The High Cos. said today that Michael F. Shirk will replace
Nevin Cooley as CEO, effective Nov. 3.
Cooley announced in June that he will retire from the East
Lampeter Township-based company in 2015.
Shirk is vice president of architectural specialties
worldwide at Armstrong World Industries and responsible for managing sales,
engineering and manufacturing in North America, Europe and Asia.
High, which was No. 3 on the Business Journal’s Top 100
Private Companies list in 2013, finished last year with $515.6 million in
revenue. That was down from $595.9 million in 2012. High is the largest
privately held company in Lancaster County.
Shirk has been a member of the High boards of directors
since 2011. He is also on the board of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and
Industry.
A Lancaster resident, Shirk has a bachelor's degree in
mechanical engineering from Bucknell University, a master's degree in
mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management.
Cooley has been with High since 1986. He has served as CEO
since 2012.
In April, the company’s construction division lost its
president and COO. Jeff Sterner, president and COO of High Industries Inc., is
overseeing High Construction Co. in the interim.
High spokesman Dave Nicholas said the company was planning
an announcement on the Shirk hire this afternoon. Check back for more
information.
Source: Central
Penn Business Journal
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