Howard Heckes

Howard Heckes, a director since November 2020, is the President & CEO of Masonite International Corporation. Mr. Heckes has a successful history of driving growth and margin improvement at the companies he has led. Mr. Heckes most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Energy Management Collaborative, a privately held company providing LED lighting and controls and IoT conversion systems and service solutions based in Plymouth, Minnesota. In this role, he implemented efficient and scalable business systems and processes to support the Company’s rapid organic growth. Prior to Energy Management Collaborative, Mr. Heckes spent nine years at Valspar, from 2008 to 2017, where he served as Executive Vice President and President of Global Coatings, with responsibility for M&A strategy and delivering financial objectives for the entire Industrial Coatings portfolio. He also previously served as Valspar’s Senior Vice President, Global Consumer, with responsibility for leading Valspar’s Global Consumer Products portfolio, which included major branded consumer paint companies across the U.S., China, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.