| Craft O'Neal, Chairman of O'Neal Industries and grandson of company
founder Kirkman O'Neal, was born and raised in the steel business in
Birmingham, Alabama. Following graduation from Baylor School in Chattanooga, he
earned a B.A. degree from Birmingham-Southern College, where he majored in
business and economics.
In 1984, he began his career at O'Neal as a member of the Birmingham District's Inside Sales Department. From there, Craft moved to the Atlanta District, and during the next five years worked as Inside Sales Representative, Outside Sales Representative, and Assistant District Manager. In 1990 he was appointed District Manager of the Houston District, followed by being named District Manager of O'Neal-Birmingham, the company's oldest, largest, and most complex operation. In 1995, Craft was promoted to Vice President, Birmingham District, then Senior Vice President of the Southern Region in 2000. In 2003, he took on still more responsibilities with a promotion to Senior Vice President of Sales, Purchasing, and Product Development. In December 2004, Craft succeeded his father Emmet O'Neal as Chairman. |
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| Bill Jones, Vice Chairman of
O'Neal Industries, was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He received his B.A. degree
from the University of Virginia, majoring in psychology.
After working four years for South Central Bell in commercial management, Bill joined O'Neal in 1976. During the next 19 years, he worked in six different areas of the company. He started out in Inside Sales at the Birmingham District, moved to Outside Sales in Tupelo, Mississippi for the Jackson District, became District Manager at O'Neal-Memphis in 1981, and was named Manager of Marketing and Specialty Products in 1987. In 1990, he was promoted to Vice President, Birmingham District, then became the company's Executive Vice President in 1993. In September of 2000, he was named President and Chief Executive Officer. |
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| Holman Head, President and Chief
Executive Officer, is a native of Montgomery, Alabama, and
a graduate of Washington & Lee University with a B.A. degree in economics.
Holman began his career at Vulcan Materials Corporation, where he worked for two years in Outside Sales. He then joined O'Neal in 1980 as an Inside Sales Representative for the Birmingham District, and later moved to Outside Sales at O'Neal-Memphis. In 1984, he returned to Birmingham to work in O'Neal's Marketing Department. Then in 1990, he was named Director of the Specialty Products Department, which was responsible for providing marketing, sales training, and direct-mill purchasing support to the O'Neal district sales teams. In 1994, Holman became District Manager of the Birmingham District, and the next year was promoted to Vice President of Purchasing and Product Development. In 2003, he was named Senior Vice President for the Southern Region, and then Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2006. |
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| Mary Valenta, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of O'Neal Industries, was born in upstate New York, and
received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Pfeiffer University, followed by an
M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.
Mary received her CPA certificate while working for Coopers & Lybrand, where she was a manager for consulting and audit. She spent a year as Financial Manager for a Weyerhaeuser distribution center, and four years as Vice President and Treasurer for Glenayre Electronics in Charlotte. A move to Detroit resulted in an opportunity for Mary to serve as Vice President of Finance for Little Caesars, and then as Chief Financial Officer of Cornerstone Schools. She joined O'Neal in 2002 as Vice President of Finance, and was subsequently named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. |
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