CONTINENTAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENTS HIRES JOHNSON AS CFO & COO

Columbus, Ohio-- Continental Office Environments’ CEO and President Ira Sharfin announced the appointment of Kyle Johnson as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

In making the announcement, Mr. Sharfin explained, “Kyle brings depth in the areas of business and financial planning and analysis; business process redesign and operations improvement; budgeting and performance management.”

As Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Johnson will be responsible for all Continental financial and operational functions. His prior work experience includes Amoco, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting and IBM Business Consulting Services. As a Partner and consultant, Mr. Johnson directed significant projects for companies such as Heinz, Hewlett Packard, Sara Lee and AT&T.

“Kyle will play a key and integral role in helping us continue to refine and expand our business,” Sharfin said.

Mr. Johnson comes to Continental Office Environments with a B.S., Finance degree from Miami University and a MBA from the University of Illinois.
“I am very excited to be joining Continental Office Environments and look forward to providing high quality office solutions and services to our clients”, Johnson said.
Founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1939, Continental Office Environments is one of the largest office interiors and furniture resources in the nation. Continental draws from the design expertise of the world's foremost furniture designers and craftsmen, bringing the latest in workplace solutions and a broad spectrum of services and products to growing corporate, education, government and healthcare organizations. The company has 300 employees throughout its offices, showrooms and distribution centers in Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania.