Mazzella Adds Executives to Leadership Team
Mazzella names Rick Smith and Mark Erny executive vice presidents and expands Dan Carmichael’s role in sales and marketing.
August 31, 2026 - Mazzella has appointed two new executive vice presidents and changed its executive leadership structure, with the company saying the changes support its focus on customer and service operations.
Rick Smith has joined Mazzella as executive vice president of service and as a member of the leadership team. A U.S. Navy veteran, Smith has decades of leadership experience in the crane service and industrial aftermarket industries. In his new role, he will focus on systemizing Mazzella’s service operation, establishing standard operating procedures, defining measurable key performance indicators, and positioning the team for consistent, scalable performance.
Mark Erny has joined the company as executive vice president of cranes and as a member of the leadership team. Erny has experience across the overhead crane category, including high-end process equipment, workstation cranes, and tooling centers. He will lead Mazzella’s crane manufacturing and fabrication facilities and provide strategic oversight of the company’s Below-the-Hook product line.
Dan Carmichael has been named executive vice president of sales and marketing. He brings more than 25 years of overhead lifting and rigging experience, with a career spanning sales, operations, and service leadership.
Carmichael joined Mazzella in 2019. In his expanded role, he will lead the company’s commercial operations, including revenue growth, market share expansion, vendor partnerships, and positioning Mazzella’s teams as experts in the markets they serve.
“Rick, Mark, and Dan each bring something exceptional to this leadership team, and together they reflect exactly the direction we're taking this company," said Matt Mazzella, president & CEO of Mazzella. "Everything we do comes back to the customer. From lifting centers and sales to service and cranes, our goal is that every customer gets the right solution, backed by the right expertise, from one unified team. Our leadership team is structured around that, and I'm confident that as we move forward together, our customers will see and feel the difference."
