B&I Quarterly Meeting-September

Bruce Fryer is the Regional Finance Manager for the East Lime Division of Lhoist North America. In this role he is the primary financial business partner for a $400M revenue division of a $3B international group. Bruce is a CPA in the state of Alabama and has more than 25 years of manufacturing and mining experience with roles in controlling, financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting, developing financial training, and leading functional and cross-functional teams. He has his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and Business Administration (Accounting) and his Master’sdegree in Accountancy from the University of Alabama.

Bruce is a past member of the Greater Shelby County Board of Directors and former head of Lhoist’s regional community action team. In 2013 Bruce was honored to receive the Lhoist North America Finance Department’s Integrity and Trust award.Along with transactional accuracy and reporting, Bruce is passionate about team developmentand collaboration with non-financial departments.

“Open communication and team development are an extension of successful financial business partnering.”

Outside of work, Bruce is an avid baseball fan and aBible study teacher at his church. Bruce and his wife Twyla have three adult age children.He isactive in supporting the University of Alabama and Shelby County High School athletic teams.

Allen, Austin, CPA
Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company

Allen Austin is the IT Manager at Progress Rail. In this role he is responsible for the financial implementation and support of ERP, Expense Reports, Sales Tax and AP. He previously held the role of Division Controller for the company.

Allen is also an adjunct accounting instructor at Faulkner University. He received his MBA in Accounting from Auburn University at Montgomery, and his undergraduate accounting degree from Faulkner University.