Gray Names Brian Woods as Manager, Business Development for South Atlantic Regional Office

Gray, a nationally ranked engineering, architecture and construction firm and an AGC of Kentucky member, has named Brian Woods as manager, business development for its South Atlantic regional office in Charlotte, N.C. In this position, he will be responsible for developing and managing customer relationships in the South Atlantic region and will act as Gray’s primary contact for the automotive market.

Brian joins Gray with over 13 years of experience in business development. Prior to his employment with Gray, Brian spent the first half of his career in Detroit calling on customers in the automotive industry, and then went on to manage customer relationships with Fortune 500 companies in the industrial buildings market.

"Brian’s proven commitment to the customer aligns well with Gray’s core value of being customer and relationship driven," said Jeff Bischoff, Gray’s senior vice president, business development. "His deep understanding of the manufacturing and automotive markets, coupled with the relationships he’s established with local, state and regional economic development officials in the South Atlantic make Brian a valuable asset to our customers locating in the area."

Gray has designed and built nearly 700 manufacturing facilities across the U.S., totaling more than 68 million square feet. Currently, Gray has several large projects, mostly located across the South, that are underway or recently completed including a Michelin Earthmover tire manufacturing plant in Starr, S.C.; a Siemens gas turbine plant in Charlotte,N.C.; a Caterpillar Inc. manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem, N.C.; a Caterpillar Inc. manufacturing facility near Athens, Ga.; a Whirlpool plant in Cleveland, Tenn.; and multiple projects for Austal USA in Mobile, Ala.

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