On the job less than two months as CEO of the Falcons’ parent company — the highest-ranking position in the organization except for owner Arthur Blank — Steve Cannon is immersed in an improbable career change from automobiles to sports.
“I’m on a tremendous learning curve,” he said. “Every morning, I open up the fire hose on full spigot, and I don’t turn it off until 10 or 11 hours later when I leave the office. I’m on a mission to get as smart as I can as fast as I can.”
A West Point graduate who spent two decades in the automotive industry, including the past four years as president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA, Cannon began work Feb.