On August 7, 2012, the Board of Directors of the U.S. Concrete, Inc. appointed William Matthew Brown as the company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 22, 2012. From November 2007 to August 2012, Mr. Brown, age 48, served as the Treasurer & Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of Drummond Company, Inc., and, from 2005 to November 2007, as the Treasurer of Drummond Company, Inc. From 1999 through 2005, Mr. Brown served in the investment banking department of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., including as a Vice President in the basic industries coverage group. From 1988 through 1997, Mr. Brown served in the United States Navy as a Naval Special Warfare Officer.