ATI names Coco Chief Human Resources Officer

BOLINGBROOK - ATI Physical Therapy announced Cedric Coco is joining the company as Chief Human Resources Officer.

Coco will oversee all aspects of human resources for ATI. His proven tenure in developing and managing HR departments for industries with unique talent challenges will be invaluable to ATI as the company maintains its current pace of growth and looks to expand its workforce to align with patient and market demand.

Prior to joining ATI Physical Therapy, Coco served as the Chief People Officer for Brookdale Senior Living, an operator of senior living communities throughout the United States. Before joining Brookdale, he served in various human resources roles for Lowe's Companies, culminating as senior vice president of human resources, where he led the human resources generalists for Lowe's stores, distribution centers and customer support centers, in addition to leading talent acquisition, employee relations, diversity and succession planning.

Before Lowe's, Coco gained nearly two decades of experience in human resources, learning and development and organization performance at Microsoft Corp. and KLA-Tencor Corp. He began his career at the General Electric Co., where he held numerous leadership roles in engineering, business development, sales, general management and organizational learning.

Coco holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana and an MBA from San Jose State University.