ABM News ABM Industries Incorporated Names New Executive for ABM Engineering Services
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) has named Mike Latham as
executive vice president of wholly owned subsidiary ABM Engineering
Services effective December 1, 2006. Latham joins ABM following six
years at Ford Motor Company. Working in close cooperation with current
ABM Engineering President Jim Scranton, Latham will succeed Scranton as
president on May 1, 2007.
“Mike’s broad
business expertise in facility services and leadership roles with Ford
Motor Company, Aramark Corporation and ISS Energy Services will
undoubtedly benefit ABM Engineering’s future
operations and we are pleased to have him join our management team,”
said Steven M. Zaccagnini, executive vice president of ABM. “Many
of the ABM operating division employees worked with Mike in the past,
and welcome him to ABM Engineering,” he added.
"For more than 30 years, Jim Scranton has contributed to the company’s
success and we are grateful for his expert leadership,”
said Henrik Slipsager, ABM Industries president and CEO. “During
his tenure, ABM Engineering has become one of the largest employers of
outsourced engineers in the country and is the only provider to be
certified by the International Standards Organization (ISO). We are all
proud of Jim’s contributions and look forward
to a seamless transition,” he added.
Latham earned a Bachelors degree from the University of Florida and an
MBA from the University of Louisville.
ABM Engineering Services delivers best-in-class engineering services in
thousands of sites across the United States as an operating division of
ABM Facility Services, a leading provider of integrated, single-source
facility maintenance solutions, self-performing and subcontracting all
functions.
ABM Industries Incorporated
ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM) is among the largest facility
services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal
2005 revenues in excess of $2.5 billion and more than 73,000 employees,
ABM provides janitorial, parking, security, engineering and lighting
services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and
retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and
British Columbia, Canada. The ABM Family of Services includes ABM
Janitorial; Ampco System Parking; ABM Security Services, which includes
American Commercial Security Services (ACSS) and Security Services of
America (SSA); ABM Facility Services; ABM Engineering Services; and
Amtech Lighting Services.
