The Distinguished Leaders Lecture Series features Scott Salmirs, President & CEO of ABM Industries, and Eric Mendelson discussing the history and leadership of ABM Industries.|Scott Salmirs, CEO of ABM 00:10:00
Scott Salmirs is President and Chief Executive Officer at ABM, one of the world’s largest facility services and solutions providers A values-guided leader, Scott has served as CEO since 2015, leading multiple enterprise-wide transformations to drive long-term growth and elevate the experience and value ABM delivers to stakeholders, while developing ABM’s inclusive, people-centered culture. Under Scott’s leadership, ABM has grown revenue from $4.9B to $8.1B, and more than doubled adjusted EBITDA while increasing margins by more than 60 percent. For more than a decade prior, he served in executive management roles with increasing responsibilities that included strategic oversight of ABM’s rapidly growing international and aviation business, as well as regional leader for the U.S. Northeast where he tripled revenues and increased the client retention rate to 96 percent. Prior to ABM, Scott held leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and CBRE, where he managed each company’s extensive owned, managed and leased real estate portfolios. With his commitment to giving back to the services industry and his community, Scott serves on several committees and philanthropic boards, including the Cleaning Coalition of America and the State University of New York College at Oneonta’s Business Advisory Council. In addition to serving on ABM’s Board of Directors, Scott serves on the Board of ICF International, Inc., a leading global consulting and digital services provider. He also is on the Board of the Outreach Project, an organization dedicated to rehabilitating young adults with substance abuse problems, is a founding board member of Donate Eight, a non-profit organization committed to increasing organ donation awareness, and is on the Board of the Partnership for NYC. Scott has also been recognized as one of the Empower Top 10 Advocates creating a more diverse and inclusive business environment. Scott received his bachelor’s degree in in business economics from the State University of New York College at Oneonta, and an MBA in finance from the State University of New York at Binghamton.