James O'Leary

James O'Leary is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Independent Director who serves or has served as an executive, director or advisor to several major public and private companies. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of BMC Stock Holdings, Inc., a $4 billion national provider of value-added products and services to the professional homebuilding industry. BMC is listed on the NASDAQ as BMCH. He also serves as Chairman and Senior Advisor to Kinematics Manufacturing Corporation, a leading global supplier of highly engineered slewing drive systems to the renewable energy and heavy industrial products sectors. In addition, he serves as a Senior Advisor and member of Madison Dearborn Partners' Industrial Advisory Roundtable.

Mr. O'Leary served as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Kaydon Corporation, a $550 million industrial products company listed on the NYSE and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of WireCo Worldgroup Holdings, an $800 million global manufacturer of engineered wire, steel and synthetic rope products. He has previously held senior executive positions at Hanson plc, US Industries, Inc. and Beazer Homes USA. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche and is a CPA (currently inactive). He has a BBA from Pace University and an MBA for the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.