Tennant Company Promotes Dave Huml to Chief Operating Officer
March 19 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Tennant Company (“Tennant”) (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in
designing, manufacturing and marketing of solutions that help
create a cleaner, safer, healthier world, announced today that Dave
Huml, Tennant’s senior vice president, EMEA, APAC, global marketing
and operations, has been promoted to chief operating officer,
effective April 1, 2020. In this newly created role, Huml will
continue to report to the Company’s president and chief executive
officer, Chris Killingstad, and will oversee all regional sales and
service organizations, as well as global R&D, operations, IT
and marketing. He also will help lead the execution of Tennant’s
new enterprise strategy by ensuring global alignment,
prioritization and implementation.
“Dave Huml is a dedicated and highly respected member of our
senior management team, a major architect of our new enterprise
strategy and an instrumental leader in the integration of IPC,”
said Killingstad. “He is a strong leader who has the right
combination of industry knowledge, operational savvy, global
experience and personal integrity to help lead Tennant in this new
role. Dave has a foundational understanding of the organization, of
where we’ve been and, more importantly, of where we need to go. As
our new COO, he will be hands-on in working with me and the senior
leadership team to implement the key initiatives that will support
our new enterprise strategy at what is a very exciting and
important time for our company.”
Huml brings more than 25 years of global leadership experience
to the COO role. He joined Tennant in 2014 as senior vice president
in charge of global marketing. In 2016, he assumed oversight of
Tennant's APAC business unit and in 2017 added the Company’s EMEA
business to his responsibilities. He also assumed responsibilities
for global operations in 2018. Prior to joining Tennant, Huml was a
vice president at Pentair plc, a global manufacturer of water
solutions, where he held roles in strategy and general management.
From 1992 to 2006, he held various positions in marketing at Graco
Inc., a designer, manufacturer and marketer of systems and
equipment to move, measure, control and dispense fluids and coating
materials. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wittenberg University
and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Minnesota – Carlson
School of Management.
Company Profile Founded in
1870, Tennant Company (TNC), headquartered in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, is a world leader in designing, manufacturing and
marketing solutions that empower customers to achieve quality
cleaning performance, reduce their environmental impact and help
create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. Its products include
equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial, commercial and
outdoor environments; detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning
technologies; cleaning tools and supplies; and coatings for
protecting, repairing and upgrading surfaces. Tennant's global
field service network is the most extensive in the industry.
Tennant Company had sales of $1.14 billion in 2019 and has
approximately 4,400 employees. Tennant has manufacturing operations
throughout the world and sells products directly in 15 countries
and through distributors in more than 100 countries. For more
information, visit www.tennantco.com and www.ipcworldwide.com. The
Tennant Company logo and other trademarks designated with the
symbol “®” are trademarks of Tennant Company registered in the
United States and/or other countries.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this document, as well as other
written and oral statements made by us from time to time, are
considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. These statements do not
relate to strictly historical or current facts and provide current
expectations or forecasts of future events. Any such expectations
or forecasts of future events are subject to a variety of factors.
These include factors that affect all businesses operating in a
global market as well as matters specific to us and the markets we
serve. Particular risks and uncertainties presently facing us
include: our ability to effectively develop and manage strategic
planning and growth processes and the related operational plans;
our ability to successfully upgrade and evolve our information
technology systems; fluctuations in the cost, quality or
availability of raw materials and purchased components;
geopolitical and economic uncertainty throughout the world; our
ability to identify and integrate acquisitions; our ability to
attract, retain and develop key personnel and create effective
succession planning strategies; our ability to successfully protect
our information technology systems from cybersecurity risks; our
ability to develop and commercialize new innovative products and
services; the competition in our business; the occurrence of a
significant business interruption; our ability to comply with laws
and regulations; the potential disruption of our business from
actions of activist investors or others; unforeseen product
liability claims or product quality issues; our ability to generate
sufficient cash to satisfy our debt obligations; and the relative
strength of the U.S. dollar, which affects the cost of our
materials and products purchased and sold internationally.
We caution that forward-looking statements must be considered
carefully and that actual results may differ in material ways due
to risks and uncertainties both known and unknown. Information
about factors that could materially affect our results can be found
in our 2019 Form 10-K. Shareholders, potential investors and other
readers are urged to consider these factors in evaluating
forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Investors
are advised to consult any further disclosures by us in our filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other written
statements on related subjects. It is not possible to anticipate or
foresee all risk factors, and investors should not consider any
list of such factors to be an exhaustive or complete list of all
risks or uncertainties.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200319005061/en/
INVESTOR CONTACT: William Prate Director, Investor Relations
william.prate@tennantco.com 763-540-1547
Tennant (NYSE:TNC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Tennant (NYSE:TNC)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024