Guardian Names Rick Zoulek VP, North American Flat Glass

Officials from Guardian Industries named Rick Zoulek vice president of North American Flat Glass operations.

“Rick brings to Guardian leadership skills that will more strongly position us in the competitive and constantly changing flat glass business in North America," saidScott Thomsen, Guardian Glass Group president, in a release. "He has the innate ability to connect innovation and manufacturing to meet customer needs, and will be instrumental in furthering our goal to be a world leader in providing value-added products and services. We look forward to Rick demonstrating these same leadership qualities in our North American business.”

Zoulek says he welcomes the opportunity to join the Guardian leadership team. “There is a principle at Guardian of adding value every day to our customers and that is a vision I completely share,” he said, in the release. “It is only through helping our customers grow their businesses that we can reach our ambitious goals for profitable growth. I very much look forward to the challenge.”

Most recently, Zoulek was vice president of industrial coatings for the Americas at PPG Industries.