Daniel M. Ryan, founder and chief executive officer of Dan Ryan Builders, today named long-time chief operating officer and senior vice president, Ronald (Ronny) Salameh, as his successor. Effective April 1st, 2018, Salameh was named president of Dan Ryan Builders.
“For the past decade, Ronny has been driving the growth of Dan Ryan Builders in the Mid-Atlantic Region,” said Ryan in a statement. “As chief operating officer, he focused on expanding market share in the original operations, revamped product and brand while adding three new markets to the company’s footprint. As I step back from the day-to-day operations, Ronny will assume more responsibility as president.”
“I am very thankful for Dan’s support and trust in me over the years and I am very excited about the future of Dan Ryan Builders,” said Salameh, also in a statement. “For nearly thirty years, Dan Ryan Builders has grown and thrived under Dan’s leadership and the dynamic culture he has created. I will continue to expand the company’s footprint, focusing on operational excellence, while honoring our long standing, private-builder culture.”
This expansion has positioned the regional, home builder from the #65 builder in the nation (2009) to the #31 builder in the nation. (BUILDER 100 list, 2017).
Dan Ryan Builders is part of the Sumitomo Forestry America, Inc.’s home building operator portfolio in the U.S.
Atsushi Iwasaki, president of Sumitomo Forestry America, “Positioning its U.S. operation as a growth engine, Sumitomo Forestry is pursuing expansion of its home-building business in the Mid-Atlantic region through Dan Ryan Builders. We are committed to maintain the strong Dan Ryan Builders’ culture, team members and corporate philosophy that are the essential part of Dan’s legacy we inherit.”
The rest of the executive leadership team will remain unchanged.
Dan Ryan Builders , in business for twenty-eight years, builds single-family homes and townhomes in six states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina.
