M+W Zander COO Rick Whitney accepts promotion to CEO

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M+W
Zander has announced the appointment of Rick Whitney, company COO since
2002, as the new CEO with immediate effect. He served as COO and
President of the Total Facility Solutions (TFS) division within M+W
Zander, and in his new role as CEO will oversee the company’s
development in the U.S. and overseas.

Since joining the company in 1997, Mr. Whitney has managed projects for clients including IBM, AMD, Texas Instruments, SEMATECH, TEL, Corning and the CNSE at the University of New York at Albany. He worked with Texas Instruments in a variety of project management roles prior to joining M+W Zander, and began his career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has a B.S. in civil engineering from The Citadel and an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina.

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