Virginia Beach-based Groundworks names new president, COO

Groundworks, a Virginia Beach-based foundation and water management solutions company, has promoted two senior executives to president and chief operating officer.

Michael Mullican, who joined Groundworks over a year ago as chief financial officer, has been named president and retains his CFO title, and Jeffrey Martin, most recently Groundworks’ chief revenue officer, is now COO, the company announced Thursday.

“Last year was transformational for Groundworks. We grew our operating footprint by more than 20%, with 12 acquisitions and six new offices, which included expansion to the West Coast and into Canada,” Founder and CEO Matt Malone said in a statement. “Michael Mullican and Jeffrey Martin were both highly integral to our success. Their leadership and operational experience will assist us as we continue to evolve our industry.”

According to the announcement, over the past 15 months, Mullican has helped the company move toward its goal of becoming a multibillion-dollar, multinational home services business. He came to Groundworks from Academy Sports + Outdoors, a sports and outdoors retailer based in Houston, where he served as president.

Martin started his career with Groundworks and its affiliated brands 17 years ago, beginning as an installer with Foundation Recovery Systems and moving up through the ranks, serving as regional manager, divisional vice president and chief revenue officer. As COO, he will oversee sales, service and operations.

Groundworks has been named eight years in a row to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s fastest growing privately held companies, and has 78 offices in the U.S. and Canada.