Mark Russell has joined Nikola Corp.’s executive management team as president at a time when the company said it is poised to start production of several groundbreaking zero-emissions vehicles.
Russell was president and chief operating officer of Worthington Industries, a publicly traded global metals manufacturing company, from 2012 to 2018.
“We needed the best. We needed a seasoned manufacturing executive to join the Nikola team,” founder and CEO Trevor Milton said in a statement. “Mark’s background and experience match well with the challenge to ramp up production of the extraordinary vehicles we will unveil at Nikola World on April 16-17.”
Nikola has more than four years of production committed with pre-order reservations. Nikola’s Coolidge, Ariz., manufacturing facility is scheduled to come online in 2022 and will be capable of building up to 35,000 trucks per year, according to the Phoenix-based company.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the Nikola team at this critical time and look forward to assisting its growth into production and beyond,” Russell said.