LOVELAND, OH — Sirrus Inc. has named Robert Goodnight its new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Kenta Kanaida, President and CEO of Sirrus since January 2020, is taking on a new role as Executive Officer of Innovation and Business Development for Nippon Shokubai, a global chemical company of which Sirrus is a wholly owned subsidiary.
A chemical engineer, Goodnight brings more than 30 years of operations, sales and business development experience to Sirrus. His chemical and process engineering expertise extends across a broad range of industries — automotive, heavy-duty diesel, catalysis, pulp and paper, petrochemical, chemical, and nuclear. Over the course of his professional career, Goodnight has also implemented successful business improvement initiatives, including lean manufacturing tools like kanban, 5S and value stream mapping.