ETC Group, an energy engineering firm specializing in building efficiency based in Salt Lake City, has announced that Spencer Shaffer has been appointed president, replacing Mark Case, the firm’s co-founder and current president who is retiring.
Case and his wife, Patti, founded the company in 1988 with a stated mission of improving energy efficiency for institutional, commercial and industrial businesses.
“Spencer has the skills and experience necessary to run and grow ETC Group, to take us to the next level,” said Mark Case. “I believe he will lead our company to new heights. He has done it before, he is passionately interested in what we do and he shares our common values.”
ETC Group launched a complementary analytics software division last fall, and the Cases believe Shaffer is the right man for company growth, according to a statement. Shaffer has been involved in the growth of two midmarket companies and has a vast network in the engineering and technology industries that he can leverage, Case said.
“I am very excited about this opportunity,” Shaffer said. “This is a time when energy management is not only forefront in the building owner and operators’ minds, but also on the minds of senior leadership and actually the planet as a whole. This firm is set up with the absolute expertise and decades of experience that cannot be rivaled by many — and certainly not by anyone new to this game.”
Shaffer is the founding board chairman and president of the Utah High School Mountain Biking League. Established in 2010, the Utah league has grown to over 3,800 student athletes, 90 middle school and high school teams and 1,600 volunteer coaches.