Provides strategic advice regarding manufacturing process, operations optimization, and targeted market segmentation, and a real-world perspective of product limitations. Works with development team to devise a carbon revenue model for consumption and offsets.

Concrete.ai is on a mission to avoid 500 million tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere annually, through artificial intelligence driven optimization. We are a data science company dedicated to utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize concrete. The foundation of Concrete.ai is a unique technology developed at the University of California, Los Angeles. We are committed to leveraging the power of this technology for any concrete application to reduce costs and embodied carbon, ensuring certainty of performance, and compliance with codes and standards.

Leads strategic planning and implementation of an integrated management system to ensure continuous improvement, consistent application of company standards, and swift application of technology advancements.• Led development and implementation of a foundational business management system to create consistent, repeatable processes, ensure quality, and establish a platform to attain aggressive growth goals.- Defined roles and responsibilities for operations, and preconstruction and estimating positions, and established a clear career path. • Created an end-to-end process map for all core business areas and developed an interactive management dashboard and tool to ensure consistent, reliable data for decision-making and common standards that are transparent to employees, management, and clients.• Introduced machine learning capabilities to Business Development and Legal functions, yielding more data-based decision-making and efficiency. • Led the company’s COVID-19 response, a program recognized in business and trade publications as leading the U.S. construction industry, and shared best practices across the industry.

Led development and deployment of an H&S improvement plan covering 2,500 employees and 15,000+ workers at 120+ construction sites. • Created a three-pronged strategy focused on visible leadership, safety management systems, and individual accountability that yielded a 70% improvement in TIFR (total injury frequency rate) in 30 months and continues to produce industry-leading results. • Generated a talent pool of safety and risk-management partners who were promoted to various leadership roles within the company.• Developed and implemented an observation-focused application, RiskX, which was developed into a commercial module of the Newmetrix (Smartvid.io) safety application.

Member of the Executive Committee leading H&S as well as Head of Performance for the Readymix Concrete Business with annual revenue of $950 million annually.• Instituted a customer- and application-oriented go-to-market approach that generated a five-fold expansion in sales of a high-margin product. • Standardized manufacturing process and quality control across 250+ plants, negotiating procurement of manufacturing assets with a limited impact on the balance sheet.

Promoted to Executive Committee. Oversaw integration of the H&S elements of both Holcim and Lafarge as they merged in 2015.• Championed cultural change that prioritized health and safety, reducing injury rate 15% and lowering out-of-pocket expenses 20%.• Installed DriveCam in 1,800 vehicles, capturing a massive reduction in insurance costs and reducing litigation exposure.

Reported directly to the CEO of Holcim U.S. and Aggregate Industries U.S. in newly created role. Responsible for reducing risk exposure for both companies in the U.S.

P&L management of the Central Region of Aggregate Industries. Expanded responsibility to include region’s Readymix Division and the Meyer Material Company.• Maintained profitability and positive cash flow through financial crisis and 60% decline in revenue, leading regional reorganization that enhanced flexibility and productivity of union and nonunion workforce.• Optimized asset base and cash flow through strategic realignment with acquisitions and divestitures to achieve vertical integration. • Implemented an ERP system (SAP Production) on time and on budget, creating an integrated material management system, as well as maintenance model that extended the useful life of assets.• Improved free cash flow more than 10% through a targeted inventory strategy that optimized plant output through automation and introduction of AggFlow™ modelling.

P&L responsibility for six quarries and seven Readymix plants, overseeing 195 contractors. • Consistently highest performer in group on EBITDA margin basis for Aggregate and Readymix, and best performing region globally for return on net operating assets.