Rollins Names Clay Scherer Group Vice President, Technical Services

ATLANTA - Rollins announced that effective today, Clay Scherer, Ph.D., has been named group vice president, technical services.

"We are pleased to have Clay join our leadership team, overseeing key operational groups within our business including Technical Services, Quality Assurance and Regulatory," said Rollins President and CEO Jerry Gahlhoff. "Clay brings to Rollins three decades of experience, with several years of leadership in key global pest management markets, and a strong background in developing customer-focused solutions and leading diverse teams. His passion for and expertise in urban entomology contributed to the development of the next generation of pest management solutions and the creation of service protocols that remain industry standard today. We look forward to Clay making valuable contributions to our team."

Scherer commented, "I feel privileged and am excited to be joining Rollins, a premier organization in the industry to which I've dedicated my career. I look forward to sharing my experience in innovation and research and development, leading the Technical Services and related teams, and partnering with Rollins' leadership, to maintain its focus on our people and customers," he said.

Scherer previously served as global research and development lead for the Professional Solutions Business within Syngenta AG in Switzerland. In this role Scherer oversaw end to end research, product development and technical support for Syngenta Professional Solutions. Prior to that, Scherer held various roles of increasing responsibility at Syngenta and DuPont in the U.S. and key pest management markets across the world. He earned his Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of Florida.