Kurt Manufacturing competitors

In 2014, he was elected President and Chief Operating Officer as part of the Board’s executive succession plan. Prior to then, Christian served as Group President of Carlisle Brake & Friction, Carlisle Foodservice Products, and, prior to its sale, Carlisle Transportation Products. In 2015, Christian led the acquisition and integration of the Company’s $600 million purchase of the Finishing Brands business from Graco, Inc. Finishing Brands now operates as a separate segment, Carlisle Fluid Technologies. Prior to joining Carlisle, Christian was the Vice President and General Manager of Asia Operations at Graco, Inc. Christian serves as a Director on the Arctic Cat Incorporated (NASDAQ:ACAT) board of directors.

Andy Rose joined Worthington Industries in 2008 as vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) when the Company and the country were deep in the Great Recession. Rose helped preserve liquidity and financial stability and guide the Company through that challenge. In 2014, he was promoted to executive vice president and CFO and has been instrumental in advancing the Company’s financial and capital allocation strategies. He was named president of Worthington Industries in August 2018 and became CEO of the Company on Sept. 1, 2020. Before joining Worthington, Rose worked at MCG Capital Corporation where he was a senior investment professional in the Atlanta office for the $1.5 billion public investment company. He focused on making control-equity investments and providing debt financing for companies in the manufacturing, distribution and transportation and logistics industries. Previously, Rose was partner, co-founder and member of the investment committee with Peachtree Equity Partners, a private equity fund backed by Goldman Sachs. He managed debt and equity recapitalizations for manufacturing, distribution and service firms, served on the board of directors of various companies, advised management on growth strategies and operations, and managed the firm’s institutional investor base. Prior to that, Rose served as vice president of private equity at Wachovia Capital Associates for five years and started his career at J.P. Morgan & Co. in global cash management. Rose earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Rose serves as a member of the board of directors of White Castle®, chairman of the board of Rev1 Ventures and as a member of the Columbus Business Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and The Ohio Business Roundtable. Previously, he served on the board of trustees of the Community Shelter Board, The First Tee of Central Ohio and the FM Global Advisory Board.

Bruce Burford is an Independent Agent at LANDSTAR, INC. and Chief Executive Officer at B&B Manufacturing and is based in Burlington, Kentucky. He studied at Northern Kentucky University between 1990 and 1991 and Fairfield High School between 1976 and 1979.