O.C. Tanner, a Salt Lake City-based employee-recognition products and services company, has named Scott Sperry as CEO and president.
Sperry succeeds Dave Petersen, who is retiring after 15 years as CEO and president and a 41-year career at O.C. Tanner. Petersen will continue with the company as vice chair of the board.
O.C. Tanner also announced the promotions of Scott Archibald to chief operations officer and Michelle Colovich to chief financial officer.
With a tenure of 21 years, Sperry began at O.C. Tanner in finance, where he became chief financial officer and then moved to chief operations officer in 2009 and president in 2022. He becomes the fifth CEO in the company’s 100-year history
“As CEO, Sperry will usher in the company’s second century of business with a focus on transformative culture partnerships with the world’s top brands, broad technology capabilities, global expansion and continuing to drive O.C. Tanner’s mission of helping people all over the world thrive at work,” O.C. Tanner said in announcing the promotion.
“It’s an honor and a privilege for me to serve as O.C. Tanner’s new CEO,” said Sperry. “I’m proud to have worked so closely alongside Dave and to have learned from his leadership. Looking forward, I’m eager to lead O.C. Tanner as it enters the next 100 years of its journey. We have a strong company history, a talented workforce, innovative technology and wonderful clients that we are honored to partner with. I look forward to fostering innovation to find new ways to help people all around the world thrive at work.”
Sperry will continue O.C. Tanner’s long-standing commitment to giving back to the community, the company said. The company donates 10 percent its profits to global and local organizations such as the Ronald McDonald House, Utah Symphony and Opera, Utah Food Bank, the Huntsman Cancer Institute and several Utah universities. O.C. Tanner has more than 1,600 employees in six offices around the world.