ST. LOUIS -

Dent Wizard International announced Thursday that it has promoted company chief operating officer Mike Black to chief executive officer. 

Black succeeds former Dent Wizard CEO, Terry Koebbe, who will advise the senior management team and help with merger and acquisition efforts as company chairman.

“Mike has done an incredible job in his seven-plus years as COO, and deserves the opportunity to lead Dent Wizard as the CEO. I’m confident he will continue to be a great leader,” said Koebbe in news release announcing Black’s appointment. “After 27 years at Dent Wizard, I’m looking forward to this next phase of my career, mentoring Mike and providing assistance in any way I can.

“I’m also excited about leading our mergers and acquisitions efforts to find good companies that expand our capabilities and add more great people to our team,” Koebbe continued.

Last year, Black also replaced Koebbe as Dent Wizard president in May. At that time, he was promoted to take on the role in addition to remaining the company’s COO.

“I’m honored that Terry and the board are entrusting me to continue guiding Dent Wizard by our core values: excellence, integrity, innovation and customer devotion,” said Black. “I have a great team of people here helping me on this mission.

“Our people make the difference,” added Black. “We’re an organization focused on serving our clients and delivering on our commitments. Our proven ability to scale with our clients is unique. We continue to expand our business across North America, and with that expansion add talented, inspired team members who help our clients and embrace our core values. Our technicians and field leaders help drive our business and allow us to leverage our resources to continue growing Dent Wizard.”