Management Team

Kevin O’Meara is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, having led both private equity-owned and public companies from inception to $2.4 billion of annual revenue. He has also served on the boards of portfolio companies owned by blue chip private equity firms including Blackstone, Ares Management and American Securities.

Since May 2023 Kevin has served as the Chief Executive Officer of RoadSafe Traffic Systems, one of the country’s leading providers of infrastructure services. Prior to Roadsafe, Kevin was the CEO of DIRTT Environmental Solutions (NASDAQ:DRTT; TSX:DRT), North America’s largest provider of prefabricated, modular interiors for non-residential projects. Before DIRTT, Kevin worked as an advisor to private equity firms across all aspects of the investment and value creation process for a variety of manufacturing, distribution, and business services companies. He served on the boards of six portfolio companies and chaired an audit committee.

Kevin’s first CEO role was with Atrium Corporation, one of North America’s largest manufacturers and distributors of vinyl and aluminum windows. Prior to Atrium, Kevin was one of three founders of Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ: BLDR), a leading manufacturer and distributor of building products. Kevin initially served as the company’s CFO, ultimately being named President & Chief Operating Officer.

Kevin began his career as an investment associate at two private equity firms and served as a strategy consulting Manager at Bain & Company. He earned his MBA at Harvard Business School and has degrees in accounting and economics from Southern Methodist University where he graduated summa cum laude. He has maintained his CPA license.

Vince is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for RoadSafe. In this role, he drives the technology vision, strategy, innovations, initiatives, and technology programs for all RoadSafe’s business lines.

Vince is a senior technology executive with 25 plus years of extensive diversified background, having served various industry nationwide growing verticals including the Real Estate industry, Manufacturing & Distribution, Consulting, Healthcare, and the franchise industry. He has served in the executive technology management leadership role and driven technology strategy, vision, innovation, security, architecture, engineering & product development.

Prior to being named to his current role in January 2024, Vince was the Vice President of Information Technology for Presbyterian Homes, Chief Information Officer for NYSE Watsco/Temperature Equipment Corporation, CIO for multiple private equity portfolio firms, CIO for Senior Living Corporation/SLC and NYSE Brookdale Senior Living for leading technology teams in the areas of innovations, systems engineering, business technology management, performance management, merger & acquisitions integrations, risk management, data management, systems development and systems support. Vince’s work focused on differentiating through technology and innovation to improve the customer and employee experience while increasing efficiency and business agility. He drove services strategy that resulted in the launch of real-time payments, e-commerce, led service-oriented architecture (SOA) for the HVAC, Franchise and Healthcare industries, which launched a mobile applications, and drove the modernization and transformation origination and servicing systems. Vince’s leadership also was instrumental in Watsco/TEC’s technological innovation and being a $6 billion NYSE public company and same for NYSE Brookdale Senior Living becoming $1.2 billion company with over 400 locations.

Vince earned his MBA and bachelor’s degree from Loyola University.

Christa joined RoadSafe in July 2022 with 25 years of experience in human resources and operations management in retail and healthcare. She drives RoadSafe’s employee experience by leading the human resources team with a focus on communication, efficiency, and collaboration with the teams that they support.

Before joining RoadSafe, Christa served as Senior Vice Present, Human Resources WellNow Urgent Care, Vice President Roundy’s, Director, Talent and Labor Relations Roundy’s and various HR and operational roles at Target serving both employees and customers. Christa brings a depth of knowledge on improving the employee experience by using technology, wellness communication, and investment in training at all levels to RoadSafe’s employees in order to better serve our customers. She has also led a variety of merger and acquisition transactions, inclusive of organizational design and leader of change management efforts. Christa has a degree from Lewis University.

As Vice President and General Counsel, Maggie oversees RoadSafe’s legal, risk and human relations departments. Maggie joined RoadSafe in 2011 after a decade in private practice in the Chicagoland area where she represented clients in complex commercial disputes before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Maggie received a B.A. in Communication from Boston University, an M.A. in Communication from Drake University, and her Juris Doctorate from Drake University.

Drew joined RoadSafe in 2023 and has more than a decade of experience leading corporate development teams and large strategic initiatives. At RoadSafe, Drew leads merger-and-acquisition activities including identifying, developing, and evaluating merger-and-acquisition plans, as well as program management of integrations. Previously, Drew led the M&A and strategy functions of multiple private equity backed portfolio companies including WernerCo and KaufmanHall. He also led M&A and strategy activities at Masco Corporation globally. Prior to that, Drew led M&A, strategy and operational improvement projects for Fortune 100 companies as a management consultant at Deloitte. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California where he received his BS in Business & Finance and later received his MBA from INSEAD in Paris, France.

Dan joined RoadSafe in November 2023. In this role he focuses on capitalizing on the scale RoadSafe has created through organic growth and multiple acquisitions over the past several years. In addition, he expands RoadSafe’s specialty distribution business by helping to further strengthen RoadSafe’s position as a premier strategic partner to the leading manufacturers of traffic control products.

Dan brings 12 years of supply chain and operations experience to RoadSafe and joins from Bain & Company, where he served as a Manager in the Supply Chain Practice. He supports the continued growth of RoadSafe’s national infrastructure services branch network, facilitating the realization of purchasing economies. In addition, he helps grow the company’s specialty distribution business as manufacturers seek channels to bring their well-trusted and established traffic control devices to market.

Tim joined RoadSafe in March 2024. In this role he will focus on owning safety incentives and taking safety to the next level at RoadSafe, through enhancing behavior-based safety, utilizing technology, and establishing a robust relationship with Operations to drive results. Additionally, as a member of the Leadership Team, Tim will leverage his skills to support overall process improvements and efficiencies throughout the organization.

Tim brings over 15 years of employee safety, fleet safety, operations, and lean management experience to RoadSafe. Tim's experience spans across many different organizations (Caterpillar, Nestle, Imperfect Foods) and industries (Manufacturing, Steel Mills, Railroad, ISO Consulting) globally, as he has led programs across US, Mexico, and Europe.

Paul joined RoadSafe in May 1990 and has over 30 years of experience in Traffic Control, Sign Installation and Pavement Markings. He leads the Utility and Railroad Group at RoadSafe providing all Traffic Control & MOT needs nationally.

Before joining RoadSafe, Paul served as Vice President of Operations for L&C Flashing Barricades in Avon, MA serving the General Contracting population in New England with all their MOT, Sign Installation and Pavement Markings needs. Paul brings extensive industry knowledge and experience to the Railroad and National Utilities Market. Under Paul’s leadership this division has seen significant growth for several consecutive years. Paul has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Merrimack College in North Andover, MA.

When Shady joined RoadSafe in 2013, he brought with him nearly a decade of experience working for some of the largest heavy highway contractors in the Midwest. Shady oversees traffic control and pavement marking operations in multiple states that serve heavy highway contractors and support RoadSafe’s Highway Services Group. Shady is a past president of the Illinois ATSSA Chapter and is a board member on multiple construction associations. He received a degree in Structural Engineering and Construction Management from the University of Illinois and received his Executive MBA from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

Being born into the industry, Jay is RoadSafe’s leader for pavement marking operations. His 40 years of experience ensures the quality delivery of thousands of miles of pavement marking applications a year throughout the western half of the Nation. Jays’ expertise is paramount to RoadSafe’s selection and utilization of the most cutting edge equipment and materials. Jay is true industry leader and serves a member of ATSSA’s Pavement Marking Committee. Jay has a BA in Management from Western State College.