep knowledge of all facets of Beacon’s operations. In 2004, he
started as Vice President of Human Resources and was promoted to
Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2005. He then was
named Senior Vice President Operations for the Mid-Atlantic region
in January 2006 while maintaining responsibility for sales and
marketing until 2007. In 2013, he was appointed Executive Vice
President of the East Division, and then, in 2016, took on the
additional role of Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. Upon the
acquisition of Allied in January 2018, Mr. Swank was promoted to
the role of Chief Commercial Officer and assumed oversight of the
Company’s commercial strategy, including branding, marketing,
sales, e-commerce, product management and pricing. Prior to joining
Beacon, Mr. Swank spent thirteen years with Cintas Corporation in
various operational roles of increasing responsibility. He is a
graduate of Miami University of Ohio.
Paul Isabella, the Company's President & CEO, stated:
"Today’s promotion of Eric to COO is an important step to achieving
our future growth and profitability goals. His leadership skills
and work ethic have been key to many of the initiatives that we
have implemented over the years, most notably and recently our
industry leading e-commerce platform. He has a deep understanding
of all aspects of our business and the respect of our employees,
customers and suppliers that is critical to role of COO.”
Mr. Swank added: “I am excited for the opportunity to lead such
a tremendous team and to build upon our history of operational
excellence and profitable growth. We will accomplish this through
the deployment of our multi-channel strategy leveraging our broad
geographic footprint and our industry leading digital platform that
includes Beacon Pro+ and Beacon 3D+. Our goal is to be the partner
of choice for our customers and suppliers and the employer of
choice in the marketplace.”
About Beacon Roofing
Supply
Founded in 1928, Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. is the largest
publicly traded distributor of residential and commercial roofing
materials and complementary building products, operating over 500
branches throughout all 50 states in the U.S. and 6 provinces in
Canada. To learn more about Beacon and its family of regional
brands, please visit www.becn.com.
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Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.Joseph Nowicki, Executive VP &
CFO571-323-3939JNowicki@becn.com
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