Austin Commercial has named Brad Brown its new president. He replaces William McAdoo, a 36-year Austin Commercial employee-owner, who is retiring. Brown was previously a vice president in the Dallas office. He originally joined Austin Commercial in 1998 and then served as president and CEO of TEXO before returning to Austin.
Austin Industries—the parent company to subsidiaries Austin Industrial, Austin Commercial and Austin Bridge & Road—has named Brett Billups vice president of people. Billups was most recently with Iron Mountain, a publicly traded international data/records management and storage company, as human resources business partner.