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Nicklaus
Teddy Hazelwood
Title
CIO
thazelwood@smyrnareadymix.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/teddy-hazelwood-srm/
Small Talk Topics
Teddy enjoys golf and is nominated for the ORBIE CIO award. He has been with SRM for many years and is the key decision maker. Teddy and his high-school sweetheart, Joy, have been married for 35 years and have 4 children and 14 grandchildren (and another on the way….). In 2024, Teddy was recognized by fellow CIOs and colleagues in the InspireCIO’s 2024 ORBIE Awards and was named a Finalist in the Tennessee Enterprise sector.
Company
SRM
Company Description
SRM Concrete is a family-owned and operated ready-mix, aggregates, and cement company founded in 1999. In 2012, SRM began to focus on growth through acquisition. Since that time, we have completed over 100 acquisitions across the nation. Our company continues to expand, but our mission to provide every customer with quality concrete and unmatched service remains the same. Our culture will not waver, and our work ethic will not be matched. We will become the largest, most profitable construction materials company in the country while maintaining a best-in-class culture.
Industry
Manufacturing
HQ Location
Nashville, TN
Sales Rep
Dianna Leikarts
Current Solutions & Services
Circuits
Current Opportunities
Looking at 26 locations with circuits and SD WAN.
Issues and/or Executive Support Requested
No issues. Looking at different projects.
On-Site Updates
Submitted on March 13, 2026 at 7:28 pm by Wolf Lewis
Discussed SRM’s expansion plans with Teddy. Also discussed his current network challenges – he expressed displeasure with Windstream after the acquisition last year and not getting the support he needed after an account team change. Sites are down and Windstream is not self monitoring, leading his team to discover outages and report to Windstream. He said velo cloud SDWAN has been working OK.He is planning to include his Security lead at the EBC in a few months. I asked if he was familiar with our security portfolio, and he said he wasn’t . He is currently using SASE and ZTNA with a company I wasn’t familiar with. Also touched on EDR/MDR where he using Sentinel one. He is also using a managed SOC provider for monitoring.I’d like to be included in the EBC if possible