Mar 23, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Braidy Industries Expands Executive Team

Braidy Industries, Inc. announced today key executives joining the company’s initiative to build an aluminum rolling mill in East Park, Ashland, Kentucky, bringing 550 advanced manufacturing jobs to North East Kentucky’s Appalachian region.

“We have added three more stars to the Braidy executive ranks,” stated Blaine Holt, Chief Operating Officer of Braidy Industries.

“We continue to bring an unprecedented collection of skills to our mission of delivering quality metal products at the lowest cost to the mass transportation market in the North America, Europe and Asia. Our cost structure remains our driven blade of competitive advantage.”

Additions to the management team include the following individuals;

Shane Schuler, Aluminum Sheet Finishing Manager. Mr. Schuler worked for Alcoa/Arconic from 1988 until 2018, with his last position being Lead Area Manager-Sheet Finishing. He managed a Department of 42 salaried employees and 350 union employees in the Arconic aluminum rolling mill in Davenport, Iowa.

Ms. Kris Derscha, Automotive/Aerospace Quality Systems Manager. Ms. Derscha worked for Arconic, Davenport from 2010 until 2018. Her most recent position was Lead Quality Systems Engineer, in which she was responsible for quality Management Systems Information across the Davenport Works, Danville Operations, AAC-Hutchison, and San Antonio Works.

Ms. Miriam Shealy, Vice President of Accounting. Ms. Shealy has 30 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Control Systems, Organizational Leadership, Process Improvements, Accounting and Financial Reporting. Her last position was with the University of Maryland University College Europe. Ms. Shealy is an expert in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

Gregg Whigham, Braidy Plant General Manager in Ashland stated: “We have an industrial A-team forming. Recruiting of Mill positions will escalate in April/May of this year as we head to groundbreaking. It’s gratifying that we have 5,500 applicants reflecting interest in employment on our on line jobs site. The quality of people contacting us is exceptionally high.”

Craig T. Bouchard, Chairman and CEO of Braidy Industries said: “The two-year Braidy Associates degree program at the Ashland Community and Technical College was approved and certified during this past week. We are thankful to Dr. Jay Box, Dr. Kay Adkins and the KCTCS Board of Regents for establishing this incredible transformational career degree. I remain unbelievably confident in the Braidy team being assembled, and in the Community is which we are located. We are one family.“

About Braidy Industries, Inc:

Braidy Industries is a transformational advanced manufacturer of aluminum sheet and ultra-strong and light-weight alloys for the mass transportation and defense industries. The company’s first project, the construction of a greenfield aluminum rolling mill in Greenup County, Kentucky, will position the company as the low-cost provider of 300,000 annual tons of production-ready series 3000, 5000, and 6000 aluminum sheet for the automotive and aerospace industries. Veloxint, is an MIT incubated Braidy Industries company specialized in ultra-high strength and light weight nano-crystaline powder metallurgy.