A. O. Smith Names Manufacturing Veteran as Chief Operating Officer for Lochinvar
Former A. O. Smith operations leader brings over 25 years of process and management experience to newly-created role
MILWAUKEE — A. O. Smith Corporation announced the appointment of Stephen O’Brien as chief operating officer for Lochinvar. O’Brien will oversee engineering, manufacturing, quality, product services, marketing, and business development teams at Lochinvar, a division of A. O. Smith.
O’Brien comes to Lochinvar from Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US (METUS) where, as senior vice president - sales, Marketing & Supply Chain, he impacted channel strategy and product mix resulting in revenue and net profit growth. He began his career as a small business owner and joined A. O. Smith Electrical Products Company in 1997 as a sales engineer, where he steadily progressed through sales and marketing roles until being named senior vice president & general manager - HVAC, Hermetic and Appliances in 2008. When the company was sold to Regal Beloit in 2011, O’Brien served as the acquisition integration leader and vice president for Regal Beloit until joining METUS in 2015.