Johnson Controls appoints new vice-president

Global sustainable buildings specialist Johnson Controls has named Rodney Clark as vice-president and chief commercial officer.

Taking up the role from 1 June, Clark will head global sales across the Cork-based company, replacing chief commercial officer, Brian Young, who retired at the end of last year. He will also take on part of the role being transitioned from executive vice-president, chief customer and digital officer Michael Ellis, who is due to retire at the end of this year.

Clark was previously corporate vice-president of global partner sales and channel chief at Microsoft, where he led a team responsible for customer and partner relationships. Before this, he served as the corporate vice-president of the Internet of Things (IoT), responsible for building intelligent systems and mixed reality capability. Before his time at Microsoft, he spent eight years at IBM.

During his career, Clark has held several roles in strategy, sales, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and digital transformation. He has a BSc in marketing from California State University. 

George Oliver, chairman and CEO of Johnson Controls, said. "As we deliver on growth platforms such as decarbonisation in smart, healthy buildings, Rodney will build on our progress, collaborating with customers on outcome-based solutions and service offerings through OpenBlue, while expanding our market, building scale, capacity and capability."

Clark added: "Johnson Controls… have an incredible team that is driving innovative technology that transforms ordinary buildings into dynamic, healthier, safer spaces for all of us to enjoy. Adding intelligent cloud and intelligent edge solutions to their traditional offerings creates an enormous opportunity and will help customers address their most critical challenges – including the achievement of sustainability targets with agile, flexible and scalable solutions."

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