Stericycle hires its COO from UPS
Stericycle Inc. in Lake Forest Friday announced that Cindy J. Miller has been appointed as president and chief operating officer effective Oct. 1.
"Cindy is a highly accomplished senior executive with 30 years of global leadership in transportation, logistics and operations," said Stericycle CEO Charles A. Alutto. "This is an important and transformational time for Stericycle. I am extremely pleased to have an executive with her strong track record of driving growth and profitability join our leadership team. Cindy's success has been built on a commitment to longer-term strategies, performance improvements, technology, and customer engagement."
Stericycle said that Brent Arnold, Stericycle's current COO, will be leaving the company by the end of the year. The company said it is grateful to. Arnold for his many contributions, leadership, and dedication to Stericycle's customers and team members.
Miller is joining Stericycle after a career at UPS, where she worked her way up the organization from driver to senior executive. Most recently, Miller served as president of global freight forwarding, a $3 billion-dollar business unit with 8,000 employees.
Prior to that role, she served as president of UPS' European region and as managing director for several global and U.S. operating regions.
As president and COO of Stericycle, Miller will be responsible for the global operations of the company's medical waste, hazardous waste, and secure information destruction lines, as well as the execution of Stericycle's business transformation. Aligning these responsibilities under one global leader is expected to further advance the company's efforts to globalize business processes and successfully execute on the business transformation. Oversight of the Communication and Related Services business will continue under Chief Executive Officer Charlie Alutto.
Miller holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and an Executive MBA from the London Business School. Miller will be relocating to the greater Chicago area.