Kevin D. Braun
Kevin D. Braun is senior vice president, operations. In this role, he leads the operations organization and also maintains executive oversight accountability for packaging coatings, and specialty coatings and materials. Braun has been a member of PPG’s operating committee since 2020.
Braun began his career at PPG in 1991 as a production engineer at the Delaware, Ohio, coatings manufacturing facility. He then joined the Industrial Coatings business in 1994 as a sales/service representative in the appliance division, and in 1997 relocated to Pittsburgh, Pa., as market development manager of the former fiber glass business. In 2000, Braun returned to Industrial Coatings as market manager, consumer electronics, and in 2001, he became a regional sales manager for Industrial Coatings.
In 2003, Braun relocated to Charlotte, N.C., to join the Architectural Coatings business as national sales manager for the Lowe’s account, and then to Dallas, Texas, when he became sales director for architectural Midwest dealers and stores in 2007. Later that year, Braun relocated to Sydney, Australia, as general manager, Architectural Coatings, Australia and New Zealand, until he relocated to Pittsburgh, in 2011 as the general manager of silica products.
In August 2013, Braun was first elected vice president, global raw materials and Americas purchasing, for a short period and then transitioned to vice president, Industrial Coatings, Americas. Braun was promoted to a global leadership role for the business unit in March 2020. He became Interim Industrial Segment Leader and assumed oversight accountability for the Asia Pacific region in 2022. In 2023, Braun was named senior vice president, Industrial Coatings Segment.
Braun earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Business Administration from Capital University.
He is also a member of the board of the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh where he serves as vice president of the board and member of the governance and business development subcommittees.