William J. Sandbrook - President and Chief Executive Officer
William J. (Bill) Sandbrook joined U.S. Concrete from Oldcastle Products and Distribution, where he served as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sandbrook was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Oldcastle Architectural after serving as President of Oldcastle Materials' West Division.
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Mr. Sandbrook is a 1979 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in management he spent thirteen years in the U.S. Army.
Bill’s service included a four-year tour in Germany in cavalry and engineering units, three years as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Military Academy and two years as the Army Program representative to Raytheon. While teaching at West Point, Bill also served as a social aide to President Ronald Reagan and earned his Professional Engineer’s License (PE) in Industrial Engineering.
In addition to his qualifications as an Army Ranger, Bill earned four Master’s Degrees while in the service. He received an MBA from Wharton, a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master in Public Policy from the Naval War College and Master of Arts in International Relations from Salve Regina University.
Bill joined Tilcon New York as Vice President in 1992 and became President and CEO three years later. In 1996, Tilcon was acquired by Oldcastle Materials. In recognition of his efforts at Ground Zero after the September 11th bombing of the World Trade Center, Bill was named the Rockland County, NY 2002 Business Leader of the Year, the Dominican College 2002 Man of the Year and the American Red Cross 2003 Man of the Year for Southern New York.
Bill was appointed President of Oldcastle Materials’ West Division in 2003. In July 2006, Bill was promoted to CEO of Oldcastle Architectural responsible for the group’s U.S. and Canadian operations as well as CRH’s businesses in South America. With more than 7,000 employees under his leadership, Oldcastle Architectural’s annual revenues exceeded $2.1 billion in 2007.
In June 2008, Bill was named CEO of Oldcastle’s Americas Products & Distribution with continued responsibility for Architectural Products in addition to all Precast, Glass, Metals and Distribution businesses. Oldcastle P & D’s revenue peaked in 2008 exceeding $7 billion with an employee count in excess of 25,000.
James C. Lewis -Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
James C. Lewis has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2010.Mr. Lewis has over 20 years of senior financial management experience.
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From 2006 through 2010, Mr. Lewis served as Vice President and Treasurer, and from 2003 through 2006, he served as Assistant Treasurer, of McDermott International, Inc., a global engineering and construction company with $6 billion in revenue. From 1995 through 2003, Mr. Lewis held various positions of increasing responsibility in the finance departments of Enron Corporation, including Vice President beginning in 1999. Prior to 1995, Mr. Lewis held various finance positions with Tejas Power Corp. and First City Bancorportion of Texas.
Wallace H. Johnson- Vice President, Marketing and Sales.
Wallace H. Johnson has served as our Vice President - Marketing and Sales since 2004. Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of experience in the construction supply industry. From 2002 through 2004, Mr. Johnson served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Systech Inc., a provider of software systems for the ready-mixed concrete and aggregate industries.
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From 2001 through 2002, he served as Director of Sales of Buildpoint Corp., a provider of online bid management services for general contractors that Construction Software Technologies, Inc. acquired in 2004. From 1977 through 2001, Mr. Johnson served in various sales and sales management positions within the construction products division of W. R. Grace & Co., a global specialty chemicals and materials company, including from 1996 through 2001 as regional sales manager and from 1993 through 1996 as North American sales manager.
Gary J. Konnie - Vice President, Human Resources.
Gary J. Konnie has served as our Vice President - Human Resources since 2004. Mr. Konnie has over 30 years of human resources management experience. From 2002 through 2004, Mr. Konnie served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources of El Paso Corporation, a provider of natural gas and related energy products.
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From 1999 through 2002, he served as El Paso's Vice President of Human Resources, and, from 1998 through 1999, he served as El Paso's Director of Human Resources. From 1996 through 1998, Mr. Konnie served as Vice President of Human Resources for Meridian Aggregates Company, a producer of construction aggregates. Prior to 1996, Mr. Konnie held various human resources positions with Rio Tinto plc, Burlington Resources Inc., Boise Cascade, LLC and General Motors Corporation.
M. Terry Green - Senior Vice President, Operation
M. Terry Green has served as our Senior Vice President - Operations since 2005, and served as Vice President - Operational Integration from 1999 through 2005. Mr. Green has managed the operations of ready-mixed concrete producers and other transportation-related businesses for over 20 years.
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From 1998 until 1999, he served as Vice President of Maintenance for Armellini Express Lines, Inc. From 1989 until 1998, Mr. Green served as Director of Maintenance, Equipment and Purchasing for the concrete products division of Southdown, Inc. From 1980 until 1989, Mr. Green held various positions with Kraft, Inc., serving as Private Fleet Operations Manager from 1988 until 1989.
Jeff L. Davis - Vice President and General Manager, Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc.
Jeff L. Davis has served as Vice President and General Manager of Central Concrete Supply Co., Inc. ("Central"), one of the companies we acquired in 1999 as the platform business in our Bay Area Region into which we subsequently consolidated other Bay Area operations, since 2005.
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From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Davis served as Vice President of Operations of Central. Prior to joining U.S. Concrete in 2001, Mr. Davis served as Vice President Concrete for Cadman Inc., a Lehigh Heidelberg Cement Company, operating in the Seattle, Washington market.
Mr. Davis has 35 years of experience in the ready mix concrete, aggregate and cement industry, serving in various sales and operational roles. Mr. Davis is a past President and Board member of the Washington Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association, past President and Board member of the Idaho Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association, Member of the American Concrete Institute, Chairman of the 1997 American Concrete Institute Convention National, and former Chairman of the NRMCA Environmental Task Group of the OES Committee.
Niel L Poulsen - Regional Vice President & General Manager, South Central
(Redi-Mix Concrete)
Niel L Poulsen joined the US Concrete group in January 2012 as Regional Vice President & General Manager, responsible for Redi-Mix Concrete Co. LLC. – Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas and Atlas-Tuck Concrete Inc. – Oklahoma.
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Prior to joining USC, he was the Vice-President and General Manager for Aggregate Industries' (Holcim) Aggregate and Ready-Mix divisions in Colorado. He also has served with Cemex and the Edw. C. Levy Co., USC's former JV partner in Michigan.
Mr. Poulsen has in excess of 25+ years international management experience from Australia, Asia, the Middle East & USA, in the ready mixed and construction building materials industries.
He has attended the International Institute Development - IMD International Business School – Lausanne, Switzerland - Senior Executive and Leadership Management Programs 2007 – 2008. and the University of Michigan – USA / Asian Executive Management Development Program 1997– 1999.
Neil is a past Executive Board Member – CRMCA – Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2006 – 2007 and former Board Member – NRMCA – National Ready Mixed Concrete Association 2007 – 2009.
Douglas W. McLaughlin - Vice President - Precast Division.
Douglas W. McLaughlin has served as our Vice President - Precast Division since 2007. From 1999 through 2007, he served as Vice President and General Manager of San Diego Precast Concrete, Inc., a company we acquired in 1999. From 1996 through 1999, Mr. McLaughlin was President of San Diego Precast Concrete.
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With 34 years of experience in the precast industry, Mr. McLaughlin has worked in various operations positions. Mr. McLaughlin is a founding member of the California Precast Concrete Association and has served on its Board of Directors for seven years, including two terms as President. In addition, he has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the National Precast Concrete Association, where he has chaired several committees. He is also a founding member of the Patrons Group for the Concrete Industry Management Program at Arizona State University.
Michael L. Gentoso- Vice President, Atlantic Region.
Michael L. Gentoso has served as our Vice President – Atlantic Region since 2007. From 1998 through 2007, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Eastern Concrete Materials, Inc. (“Eastern”), a company we acquired in 2001.
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Mr. Gentoso has been with Eastern or its predecessors since 1991, serving as Vice President of Operations from 1995 through September 1998, and Vice President of Finance from March 1991 through September 1995.
From 1980 through 1991, Mr. Gentoso was employed with the BOC Group PLC, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility in the accounting and finance departments, including Vice President Ohmeda Medical Equipment, Controller Ohmeda Infant Care Division, Controller Ohmeda Medical Equipment, Manager, Financial Planning & Plant Accounting Airco Welding Equipment, and Manager Financial Accounting BOC Group Inc. Mr. Gentoso is the current President of the New Jersey Concrete & Aggregates Association and is a trustee on the TENJ Pension and Welfare Funds in New Jersey.
Jeffrey W. Roberts - Vice President and General Manager of Ingram Concrete.
Jeffrey W. Roberts has served as the Vice President and General Manager of Ingram Concrete, LLC since 2006. From 1994 through 2006, Mr. Roberts held various positions of increasing responsibility for Ingram, including Vice President of Sales and Operations ...
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from 2003 through 2006, Sales and Operations Manager from 1997 through 2003, and Quality Control Manager from 1994 through 1997. From 1993 to 1994, he served as the Quality Control Manager for Campbell Concrete.
From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Roberts served as Technical Sales Representative for Cormix Construction Chemicals (formerly Gifford Hill Chemical), with sales responsibility in Southeast Texas. From 1989 to 1990, he served as Sales Representative and Quality Control Assistant for Gifford-Hill Concrete in Ft. Worth, Texas. Mr. Roberts also serves as a director on the board of the Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association.