ABM President and CEO Scott Salmirs shares how our commitment to Make a Difference is in the DNA of our company and our culture.
President and Chief Executive Officer
View BioWe are 100,000 people strong. Imagine the impact we have when every person is making a difference, even in some small way, every day.
– Scott Salmirs, CEO
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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View BioABM President and CEO Scott Salmirs shares how our commitment to Make a Difference is in the DNA of our company and our culture.
Scott is the visionary leader guiding one of the largest facility services providers listed on the New York Stock Exchange. After more than 10 years with ABM, Scott was selected to become CEO, distinguishing him as only the 7th person to hold that position in the Company’s 110-year history. Before joining ABM, Scott held leadership positions managing building portfolios at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and CBRE.
Scott has an MBA in Finance from the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a Bachelor of Science in Business-Economics from the State University of New York College at Oneonta. He is on the board of the State University of New York College at Oneonta Business Advisory Council. He also is on the Board of the Outreach Project, an organization dedicated to rehabilitating high school age drug users, and is a founding Board Member of Donate Eight, a group focused on increasing the number of organ donors in New York State.
As Chief Human Resources Officer, Raúl Valentín leads ABM’s global human resources operations, communications and corporate citizenship including diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and philanthropy.
Raúl joined ABM in 2019 and has served as the people leader and advocate for our more than 100,000 dedicated team members across the US and the UK. Raúl is dedicated to cultivating a stronger ABM community by growing and developing our people and fostering an inclusive culture where everyone is seen, heard, and valued.
With more than 30 years of human resources and management experience, Raúl has held key HR leadership roles at Coty, Comcast, and Frito-Lay.
Raúl earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania.
ABM Education President Valerie Burd is a seasoned leader responsible for all aspects of ABM’s education business. Her team works with hundreds of K-12 school systems, colleges and universities throughout the U.S. to provide cleaner, healthier and more attractive academic atmospheres for students, teachers, faculty and staff. In her 16 years with ABM, Valerie has also led the Strategic Accounts Group with a focus on process management and delivery of standardized services across the Business & Industry Group. She also served as Regional Vice President of the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, managing an expansive footprint extending from Manhattan to Maine.
Valerie has over 20 years of experience in facilities management, including roles with Tishman Speyer Properties, Jones Lang LaSalle and CBRE. She graduated from Galway Regional Technical University in Ireland and is currently a member of BOMA and CREW Network.
As President of ABM’s Aviation business, Sean Bromfield is responsible for all aspects of the company’s global aviation business, providing service excellence to airlines and airports across the U.S., U.K., Ireland and the Middle East. With nearly 30 years of operational leadership experience in the travel and service industries, he’s demonstrated an ability to build relationships, lead high-performing teams, and successfully navigate a dynamic environment.
Sean was previously instrumental in driving growth and operational excellence as Senior Vice President of Operations for ABM Aviation with multi-site and multi-client segment responsibilities in the U.S. Prior to joining ABM, he spent 26 years with Hertz Global Holdings in progressive leadership roles, including Division Vice President for the U.S. Central Region and Canada. A native of South Africa, Sean is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and a graduate of Wingate University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
As Senior Vice President of ABM’s Manufacturing and Distribution business, Ed is responsible for teams that deliver service excellence in material handling, production staffing, janitorial, transportation, maintenance, sustainability, energy, other services across the United States. Ed is passionate about growth and maximizing outcomes for all, including increased productivity and throughput for clients, and greater mobility and career opportunities for team members.
Ed previously held leadership roles in Retail Distribution and ABM’s Business & Industry West, Pacific Northwest and Southeast regions, as well as functional areas including Strategic Accounts and IT. Prior to Ed’s 20 years of experience in facilities services, he worked in the telecom industry, lived in China as part of a wireless joint venture with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and was responsible for the divestiture of multiple wireless network assets in the U.S. He has a degree in Finance from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Cary currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for ABM. As part of the executive team, she is focused on ensuring tight integration between sales, marketing, communication, operations, brand, and culture. She oversees all strategic planning, market and client research, creative services, and outbound and inbound marketing.
In her 15 years with ABM, Cary has led both corporate and business-segment marketing and sales operations teams. She was a core driver of the ABM brand transformation and has overseen the brand integrations of 20+ acquisitions. Prior to ABM, Cary held marketing leadership roles at The Winter Group of Companies and MCI WorldCom. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Mercer University and serves on the governing body for the Atlanta CMO Executive Summit. Cary is also an active supporter of CHOA Sibley Heart Center.
As Chief Information Officer, Melanie Kirkwood Ruiz is responsible for several critical areas of ABM’s business, including the optimization of ABM’s IT infrastructure to enable greater business innovation; enhancement of service delivery through client-facing technology and data-driven insights; and development and execution of technology strategy that supports ABM’s business transformation at both the enterprise and line-of-business levels.
Melanie is a progressive technology leader with 20 years of experience across diverse industries, including technology, commercial real estate, manufacturing, healthcare and aviation. She joins ABM from Cushman & Wakefield technology group, where she was responsible for developing and executing the technology strategy in the Americas. She has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Engineering from Cornell University.
Billy is the Senior Vice President of the West region for ABM’s Business & Industry group. He is a seasoned facility services leader with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry and a depth of operational, sales, and technical expertise. Through his extensive understanding of the industry, Billy believes in delivering great client outcomes through cultivating a culture of success by building a best-in-class team, and setting clear expectations, and managing to those expectations on a recurring basis.
Prior to ABM, Billy held leadership roles at Able Services, OneSource, and SiteStuff, Inc. Billy is a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker and an alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin.
Deb Hetrick, CPXP, is the Senior Vice President for the Central region of ABM’s Business & Industry group. This area of the business serves clients in commercial real estate, healthcare and other sectors across the interior U.S., gulf coast and Puerto Rico, and includes several of ABM’s integrated facilities services accounts.
With more than 20 years of experience in facilities services and the healthcare sector, Deb holds a master's degree in organizational dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania; a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Delaware.
Martin is the Senior Vice President of the Great Lakes & Northeast region for ABM’s Business & Industry group. He is responsible for achieving operational growth and overall management of commercial real estate and other client accounts spanning parts of the Midwest, to New England, to the mid-Atlantic region. He has extensive experience leading operational personnel, improving productivity, and optimizing financial performance.
Martin joined ABM in 1987 as a Supervisor / Project Manager and ascended quickly through various senior leadership roles across the Northeast region. He has been Senior Vice President, Great Lakes & Northeast since 2014.
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