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Tom Maziarz, Rodolfo Ramirez, Denise Lu receive promotions.
November 15, 2024
By: DAVID SAVASTANO
Editor, Ink World Magazine
PPG announced several business leadership appointments as it continues to focus on driving and delivering the company’s growth strategy. Tom Maziarz, currently PPG vice president, automotive refinish, Americas, will become PPG vice president, traffic solutions, effective Dec. 1, 2024. Maziarz will replace Ed Baiden, who currently leads PPG’s traffic solutions business and has announced that he will pursue opportunities outside of PPG. Maziarz joined PPG’s architectural coatings business in 1993 as a sales representative and served in a variety of sales and leadership roles within the business. He was named vice president of stores and dealers in 2013. Maziarz joined PPG’s automotive refinish coatings business in 2017, leading sales and marketing for the collision business in the U.S. and Canada, and he assumed his current role as vice president, Americas, in 2020. Rodolfo Ramirez, currently PPG vice president, packaging coatings, will become PPG vice president, automotive refinish, Americas, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Ramirez joined PPG in 2003 in the automotive OEM business as a technical service supervisor in Mexico. In 2010, he transferred to PPG’s packaging coatings business unit as director for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. In 2015, he moved to Pittsburgh to join the industrial coatings business to oversee sales and strategic segments for North America and Mexico, global accounts and business development. Prior to his current role, he served as the general manager of PPG’s global coatings services. Denise Lu, currently PPG general manager, industrial coatings, Asia Pacific, will become PPG vice president, packaging coatings, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Lu was appointed to her current role in 2022. Previously, she was a member of the leadership team for PPG’s automotive refinish business, where she served as global director, marketing, beginning in 2016. Prior to her time in the refinish business, Lu was director of corporate strategy and development for PPG Asia Pacific, and strategic growth director, performance coatings, Asia Pacific. In her 17 years working with PPG, Lu has driven high-value growth initiatives, led acquisition integrations, overseen strategic planning and business development activities, and has had responsibility for segment strategy and M&A.
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