Hpac 3283 Hpac0517 Newsao Smith Kevin J Wheeler
Hpac 3283 Hpac0517 Newsao Smith Kevin J Wheeler
Hpac 3283 Hpac0517 Newsao Smith Kevin J Wheeler
Hpac 3283 Hpac0517 Newsao Smith Kevin J Wheeler
Hpac 3283 Hpac0517 Newsao Smith Kevin J Wheeler

A. O. Smith Names Kevin Wheeler President, COO

May 23, 2017
Wheeler brings 23 years of company experience to his new position. Since 2013, Wheeler has served as senior vice president, president and general manager of North America, India, and Europe water heating, A. O. Smith’s largest operating unit. He has been active in a number of industry associations, most recently serving as an at-large director of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.

A. O. Smith Corp. named Kevin J. Wheeler as its new president and chief operating officer. In his new role, Wheeler will be responsible for A. O. Smith’s global water heater and boiler operations as well as its global water treatment business. He also will oversee the company’s research function, including its Corporate Technology Center in Milwaukee as well as the information technology function. Wheeler will report to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ajita G. Rajendra.

The $2.69 billion company has 20 manufacturing plants and 10 product engineering facilities around the world and employs approximately 15,500 people.

Kevin Wheeler

Since 2013, Wheeler has served as senior vice president, president and general manager of North America, India, and Europe water heating, A. O. Smith’s largest operating unit.

“With his extensive experience, in-depth knowledge of our businesses, and passionate interest in customer satisfaction, Kevin Wheeler is the ideal person to take on this challenging new assignment,” Rajendra said in making the announcement.

Wheeler brings 23 years of company experience to his new position.  He joined

A. O. Smith in 1994 as a regional sales manager for the former Water Products Co. In 1999, he was named managing director of A. O. Smith Water Products Co. B.V., headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. In that role, he was responsible for the company’s water heater business in Europe and the Middle East.

He returned to the U.S. in 2004 to serve as vice president-international with responsibility for all European and Asian operations. During this time, the company expanded its business in China and began evaluation of the Indian residential water heater market.

In 2007, he was named senior vice president and general manager of the U.S. retail business for the Water Products Co. In that position, he oversaw all aspects of the U.S. retail business including sales, marketing, manufacturing, product engineering and customer service.

Wheeler was named senior vice president and general manager of the North America, India, and Europe water heating business in 2011 and became president of that business in 2013.

He has been active in a number of industry associations, most recently serving as an at-large director of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.

Wheeler is a graduate of the University of Nevada-Reno and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

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