Titan International Inc. has promoted Paul G. Reitz to CEO and president, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Maurice Taylor, who served as CEO, will stay on as chairman of Titan’s board of directors.
“This has been a six year process. Six years ago we hired a search firm to find a wheel president, a tire president and a chief financial officer,” Taylor said. “When it was time to select the president of Titan, after approximately four years, the board decided that they could once again retain a search firm or choose one of these three candidates. They determined the right candidate was Paul Reitz, who was made president two years ago and has now earned the right to become both CEO and president.”
Reitz joined Titan in July 2010 as CFO and was promoted to president in February 2014. Prior working for Titan, Reitz was the chief accounting officer for Carmike Cinemas and also had leadership positions at McLeodUSA Publishing, Yellow Book USA Inc., and Deloitte and Touche LLP. He has an MBA from the University of Iowa and a bachelor’s in business administration from Northwood University.