GODWIN Q.

AMEKUEDI
Alpharetta, Georgia 30004
Cell: (919) 819-9290/ (713) 494-6869 gamekuedi@nc.rr.com
SUMMARY
Extensive experience in R ESEARCH AND D EVELOPMENT , I NNOVATION M ANAGEMENT ,
Q UALITY A SSURANCE and N EW B USINESS D EVELOPMENT . Strengths include customer
focus, goal oriented, strategic planning and implementation, working with cross functional
teams, product development & introduction, personnel development, customer relationships and
satisfaction and in-depth knowledge of construction industry. Over 27 years of experience in
ready-mixed concrete, masonry and construction industry.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Director, Innovation ARGOS North America (June 2015 November 1, 2016)
Director, Innovation ARGOS North America (June 2014 June 2015)
Director, Quality Assurance ARGOS USA Ready Mix (July 2009 June 2014)
Director, Quality Assurance Ready Mixed Concrete Company (March 2002 July 2009)
Director, Quality Management Unicon Concrete LLC (December 1998 March 2002)
Technical Sales Executive Master Builders Technologies (December 1996 December 1998)
Product Marketing Manager Master Builders Technologies (February 1994 December 1996)

Technical Sales Representative Master Builders Technologies (April 1988 February 1994)
Technology Advancement Team Master Builders Technologies (June 1987 April 1988)
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS/ ACCREDITATIONS
LEED AP BD+C Accredited (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)
Sustainability Manager Certified
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Certified Green Building Specialist
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Certified Green Star Auditor
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Certified Pervious Concrete Technician
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Certified Concrete Technologist Level IV
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Certified Concrete Technologist Level III
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Certified Concrete Technologist Level II

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

MS, Civil Engineering Cleveland State University
BS, Civil Engineering Cleveland State University

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/ TRADE ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

Manufacturers Health Product Declaration Collabrative Manufacturers Advisory Panel

American Concrete Institute International (ACI) Technical Committee 305 Hot Weather
American Concrete Institute International (ACI) Committee 130 Sustainability of Concrete
American Concrete Institute International Committee 121 Quality Management of Concrete
Past Chairman of National Ready Concrete Association (NRMCA) Research Engineering &
Standards Committee (RES)
Task Group Member Concrete Science, MIT/ Concrete Sustainability Hub
Past Chairman - Carolina Ready Mixed Concrete Association (CRMCA)Technical Committee
Member American Society of Quality (ASQ)
Past Advisory Board Member of American Quality Assessors (AQA)
Past Member North Carolina DOT/ Carolina Ready Mixed Concrete Technical Advisory
Past Member Joint South Carolina DOT/ Carolina Ready Mixed Concrete Portland Cement
Concrete (PCC) Quality Improvement Committee
Member International Building Code
Past Advisory Member Propex USA Producer Council
Committee Member American Society of Testing and materials (ASTM)
- Committee C09.04 Ready Mixed Concrete
- Committee C09.47 Self Consolidating Concrete
- Committee C09.60 Testing of Fresh Concrete
- Committee C09.61 Testing of Concrete Strength
- Committee C09.98 Evaluation of Concrete/ Aggregate Laboratories
Past Board Member Triangle Area Soccer League (TASL) Over 40 Division

AUTHOR/ CO-AUTHOR OF TECHNICAL & RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

STRUCTURES Magazine Rebuilding A National Landmark with Self-Consolidating Concrete
SCC (July 2005)
ACI/CANMET Use of SCC in the Citadel, SC Project (May 2004)
Underwater Concreting with Anti-Washout Admixtures ACI International (April 2001)
US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Productivity Advancement Research (CPAR)
Program (1995)
The Use of Hydration Stabilizers in the Hydration Control of Concrete (1994)

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KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Led the Quality Management effort in enabling Unicon Concrete LLC to become the first Ready
Mixed Concrete Company in North America to achieve ISO 9001:1994 registration in 2000
Led the development of SCDOT/NRMCA Plant Certification Program Guide
Recipient NRMCA Producer Quality Excellence Award 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, &
2016
Featured on the cover of December 2010 issue of Concrete Producer Magazine as Top Industry
Influencer
Led the Quality Management System (QMS) process for ARGOS USA Ready Mix to achieve the
distinction & recognition as the first Concrete Company in North America to be certified in 2013
under the new NRMCA Producer Quality Certification Program
Over 160 Industry Presentations