Brian LaGuardia, a 28-year veteran of the residential and commercial architectural coatings/paint sundry market, will be responsible for growth and development of the Building Envelope Group

ICP Building Solutions Group (ICP BSG), supplier of professional products and solutions for building envelope, cementitious and sports surface needs; last week announced the hiring of Brian LaGuardia as vice president, ICP Building Envelope Group.

Brian LaGuardia

Brian LaGuardia

In his new role, LaGuardia will be responsible for growth and direction for all businesses contained in the Building Envelope Group—which includes roofing, architectural coatings, insulation and environmental restoration business units—with specific focus on group alignment and multiple-channel sales growth. He will work closely with business leaders and top accounts to drive growth. His responsibilities also include identifying ways to streamline the selling process to provide industry-leading value for all customers.

Brian has an Executive MBA from Baldwin Wallace University and more than 28 years’ experience in the residential and commercial architectural coatings/paint sundry market. He comes to ICP Group from Sherwin-Williams®, where he held various domestic and global executive-level sales and marketing roles. Most recently, Brian served as vice president, North America for Sherwin-Williams, where he was responsible for a group portfolio consisting of Valspar®, Pratt & Lambert®, Dutch Boy®, Para®, General Paints®, Minwax® and other notable brands.

“The business units and management team look forward to working with Brian as he applies his proven management and executive leadership skill set, which furthers our vision of creating a best-in-class organization,” said Mark Longo, executive vice president of ICP BSG. “His experience managing global coatings brands and key channel partners will be extremely valuable to our Building Envelope growth initiatives.”

For more information on ICP BSG products and services, visit www.icpgroup.com.