Sept. 26, 2013 – Guardian Industries
has named Rick Zoulek vice-president for North American flat glass
operations. Zoulek will oversee all aspects of the North American flat
glass business and position the company for continued long-term
profitable growth. He has established a strong track record of
innovation and commercial leadership in growing businesses throughout
his career.
Sept. 26, 2013 – Guardian Industries
has named Rick Zoulek vice-president for North American flat glass
operations. Zoulek will oversee all aspects of the North American flat
glass business and position the company for continued long-term
profitable growth. He has established a strong track record of
innovation and commercial leadership in growing businesses throughout
his career.
“Rick brings to Guardian leadership skills that will more strongly position us in the competitive and constantly
changing flat glass business in North America. He has the innate
ability to connect innovation and manufacturing to meet customer needs
and will be instrumental in furthering our goal to be a world leader in
providing value-added products and services,” said Scott Thomsen,
Guardian Glass Group president. “We look forward to Rick demonstrating
these same leadership qualities in our North American business.”
Zoulek
says he welcomes the opportunity to join the Guardian leadership team.
“There is a principle at Guardian of adding value every day to our
customers and that is a vision I completely share,” he said. “It is
only through helping our customers grow their businesses that we can
reach our ambitious goals for profitable growth. I very much look
forward to the challenge.”
Zoulek
has demonstrated both technological leadership and a strong commercial
track record during a long career at PPG Industries, where most recently
he was vice president of industrial coatings for the Americas. He
brings renewed focus and emphasis on Guardian’s home base.
Zoulek holds a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University.
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