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Kent Brown

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President at O'Neal Manufacturing Services
📍 United States

Kent Brown serves as the President and CEO of O’Neal Manufacturing Services, where he applies his expertise in Lean Manufacturing to drive financial results and operational excellence. An alumnus of West Virginia University and Robert Morris University, he is praised by colleagues as a personable, genuine, and pragmatic leader skilled in developing his team.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Kent now resides in Trussville, Alabama. His extensive career in the iron and steel fabrication industry has involved managing facilities and overseeing operations across several states, including Kentucky, Texas, Alabama, and Utah, before leading his current company.

He once oversaw the successful startup of two $8M casting machines which produced at double the rate of the previous machines.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
President
Location
United States
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Priorities

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Lean Manufacturing
Holds a Lean Manufacturing certification from Auburn University and excels at using its principles to improve production and environmental health and safety performance.
Operational Excellence
Focuses on implementing sustainable, repeatable processes to achieve bottom-line results, with a strong history of P&L responsibility and improving plant operations.
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Career

Work history

9-2017
President
O'Neal Manufacturing Services
4-2017 - 9-2017
General Manager
O'Neal Manufacturing Services
7-2016 - 4-2017
Director of Plant Operations
C & B Piping
2-2012 - 5-2016
VPGM
McWane Ductile Utah
10-2008 - 2-2012
General Manager
McWane Ductile Utah
In the press

Media appearances

ONI names Kent Brown President and CEO of O'Neal Manufacturing Services. Featured in Modern Metals
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Kent Brown Discusses Safety at FMA's Leadership Conference. Featured in O'Neal Manufacturing Services
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Education
1988 - 1992
Bachelor's degree
West Virginia University
1996 - 1998
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Robert Morris University
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