Brad is Chief Executive Officer of County Materials, a leading building materials and concrete products manufacturing company. His role focuses on continuing the proud legacy of the company and leading it towards strategic expansion through market-leading products and solutions, as well as fostering a culture that encourages team members to unleash their full potential. 

As a result of his grandfather, Hank Schmidgall, starting The Hawkeye Group (now Afinitas) in 1949, Brad is a fourth-generation family member in the concrete pipe and precast industry. Brad served in multiple leadership roles in engineering, sales, and operations based out of a variety of locations within the United States and Europe. When BW Forsyth Partners purchased the company in 2016, Brad was named President and ultimately CEO of Afinitas and charged with building a premier platform of concrete technology companies. Over the next 7 years, Brad and his team built Afinitas into the world’s leading and largest supplier of machinery and services for the precast concrete infrastructure market.

Brad holds a BSE degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University. In his free time, he enjoys doing Crossfit, traveling, serving in church, and spending time with his wife, Megan, and their two children.