E-mail: ken@concrete.com

Education: Fifth in a class of 250- John Foster Dulles High School in Stafford, Texas - 1971

Distinguished Student, B. S. Civil Engineering - Texas A&M -1975; full scholarship recipient from the U. S. Navy, officer in the Texas Aggie Band

Work Experience:

U S Navy: Surface Warfare Officer 1975-1980. Duties included personnel administration, navigation, electronic warfare, combat information, preventive maintenance administration, shipboard legal officer and numerous collateral duties. Received early promotion from Lieutenant junior grade to Lieutenant.

Pioneer Concrete of Texas, Inc.: 1980-1992. Positions included manager-trainee, assistant and plant manager, and area manager (Dallas and Austin). Responsible for safety, personnel administration, scheduling and maintaining equipment, inventory control, quality control, regulatory applications and compliance, marketing and sales, and profitability of ready-mix operations from San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin locations. Sales revenues were in excess of $12 million per year . Directly responsible for over 60 employees. Pioneer sold its Austin operation to Cemex (Southern Materials) in May 1992.

Southern Materials, Inc.: 1992-1996. Concrete Area Manager until promotion to General Manager of concrete, aggregate and asphalt operations for Central Texas in July 1992. Responsible for every facet of the operations, including sales, production, credit and collections, and profitability. Cemex' acquisition forecast for production and sales price was exceeded by 20%. Staff was reduced while equipment and production doubled. Profits were made in the Central Texas region for the first time in eight years, including the aggregate company, which had never before made a profit. Sales and payroll exceeded $24 million and 110 employees respectively.

J. C. Evans Construction Co., Inc: 1996-Present. General Manager- Rio Materials, Inc. Developed 250 acre pasture into third largest Austin area sand and gravel operation (Rio Materials) within six months of its inception. Produced pro forma for financing, located, purchased and supervised the erection of used plant and dredge, procured all permits, hired all personnel, recruited all customers, directly liaisoned with MSHA inspectors and the District Director. I have been the sole sales representative of Rio Materials, as well as being solely responsible for profitability. The operation was profitable within only five months of initial production.