Braidy Industries Announces Board of Directors
July 17 2017 - 10:44AM
Business Wire
Signals Commitment to Competitive Pricing and
Technological Advancements in Automotive, Aerospace and Defense
Industries.
Follows an April announcement of the greenfield
construction of a 4 million square foot, $1.3 billion aluminum
rolling mill in South Shore, Greenup County, Kentucky.
The Braidy Industries board combines excellence
in manufacturing, materials science, and competitive strategy.
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Braidy Industries,
Craig T. Bouchard, today announced the full slate of the company’s
Board of Directors.
“Braidy Industries has had the great fortune to attract
leadership, experience and accomplishment to our Board of
Directors. Our directors will provide invaluable insight to create
the low cost producer of high quality aluminum and advanced
materials for the transportation and defense industries in
America,” said Bouchard. “We are not just building a company; but
the foundation of enterprise that will place Eastern Kentucky at
the forefront of advanced manufacturing. This is the team we needed
to ensure that result.”
On the Braidy Industries Board:
Dr. Michael E. Porter is a world-renowned economist, and
is the most cited scholar today in economics and business. He leads
Harvard University’s Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness
and is a long-serving professor at the Harvard Business School. Dr.
Porter is the recipient of numerous awards and honors for his
contributions to global economic theory, including the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for his
contributions to economic development and is the author of nineteen
books, including the business classic Competitive Advantage. He has
served on several Fortune 500 public boards and has played an
active role in U.S. economic policy at the federal and state
levels.
Ret. General Norton "Norty" Schwartz served as the
19th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, serving as
a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, leading Air, Space and Cyber
for the Department of Defense. As Commander of the United States
Transportation Command, General Schwartz led the Defense
Transportation System, with strategic oversight of all logistics
operations including Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
General Schwartz is currently the President and CEO of Business
Executives for National Security (BENS) and serves as an
independent director for CAE, USA and Wesco Aircraft Holdings.
Dr. Christopher Schuh is the head of the Department of
Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. Dr. Schuh’s research is
focused on the optimization of mechanical properties in metals,
forming the basis of numerous metallurgical companies, including
Xtalic Corporation, which produces coatings on over 10 billion
components used in both enterprise and mobile electronics. Dr.
Schuh is also involved in Desktop Metal, which provides a
lower-cost option for metal additive manufacturing via its
proprietary 3D metal printers.
Charles Price is an entrepreneur, industrialist, and
President and CEO of Louisville, Kentucky based Charah. Charles has
over 35 years of experience in the construction and industrial
industries within the State of Kentucky and beyond. Mr. Price also
serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American
Coal Ash Association.
John Preston is the former Director of Technology
Development (and Licensing) at MIT where he was responsible for the
commercialization of MIT-developed technologies. Of the companies
started during his tenure, those that went public have reached an
estimated $150 billion cumulative market capitalization. Mr.
Preston was awarded the rank of “Knight of the Order of National
Merit of France” by French President Mitterrand and the “Hammer
Award for Reinventing Government” by Vice President Gore. He
chaired President George H. W. Bush’s conference announcing the
President’s technology initiative and has previously served as a
Board Advisor to Mars Incorporated.
Craig Bouchard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is a
strategist and industrialist who built three billion-dollar revenue
companies within the past decade. Bouchard is a noted expert on
Lean/Six-Sigma, and capital allocation, and is a New York Times
bestselling author of “The Caterpillar Way.”
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For Braidy Industries, Inc.:Jaunique Sealey,
606-575-3121jsealey@braidyindustries.comorRobert Cavosi,
646-638-9891