A. O. Smith announces succession plan as North America Water Heating Senior Leader retires
A. O. Smith announced that Dave Warren, senior vice president, president and general manager of North America Water Heating (NAWH), will retire April 1. Steve O’Brien, senior vice president, president and general manager of Lochinvar, has been named Warren’s successor. Darrell Schuh, vice president and general manager of water systems and APCOM, will replace O’Brien.
Warrenwas named president and general manager of the North America Water Heating business unit in July 2017. In this role, Warren has profit and loss responsibility for the 10 brands that make up the operation and oversees the unit’s 4,860 employees at facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Warren has held many roles since joining A. O. Smith as a sales coordinator in 1989, including serving as vice president of A. O. Smith’s International businesses.