Joel Rood joined James Hardie as Vice President - General Manager Southern Division in February 2007. He has over 20 years of sales, marketing and general management experience, the last nine with Hilti Corporation as Sales Vice President in the US, General Manager of Australia, and finally as Managing Director of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Joel is based in Dallas Texas.
Prior to Hilti, Joel worked with MTS Systems Corporation, where he developed their successful seismic business in Asia. Joel started his career with Schlumberger, Ltd, as field manager in north and west Africa, France and Norway.
Joel has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Princeton University, summa cum laude, and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin. In addition, he attended Stanford University as a Sloan Fellow, earning a Master of Science in Management. |