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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Building Material space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Larry Pace
Chief Operating Office and Co-Founder of Factory_OS
The founder and president of Cannon Constructors North, Larry Pace has more experience with off site construction than any other contractor in California. He has nearly four decades’ experience building commercial structures and multifamily housing, with a hand in some of the Bay Area’s most iconic buildings and restoration projects. He has been an industry innovator since 1974, when he started with the Army Corps of Engineers. He worked his way up through construction to become one of the founding principals of Cannon’s Northern California Division. He designed a new crane to facilitate construction of modular projects: A custom-built rigging system that uses four structural slings to lift and stack the modules in place. Today he has built hundreds of apartments and condos using prefab home construction technologies, and has worked through every mechanical, electrical, plumbing and structural variable to manifest cost and time savings that the traditional construction industry never dreamed possible. He maintains a close working relationship with multiple manufacturing facilities.
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About Factory_OS: Factory_OS is revolutionizing home construction.
Alexey Dubov
Co-Founder & COO of Mighty Buildings
Alexey Dubov is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Mighty Buildings.
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About Mighty Buildings: Mighty Buildings is a construction technology company that creates sustainable high-quality homes using 3D printing and robotic automation
David King
Chief Operating Officer of Primoris Services Corporation
David King has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Primoris as of August 1, 2015. Prior to this position Mr. King held the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) since joining the company in March of 2014. Prior to joining Primoris, Mr. King spent several years at CB&I, most recently as President of Lummus Engineered Products. He has extensive E&C industry experience in energy-related projects, LNG, offshore, pipelines, refining, petrochemicals, gas processing, oil sands, synthesis gas and gas-to-liquids. Mr. King received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University, an MBA from the University of Texas, Tyler, and an Advanced Executive Management Degree from Insead University in Fontainebleau, France.
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About CB&I, CB&I, Primoris Services Corporation: Primoris, through various subsidiaries, has grown to become one of the largest construction service enterprises in the United States
Ian Cohen
Co-founder & COO of Toggle
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About Toggle: Construction robotics for reinforced concrete
Brad Kostelich
President and Chief Operating Officer of Wolf Home Products
Brad Kostelich, a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, has spent over 23 years at The Wolf Organization, with management responsibilities across a wide variety of business areas. Brad has held positions of General Manager, Vice President of Operations, and Senior Vice President of Business Process and Technology before being named to his present position. Brad is active in the community and has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations.
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About Wolf Home Products: Wolf Home Products provides kitchen and bath cabinetry and building materials, marketing and sales support and financial services
Frank Heard
President & COO of Gibraltar Industries
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About Gibraltar Industries: Gibraltar Industries is a manufacturer of materials used in the construction of a variety of buildings.
Robert Nolan
Partner and COO of Yarrow Group
Prior to the creation of the Yarrow Group Robert served as General Manager of the Four Seasons Hotel Dublin. During Robert’s 20 year career with Four Seasons he operated and opened hotels in Boston, Scottsdale, Jackson Hole, Chicago, Lanai and Palo Alto. Robert has experience in both Food and Beverage and Rooms Operations. With The Yarrow Group Robert is responsible for hotel transitions, takeovers, asset management and development. Robert has also assisted with the design, development, creation of concepts and launching of several of the Yarrow Group projects. Robert brings a focus to the efficiencies and programming of hotels to add value and return through revenue generation and tight expense control while driving the guest and employee experience.
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About Yarrow Group: Yarrow Group, LLC owns and operates hotels and restaurant.
Steve Rooney
President, CEO & Chief Operating Officer of Continental Structural Plastics
Steven Rooney is president and chief operating officer of Continental Structural Plastics. He is a 31-year veteran of the automotive and manufacturing industries. Prior to joining CSP, Rooney served as vice president of operations at Johnson Controls, vice president of operations at Plastic Engineered Products, plant manager at Baily Corporation/Venture Industries and materials manager at Barry Controls. Rooney holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Finance from the University of Massachusetts.
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About Continental Structural Plastics: Continental Structural Plastics is a true pioneer in composite materials formulation, design and manufacturing technologies.
Clark Convery
Chief Operating Officer of Visual Lease
Clark J. Convery has accumulated 20+ years of experience in the field of B2B SaaS Operations focused on GTM, Customer and Product Operations, including Sales, Presales Engineering, Implementation, Customer Success, Consulting, Product Management, R&D and HR.
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About Visual Lease: Manage and analyze your leased asset portfolio – real estate, equipment, etc – including critical dates, financial calculation & more.
Chris Millard
COO of Interphase Materials
VP Operations for Interphase Materials. Past: Program Manager – AlphaLab Gear | Marketing Director – WizzyWig (YC S’13) | Marketing – 8020 Select (AlphaLab W’12)
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About Interphase Materials: Interphase Materials creates solutions for the improvement of the efficiency of water-based cooling systems.
Bert Brown
Co-Founder & COO of The ITOS Group
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About The ITOS Group: The ITOS Group provides professional employer organization (PEO) solutions and Payroll services across Latin America.
Brittany Eggert
COO of Building Reserves Inc.
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About Building Reserves Inc.: Building Reserves databases building infrastructure & creates long-term prioritized capital repair funding plans using cloud based software.