Ronnie Pruitt
President and CEO
U.S. Concrete
Mr. Pruitt has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2020. From April 2019 to April 2020, Mr. Pruitt served as President and Chief Operating Officer. From October 2015 until April 2019, Mr. Pruitt served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From July 2014 to October 2015, Mr. Pruitt served as the Vice President of Cement Sales of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE: MLM), and from January 1995 to July 2014 he was with Texas Industries, Inc. (which was acquired by Martin Marietta in 2014) in various positions, most recently as Vice President of Cement Operations. Mr. Pruitt has served as President of the Board of Directors of Cement Council of Texas and Chairman of the Paving Committee for the Portland Cement Association.
John E. Kunz
Senior Vice President and CFO
U.S. Concrete
Mr. Kunz has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October of 2017. From March 2015 to September 2017, Mr. Kunz served as Vice President-Controller & Principal Accounting Officer for Tenneco Inc. (“Tenneco”), an automotive parts company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to assuming such role, Mr. Kunz served as Vice President-Treasurer and Tax/President-Finance Subsidiaries for Tenneco, from 2006 to 2015, and Vice President and Treasurer for Tenneco, from 2004 to 2006. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Kunz worked at Great Lakes Chemical Corporation (“Great Lakes”), where he rose through positions of increasing responsibility to become Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining Great Lakes in 1999, Mr. Kunz was director of corporate development at Weirton Steel Corporation, where he also held prior positions in capital planning, business development, and financial analysis. Prior to that, Mr. Kunz spent four years with the international public accounting firm of KPMG. Since March 2011, Mr. Kunz has served as a director of Wabash National Corporation. Mr. Kunz received his B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Sharon Ellis
Vice President, Investor Relations
U.S. Concrete
Ms. Ellis has served as Vice President of Investor Relations since March 2020. She brings over 30 years of corporate finance experience having served as Chief Financial Officer at a number of Dallas based companies including the Container Store and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and served as Treasurer for Texas Industries (NYSE: TXI). Ms. Ellis earned her MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and her BBA from Texas Tech University. She is active in her community and served as the President of the Dallas Chapter of Financial Executives International and serves on the local boards of the Baylor Scott & White Foundation and the Salvation Army.