On October 23, 2015, the board of directors of U.S. Concrete, Inc. appointed Ronnie Pruitt as the company's Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting directly to the CEO, effective as of October 26, 2015. From July 2014 to October 2015, Mr. Pruitt served as the Vice President of Cement Sales of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and from January 1995 to July 2014 was with Texas Industries, Inc. in various positions, most recently as Vice President of Cement Operations of TXI, which was acquired by Martin Marietta in 2014. In this new role, Mr. Pruitt will have direct oversite of all U.S. Concrete ready-mixed concrete, aggregate and ancillary operations.