Beacon announced COO C. Eric Swank will be leaving the company at the end of February. During his 16-year career at Beacon, Swank served in senior executive roles of increasing importance and led Beacon’s $6 billion exterior products business for the last two years.
“Eric’s dedication to Beacon, its employees, and customers in each of his roles has been critical to the company’s success over the past 16 years,” Beacon president and CEO Julian Francis said in a news release. “He helped create a culture of operational excellence throughout the company that has driven shareholder value while building great teams who embody his passion for our customers. I wish Eric all the very best in his future endeavors, and I know he will bring great skill and determination to any pursuit.”
Beacon said Swank’s tenure and service with the company have been marked by significant accomplishments that helped build Beacon from a $600 million organization into a $7 billion company.
Swank began with Beacon in 2004 as the vice president of human resources before being promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketing in 2005. He also served as the senior vice president of operations for the Mid-Atlantic region, the executive vice president of the East division, and the chief sales and marketing officer. After Beacon’s acquisition of Allied Building Products in January 2018, Swank was promoted to the role of chief commercial officer and he assumed oversight of Beacon’s commercial strategy. In January 2019, Swank was promoted to the role of COO.
“I could not be more appreciative to have had the opportunity to be part of such a great organization and work with such fine people, both internally and externally,” Swank said in a prepared statement. “Leading and being part of Beacon’s growth from a large regional player to the nation’s largest publicly traded roofing distributor has been incredibly rewarding. Along the way, the careers and lives I have been able to touch and be part of will forever be some of my fondest memories.”
Herndon, Va.-based Beacon is a distributor of roofing materials and complementary building products, with over 500 branches throughout all 50 states and six Canadian provinces.
