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Swiff-Train Names Rob Baker CFO

WFB Editors
Nov 7, 2018
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11 7 Baker Swiff TrainSwiff-Train Co. (Houston) hired Rob Baker as its chief financial officer.

Baker comes to the new position with 12 years of financial leadership experience at engineering services company Team Inc., and nearly a decade of internal leadership positions at Ernst & Young LLP.

“We are confident that, with Rob’s expansive background in finance and accounting, along with his strong leadership qualities, Swiff-Train Company will strengthen our position as a leader within the floorcovering industry,” Swiff-Train President and CEO Shane Calloway said in a statement.

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