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ABOUT FBM
Leadership

Ruben Mendoza

President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Mendoza is the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at FBM and has 25 years of industry experience. Prior to founding our company in 2011, Mr. Mendoza served as the Chief Executive Officer of AMS, a leading distributor of wallboard, acoustical suspended ceiling systems, lath and plaster products, doors and other building products. Mr. Mendoza originally joined AMS in 1991 and assumed the Chief Executive Officer role in 2003 after several years as AMS’ Vice President and Sales Manager. AMS grew significantly under Mr. Mendoza’s leadership, particularly across the West Coast and Northern Mexico through greenfields and strategic acquisitions. Mr. Mendoza attended California State University and has completed executive education at Harvard Business School (Strategy), Wharton School of Business (Management) and Northwestern (Marketing). 

As our Chief Executive Officer and founder, Mr. Mendoza brings a deep understanding of our business, operations and strategic planning to the board. Mr. Mendoza also has extensive industry experience gained over 25 years, including through his prior service as Chief Executive Officer of AMS. 

Onur Demirkaya

Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Demirkaya was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of FBM on July 1, 2021. He previously served as Chief Accounting Officer from 2020 to 2021. Mr. Demirkaya joined the Company as Vice President of Finance and Accounting in December 2014. During his tenure, Mr. Demirkaya has been instrumental in building the Accounting and Finance functions, including the implementation of scalable systems and business intelligence platforms for the Company. Before joining FBM, Mr. Demirkaya held financial roles with increasing responsibility, most recently as Director of Finance-West Division at Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (“Beacon”), a publicly traded distributor of commercial and residential roofing products. Prior to Beacon, Mr. Demirkaya was Assistant Corporate Controller for Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (“Clean Energy”), a publicly traded provider of natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada. Prior to Clean Energy, Mr. Demirkaya was an Audit Manager at Ernst and Young LLP. Mr. Demirkaya earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Demirkaya is also a licensed CPA in the state of California.

David Opre

Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Opre was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Foundation Building Materials January 1,2024. Prior to this recent appointment he held the Position of Senior VP of Operations a position he held since 2022. Mr. Opre has 32 years’ experience in the Building Materials industry and started his career in 1992 as an Inside Sales Representative with Winroc in Vancouver Canada. Mr. Opre and his family moved from Canada to the United States with Winroc in 2000 to help establish and grow the company’s presence in America. Throughout his time at Winroc, Mr. Opre rose through the ranks culminating in his position as Regional Manager – Western U.S., the position he held when Foundation Building Materials acquired Winroc in 2016. From 2016 to 2022 Mr. Opre held the position of Regional Vice- President overseeing all the business elements of the company’s West Region.  Mr. Opre studied Business Administration at the University of Regina in Canada as well as attending executive education in the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M.

Kirby Thompson

Chief Sales Officer
Mr. Thompson is the Chief Sales Officer at FBM. Prior to joining the Company in 2013, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Sales for Home Acres Building Supply Co., LLC (a company we acquired), a distributor of drywall, acoustical suspended ceiling systems and other related building products, from 2002 until 2013. Mr. Thompson was previously President of Michigan Acoustical Supply House from 1984 until 1993, which was an acoustical suspended ceiling systems and wallboard distributor. He attended Wittenberg University and has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.

Colin Ramsden

Senior Vice President of Sales & Procurement
Mr. Ramsden was appointed Senior Vice President of Sales & Procurement for North America on March 9th, 2022. Prior to his recent appointment, he was the FBM Regional Vice President for Canada, a position he has held since 2013. Mr. Ramsden has been in the building materials industry for 36 years. He started in 1985 with Georgia Pacific Gypsum, where he spent fourteen years in various positions. In 2000 Mr. Ramsden moved to Canadian Gypsum Company (CGC) for three years running their Western Canada Sales and Operations team. Then in 2003 he joined Winroc, where he held several senior positions, including VP of Procurement for North America. He attended the University of Fraser Valley and has a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Mike Fenello

Vice President of Business Development
Mr. Fenello is the Vice President of Business Development at FBM, a role he transitioned into in January of 2022. Prior to this change, Mr. Fenello was the Regional Vice President for the Northeast Region of FBM from 2016 to 2021 and he served as a District Manager for the Company from 2014-2016. Mike was a Managing Partner of Wholesale Builders Supply, Inc from 2004 to 2014 before it was acquired by FBM. Wholesale Builders Supply was a five location, specialty distributor of wallboard, metal framing, acoustical ceiling systems and other related building products. Before working in the distribution business, Mike held various roles over 14 years with the sheetrock manufacturer (USG) United States Gypsum, including his last role as a District Sales Manager for the Great Lakes Region. Mr. Fenello holds a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence from the Katz School of Business School at the University of Pittsburgh, he also attended Ithaca College in New York earning a Master of Science in Corporate Communications and a Bachelor of Science in Media Communications.

Richard Tilley

Chief Legal Officer
Mr. Tilley is Chief Legal Officer at FBM. Prior to joining the Company in 2016, Mr. Tilley was the Vice President of Legal Affairs for Mophie, a technology company, and led the sale of Mophie to ZAGG, Inc. From 2009 until 2015, when he joined Mophie, Mr. Tilley was Assistant General Counsel for Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc., a flexible printed circuit board manufacturer with operations in the United States, Asia and Europe. Mr. Tilley graduated from the Dale E. Fowler School of Law at Chapman University and has a Bachelor of Arts in History from California State University, Long Beach.