Progressive International has promoted Lance Hood to president of the company. Hood will report to Kurt Bergquist, Progressive’s chairman and CEO.
According to the company, Hood joined Progressive in 2012 as the vp/marketing. In 2014, Progressive increased his responsibilities to include the vp/sales role.
“Lance has been a much valued partner in re-shaping the business over the past five years. His strategic decision-making, supported by extensive industry knowledge and experience, has enabled us to leverage the initiatives that he helped design and execute while building a stronger company foundation in order to drive our future growth. I am looking forward to supporting Lance in his expanded role as he continues to execute on the company’s mission to create innovative, functionally superior products, diving more deeply into emerging housewares categories as we expand our global footprint,” said Bergquist.