Last year, Lennox Intl. Inc. announced it was looking to sell Service Experts, a national residential and commercial contractor with more than 100 locations in the U.S. and Canada, after the company fell on hard times.
On March 22, Lennox divested the company and subsequently sold it to American Capital Ltd., a private equity firm and global asset manager. The company named Scott J. Boxer as president and CEO. In just eight months, Boxer, who served as president and COO of Service Experts from 2003 until his retirement in 2010, has helped bring Service Experts back to prominence.
“When you’re retired, you’re playing golf, exercising, and traveling. Getting back to the 10-, 11-, 12-hour-a-day grind puts a shock in the system,” Boxer said. “But I’m enjoying it. I’m energized by what I see us doing. I feel good about being back.”