Eric Schmidt

Eric graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Belmont Abbey College in 2002. Returning to his home in South Florida, he began selling concrete for one of the largest manufacturers in the country.

In the fall of 2005, he returned to Charlotte and started working with HardHat in a sales role. In the Charlotte office’s infancy, he was afforded the opportunity to learn many of the different roles in the HardHat office. After helping to develop that office into a position of market leadership, Eric was promoted to General Manager, where his main focus was not only to continue to expand the business but also nurture the talent around him. After just two years in this role, the business in Charlotte doubled, and Eric had groomed several people in Charlotte to move into management roles in the company.

Eric is now Vice President of Sales, where he has the task of continuing to develop the Charlotte office and oversees the continuing growth of the Greenville and Charleston branches. His newest challenge is the opening and development of our Columbia, South Carolina office. Eric is a member of the Association of Builders and Contractors (ABC) and serves on the Apprenticeship Committee of that organization.