Kevin O'Meara serves as the Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Enterprise Strategy, reporting to the President & CEO of Shaw Industries Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. In addition to transforming the supply chain, Kevin is responsible for assessing the company's end-to-end business, developing the ongoing business strategy, and spearheading plans to grow the business. Kevin is also the executive sponsor of SHAWVET, an associate resource group for veterans at Shaw.
Before joining Shaw, Kevin was the Senior Vice President of Operations for Interline Brands, a private equity owned MRO distributor. In 2015 the team sold the company to The Home Depot, Inc. Earlier in his career, Kevin served in various leadership positions in supply chain and operations for Whirlpool Corporation and Schneider Logistics.
Kevin started his career as an officer in the United States Army where he served for 9.5 years. In the U.S. Army, Kevin held various levels of leadership roles in both the Armor and the Quartermaster Corps. Kevin was an armor platoon leader in the 4th ID and he served as an aide de camp for the commanding general of the 800th MMC, VII Corps, Stuttgart, Germany. Kevin also commanded a supply and logistics company for the 3rd Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany, and was the Operations Officer for the Port of Rotterdam during Desert Storm.
Kevin graduated from Cornell University, received his MBA from The University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh and graduated from the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Kevin has served on the Board of Directors for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and served on the board of Lanehub, a transportation technology company which was sold to Transplace. Kevin was named a Global Supply Chain Institute Fellow at the University of Tennessee for distinguished service to the field of Supply Chain Management in January of 2023.