Smith Named High Concrete President

Jeffrey Smith, most recently senior vice president of operations at High Industries Inc., has succeeded Thomas McEvoy as High Concrete Group LLC president.

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Jeffrey Smith, most recently senior vice president of operations at High Industries Inc., has succeeded Thomas McEvoy as High Concrete Group LLC president. Besides 24 years of industrial management experience, including leadership roles at CertainTeed Corp. and Colgate Palmolive, Smith holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and an engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J.

At the High Concrete helm since 2002, McEvoy has been named executive vice president, focusing on business development and diversified growth, plus the 2009 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute chairmanship. Under his tenure, the Group expanded its product line and grew from a single-plant producer, based in Denver, Pa., to a major precast/prestressed player with five operations in four states serving the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast and Midwest markets.