DMC Global Inc. announced its board of directors has elected James O?Leary as an independent director. Mr. O?Leary joins the DMC board with nearly four decades of executive leadership, finance and board-level experience, principally in the construction and industrial manufacturing industries. He is on the board of directors of publicly traded Builders FirstSource Inc., the nation?s largest supplier of structural building products, value-added components, and services to professionals in the construction, repair and remodeling industry.

He has served as chairman of Kinematics, a global leader in creating motion control solutions for the utility-scale solar, satellite and industrials sectors since 2015; and as a director of privately held ProSource Plumbing Supply, a regional provider of value-added plumbing supplies for high-growth residential markets throughout the Southeast since 2022. Mr. O?Leary previously served as chairman of publicly traded BMC Stock Holdings Inc. prior to its merger with Builders FirstSource in 2021, after joining the board of BMC in 2014. From 2017 to 2019, he was chairman and CEO of WireCo WorldGroup, the world's leading supplier of steel and synthetic rope and electromechanical cable.

He previously served as chairman and CEO of Kaydon Corporation Inc., a leading, publicly traded manufacturer of highly engineered industrial products from 2007 until its successful sale in 2013. He joined the board of Kaydon in 2005. Mr. O?Leary began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

He earned a B.B.A. from Pace University in New York and is a CPA in the state of New York.