PODS hires new CEO

CLEARWATER — PODS Enterprises Inc., a moving and storage services company, hired John B. Koch as its new president and CEO, according to a news release.

In 2006, Koch, 49, became chief operating officer of ADT, and is currently its president of North America, Residential/Small Business in Boca Raton. He will take the helm at Clearwater-based PODS Sept. 17.

Prior to working at ADT, Koch was president of wireline services at Alltel. He earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia, according to the release.