Joseph Ritzel, senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Day & Zimmermann, will retire from the company on April 1 after four decades of service.
His position will be filled by Kathleen King, vice president of corporate development, the engineering and construction firm said Wednesday.
Ritzel started his career at D&Z in 1983 as a controller for a systems engineering subsidiary, a role he held for eight years before was elevated to the positions of VP and corporate controller in 1991.
He then served as VP and group controller for the government systems group and SVP and group controller for the Mason & Hanger division before assuming his current position in 2001.
As CFO, Ritzel drove efforts to update financial policies and processes across the company and facilitated growth through merger and acquisition structuring, joint venture agreements and business negotiations.
His successor, King, is a 24-year company veteran who serves on the D&Z Leadership Council and previously was SVP of enterprise solutions for the company’s Yoh staffing business.
