Mike Greenawalt is appointed Rosendin CEO

As I began considering retirement, I knew that Mike was the right person to assume my role as CEO because, in addition to building upon what we’ve already achieved, he’ll continue to innovate and take the company to even greater heights.”

Tom Sorley

Valley native Mike Greenawalt was recently named CEO of Rosendin, a $2 billion electrical contracting company.

Appointed to lead the company responsible for building large-scale projects including the Tempe Streetcar, Scottsdale Stadium, Sky Harbor Airport renovations, semi conductor facilities and more, Mr. Greenawalt started his construction career as an apprentice at the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant.

Beginning his career as an apprentice electrician, he joined Rosendin in 2002 as a division manager in the Arizona office and grew the office and team, becoming vice president of operations, according to a press release.

His management and field experience provided him with the skillset and expertise to grow highly-technical and effective operations teams countrywide, noted the release.

As the new chief executive officer, replacing Tom Sorley, retiring after 26 years, Mr. Greenawalt will continue to work out of the Tempe regional office and maintain his Scottsdale home, while leading the national company, the release said.

Rosendin, noted as the electrical contracting industry’s largest employee-owned firm, also announced the promotions of other longstanding officers to replace retiring company leaders as part of its year-long succession plan, the release said of retiring executives with more than 100-years, combined experience.

“Realizing that our C-Suite executives were considering retirement around the same time, we decided the best thing for both our customers and our employees was to announce our succession plan early,” said Mr. Sorley, who will remain executive chairman of the board, in a prepared statement.

“Allowing for longer transitions helps promote stability, while also giving the new leadership team more time to refine their processes and to focus on their team priorities that will take our company forward into the next 100 years.”

He said Mr. Greenawalt’s contributions during his career helped solidify Rosendin as an “important player nationally in the construction industry” as he embraced new technology and developed advancements that significantly influenced the commercial construction industry.

“As I began considering retirement, I knew that Mike was the right person to assume my role as CEO because, in addition to building upon what we’ve already achieved, he’ll continue to innovate and take the company to even greater heights,” Mr. Sorley said.

Mr. Greenawalt, who has more than 40 years of construction industry experience, added how motivated he is to work with the team of leaders.