~ ACGX = Leadership
Steven St. Louis
CEO and Chairman of the board
Mr. St. Louis began his career in 1990 as a Navy Corpsman in the United States Marine Corps Infantry. He was part of an elite amphibious recon unit and served in Operation Desert Storm / Desert Shield. Mr. St. Louis received the Kuwait Freedom Medal, a Combat Action Ribbon, and 12 commendations for his service. Following his career in the United States military, Mr. St. Louis attended Illinois State University from 1994 to 1997. He started St. Louis Packaging in 1997 and is the President of St. Louis Packaging, Inc. and STL Graphics Group. He is currently the C.E.O and Chairman of the board for the Alliance Creative Group.
Paul Sorkin
COO and General Counsel
Mr. Sorkin is the C.O.O. and General Counsel for the Alliance Creative Group. He was the prior C.E.O and General Counsel for the Alliance Creative Group/ Invicta Group from June 2008 until December of 2011. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Sorkin served as CEO and General Counsel at Image Worldwide/Nationwide where he was also the publisher of IMAGE magazine, from 1996 to 2004.
Mr. Sorkin served as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at S & B Collectibles where he helped the company grow from about 5 employees to over 250 employees and from about $1,000,000 in gross revenue to over $100,000,000 in gross revenue and was involved with getting new products on TV, in retail distribution and online. Mr. Sorkin holds a B.A. degree from the University of Illinois and a J.D. degree from Chicago Kent College of Law.
Kevin Piemonte
Vice President of Sales - Packaging
Mr. Piemonte has more than 15 years of successful outside sales experience. He worked for one of the largest packaging master distributors in North America, producing over $5 million in sales in Illinois alone. He leveraged his industry experience and proven account management skills to open and expand the distributor’s base of national accounts. In 2002, he joined St. Louis Packaging, Inc. (Now part of the Alliance Creative Group) , and his expertise has helped more than double sales. He is currently Vice President of Sales.
Greg Kardasz
Vice President of Sales - Printing
Mr. Kardasz got his start in the printing business in 1982 working as a feeder on a 40” six color press. He has worked in virtually every facet of printing and in 2002 he came to STL Graphics Group (Now part of Alliance Creative Group) with more than 20 years of prepress, pressroom, bindery, and sales experience. His broad range of printing experience has helped ACG improve overall operations and has made him a valuable resource for all our clients. Mr. Kardasz is currently Vice President of Sales.
Donna Hamilton
Director of Operations/Controller
With more than 25 years of experience in the field of corporate finance, Donna Hamilton’s diverse resume extends beyond that of the typical chief financial officer to include human resources, managing day to day operations and organizational reconstruction. As Alliance Creative Group's Controller and Director of Operations, Donna tracks the day to day financial activities of the three divisions and provides team leaders with expert financial advice, plans their yearly budgets and manages day-to-day operations.
Prior to joining us, Donna ran her own financial consulting firm DH Infinite Financial Solutions which specialized in cost reduction and budget planning for small to mid-size companies, where one of her largest clients was ProSource Financial, which she supported and spear headed the merger with Arthur J. Gallagher and Company.
Donna was also the CFO, VP of Finance and Partner at Slack Barshinger & Partners. While there, she headed up accounting, finance, human resources and operations and tracked the day-to-day financial activities of all clients and provided client team leaders with expert financial advice as they planned their yearly budgets with clients.
She also is quite the entrepreneur and owned her own franchise WineStyles Wine & Gifts.
Steve Taucher
Production Manager
Stephen began his career in direct mail when he should have been enjoying summer and holiday breaks during school. Who knew all that time on the mail shop floor would turn into a career? Fifteen years later, Stephen extended those summer vacations into a successful career in production, management, customer service, and sales in the direct mail industry. He’s worn all the hats. As the years passed Stephen was made a partner and eventually became soul owner. After selling his company 2006, Stephen began selling direct mail packages from conception through delivery. Today, he leverages all of that experience as a Production Manager creating solutions for clients at ACG.
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