MANAGEMENT TEAM
BRANDYN CHAPMAN
Chief Executive Officer
Brandyn has successfully led Phoenix Stamping Group since 2001 and PHX Holdings since 2019. He has prior experience in the U.S. Army with various positions in the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. He has a Master of Business Administration from Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
LAUREN BARNES
Chief People Officer
Lauren has over 10 years of experience in progressive Human Resources roles, serving as a management business partner to high performing teams. She joined Phoenix Stamping Group in 2012 and was instrumental in establishing the HR structure for the organization with a focus on upholding the “Customers First, Employees Always” culture. With a transition to PHX, she looks forward to supporting Maker communities by establishing a strategic direction for people management and development. Lauren is a Certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and holds her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Mississippi.
TIA JONES
Chief Improvement Officer
Tia joined PHX in October 2019, developing a Continuous Improvement Strategy grounded in her background from almost 10 years at GE. She has her Black Belt in Six Sigma and a passion to encourage others to drive change every day. The combination of following process Kaizen with hard work is the key to improving and inspiring change. She has a Master of Supply Chain Management from Penn State and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee Technological University.
OPERATIONS & ADMINISTRATION
D. SCOTT DACUS
Director of IT
Scott has over 28 years of experience in Information Technologies field and joined Phoenix Stamping Group in 2016. With his transition to PHX Holdings, Scott plans to create a high functioning and standardized IT systems while also ushering the company into the next level of security and technology. He has 10 years experiences in the U.S. Navy as an Electronics Technician, is a veteran of the Gulf War and holds a Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education and Development from the University of Illinois.
ANTONIO OWEN
Senior Continuous Improvement Leader
Antonio joined PHX in October of 2020 as a Senior Continuous Improvement Leader. With over 15 years of manufacturing experience in progressive roles growing his technical, analytical, and leadership skills, he is an adept practitioner of Lean Six Sigma. Being a collaborative servant leader to work at sustainable improvements in the pursuit of operational excellence is what drives him. Antonio has a Bachelors in Manufacturing Engineering from Boston University.
TYLER SMITH
Senior ERP Administrator
Tyler joined Phoenix Stamping Group in May of 2017 and helped to implement a modernization and continuous improvement plan for their core enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, Epicor. With his transition to PHX Holdings, he looks forward to supporting the PHX family of businesses by continuously improving system and business processes to work more efficiently together. He holds his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.