Leadership

John Walroth, Chief Executive Officer

John Walroth joined Washing Systems (WSI) in 1994.  He has held many positions within WSI and gained valuable experience through various management roles in field operations, national accounts, and sales and marketing.  Mr. Walroth guided WSI’s expansion beyond 2010 as Executive Vice President, before being named President in 2016.  Mr. Walroth was named Chief Executive Officer in July of 2018.

Justin Hanks, Vice President Operations

Justin has over 20 years of chemical industry experience with Dow Chemical and WSI in the areas of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, and Business Management.  He oversees Supply Chain, Procurement, IT, Customer Service, and ESG activities in his role.  Justin has a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University in Chicago.

Bruce Duron, Vice President National Accounts

Bruce started in the laundry chemical industry in 1988 before joining WSI in 1994.  At WSI, he has previously held multiple field operation and management positions, including Technical Consultant, Division Manager, and Group Vice President.  His present role as Vice President National Accounts includes leadership of the National Accounts Team for North America.

Dave Tibbitts, Vice President Technical Services

Dave joined WSI in 1995 and has over 35 years of experience in the industrial laundry industry.  During his career with WSI, Dave has been issued multiple patents related to laundry wastewater treatment, developed multiple laundry technologies, and was instrumental in the development of WSI’s private label line of hand care products and hard surface cleaners.  Dave currently oversees our WSI Water Division with a focus on growing WSI’s efforts in wastewater treatment and water conservation.

Bryon Ohmart, Vice President Research & Development

Bryon joined the Company in 1996 and leads all Research and Development efforts and Technical services.  He has over twenty-five years of commercial laundry experience and is responsible for several groundbreaking innovations including, most recently, TRUpath™, a patent pending alkali free wash process, the only US EPA Green Chemistry Award winning wash process in the industry.

Cliff Dietrich, Director of Human Resources

Cliff joined Washing Systems in 2017.  He has over twenty years of experience across multiple industries, including Legal, Healthcare, and Manufacturing.  A graduate of Wilmington College, where he earned a degree in Sociology, and Ohio Northern University, where he earned his law degree, Cliff manages all facets of the Human Resources Department for WSI, while also overseeing marketing, corporate communication, intellectual property, legal, and compliance.

Mike Higgins, Controller

Michael Higgins joined Washing Systems (WSI) in 2000.  He started with WSI on the finance and accounting team.  Mr. Higgins has lead several key mergers and acquisitions for WSI.  Mr. Higgins was appointed the lead accounting role with the KAO acquisition in 2018.

Chad Rosenthal – Vice President Field Operations

Chad joined WSI in 2000 and has held several roles including Technical Sales Representative, Director of Wastewater Services, National Account Manager, Division Manager, and Group VP.  Chad established a foundation in our Wastewater programs, and implementation of key national account programs.  Chad attended Missouri State University, and holds CLLM, CPLM certifications and was a 2021 EMI graduate.