MK Battery plans for leadership change in 2026
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:13 AM CST, Mon November 3, 2025
ANAHEIM, Calif. - MK Battery has announced that Walker Rheem will succeed Wayne Merdinger as president starting Feb. 1, 2026. Merdinger, who has devoted more than 50 years to the HME industry, including 20 years to MK Battery, will stay on as a member of the company’s board of directors. Earlier this year, Rheem, who has more than 23 years of executive leadership experience, was promoted to executive vice president & general manager at MK Battery. As part of that announcement, Merdinger said: “Walker’s extensive technical prowess, his drive and energy, and his proven leadership abilities uniquely qualify him to take over the day-to-day management of business operations as we look toward the execution of our succession strategy.” Rheem was formerly vice president of business development, Energy Storage and Stationary Power, for MK Battery. Merdinger spent 12 of his 20 years at MK Battery leading the company.
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