Twin City Fan Companies, an industrial and commercial fan manufacturer announces today that Barb Ducat has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Ducat brings more than 20 years of senior financial leadership with broad strategic and development capabilities proven across diverse international platforms and industries. Most recently Ducat was the CFO of HomeRiver Group, a national residential property manager, and previously SVP of Acquisitions Integration at ABRA Auto Body & Glass, where she built scalable systems and process platforms for the two companies and led over thirty acquisitions.
As CFO of Tyco Plastics, a $1.3 billion revenue division of Tyco International, and Protient, a $110 million revenue dairy protein manufacturer, she led transformations to private equity ownership and to the merger of rice and dairy protein manufacturers. Her experience also includes several worldwide senior finance and internal audit leadership roles at Cargill. She earned her BBA in Accounting from Iowa State University and her MBA in Finance, Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago. She is a CPA (inactive). Ducat will be leading the finance and accounting team and will play a key role in achieving the company’s long term growth goals.
“Twin City Fan is making differentiating investments in their facilities, products, information systems, people and culture to maintain and grow their industry leadership positions. The potential for both domestic and international growth makes this position really attractive,” says Ducat. “The team’s entrepreneurial spirit is very dynamic and refreshing.”
“Barb is a great addition to the TCF team. Her experience and leadership qualities make her really stand out among her peers. I’m thrilled to welcome Barb to our executive team,” says Mike Barry, CEO of Twin City Fan Companies. “She brings experience and a resolve that will serve our company well.”
About Twin City Fan Companies
Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd. is comprised of a diverse group of fan companies that manufacture a full spectrum of air moving equipment. The list of applications that utilize our products is practically endless and ranges from heavy duty custom fans for industrial applications to custom OEM fans to a wide variety of HVAC supply and exhaust fans for the commercial plan and spec market.
For more information about Twin City Fan Companies, please contact: Trinity Persful, VP Marketing, Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd., 5959 Trenton Lane N. Plymouth, MN 55442, PHONE: 763.278.3921 EMAIL: tpersful@tcf.com.