Davey Commercial Division Becomes Own Service Line

KENT, Ohio – The Davey Tree Expert Co. announces that it has made a significant organizational change in order to hone its focus on the commercial landscape market. Davey’s Commercial Grounds Management (CGM) division, which was part of the company’s Residential/Commercial service line, has become its own stand-alone service line in all respects and will be titled Commercial Landscape Services (CLS).
 
“The change has been made to keep with our strategic plan, Vision 2010,” said Karl Warnke, president and COO. “The needs of our commercial clients are quite specialized and a specialized approach is required to fulfill those needs. The development of CLS is a reaffirmation of our commitment to meeting and exceeding those needs. As with all of our service lines, we are committed to offering customers the best in industry. Through CLS, Davey will offer customers skilled, professional crews that are backed by the most sound technology, techniques and equipment in the industry.”
 
The organizational change, which became effective in January, establishes a service line with three primary service categories: grounds maintenance, landscape installation and tree moving, and golf and sports turf management. 
 
In addition to the organization change, two key employees have been promoted. George Gaumer was promoted to vice president and general manager of the service line. Gaumer, who formerly served as the vice president of the company’s commercial grounds management division, has more than 27 years of experience with Davey. He has been part of the company’s commercial division since its inception in 1986.
 
Dan Joy has been promoted to vice president. Joy has been with the company almost 29 years and has held various field management positions in both Residential/Commercial and the former Commercial Grounds Management division.
 
The Davey Tree Expert Co. provides tree, shrub and lawn care, large tree moving, grounds management, vegetation management and consulting services throughout North America. Founded in 1880, Davey has more than 5,000 employees and is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.