Enterprise Minnesota names Mark O’Leary as president and CEO
Enterprise Minnesota has hired Mark O’Leary as its new president and CEO following a comprehensive search by the organization’s board of directors.
March 2, 2026
3 min readMinneapolis, MN (March 2, 2026) – Enterprise Minnesota has hired Mark O’Leary as its new president and CEO following a comprehensive search by the organization’s board of directors.
O’Leary most recently served as chief marketing officer of SPS Commerce, a global supply chain network where he led product, marketing, M&A development, and SPS Europe.
Mark comes to Enterprise Minnesota with broad leadership experience in building businesses and delivering profitable growth in manufacturing, financial services, supply chain, health care, and technology, according to Joe Plunger, board chair at Enterprise Minnesota and CEO of Midwest Metal Products in Winona, “His expertise will be invaluable.”
“I’ve always been fascinated by the people who start their own companies and operate their own businesses,” O’Leary says. “That’s the heart of what Enterprise Minnesota is — helping those companies grow profitably. Bob Kill and the Enterprise Minnesota team have done a brilliant job. This is a very well-run organization that has been making a positive impact for decades.”
Prior to SPS Commerce, O’Leary served as president of Taylor Communications, a $1.2 billion, 4,000-employee holding company. He joined Taylor as president of Taylor Healthcare, a $250 million company acquired out of Chapter 11, where he led a successful turnaround before being promoted to lead the broader enterprise.
O’Leary earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, and a Master of Business Administration from Creighton University in Omaha, NE.
Over the last five years alone, Enterprise Minnesota has worked with more than 500 manufacturing clients to help them grow. A national independent survey reports that those companies earned nearly $700 million in increased sales and showed more than $130 million in reduced costs.
O’Leary, who lives in St. Paul, said his first 90 days will focus on listening: to manufacturers, Enterprise Minnesota staff, economic development partners, educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders who support Minnesota’s vibrant manufacturing economy.
O’Leary takes over from Bob Kill, who is retiring after 18 years leading the organization.
To speak with Mark, please contact Robert Lodge, Director of Digital Marketing & Media Relations – [email protected].
ABOUT ENTERPRISE MINNESOTA
Enterprise Minnesota is a nonprofit consulting organization dedicated to helping small and medium-sized manufacturers grow profitably. As Minnesota’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center, Enterprise Minnesota provides strategy, revenue growth, continuous improvement, talent & leadership development, business management systems (ISO), and peer council services to manufacturers statewide. The organization also produces the annual State of Manufacturing® survey, a widely cited barometer of Minnesota’s manufacturing economy.
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