SNDD Redhawk Holdings Team G. Darcy Klug. Mr. Klug has been our Interim Chief Executive Officer since November 12, 2018, Chief Financial Officer since February 27, 2015 and was named Chairman of our board of directors on April 20, 2016. Mr. Klug is the founder and sole owner of Beechwood. This company focuses on acquiring, renovating and leasing select commercial and residential real estate. Mr. Klug is also the owner of several other investment companies, including Beechwood Capital Corporation and RedHawk Capital, LLC. From May 2008 until he joined RedHawk, Mr. Klug was engaged in various private investments including real estate and oilfield service companies. Between May 2001 and May 2008, Mr. Klug was Executive Vice President (formerly Chief Financial Officer) of OMNI Energy Services Corp., a NASDAQ listed company. From 1987 through May 2001, he was engaged in several private investments in the oilfield service, medical litigation support and manufacturing industries. Between 1983 and 1987, Mr. Klug held various positions with a private oil and gas fabrication company, including the position of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to 1983, he held various positions with Galveston-Houston Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed manufacturer of oil and gas equipment and held the position of Chief Financial Officer of First Matagorda Corporation, a NASDAQ listed oil and gas exploration company and affiliate of Galveston-Houston Company. Between 1973 and 1979, he was a member of the audit staff of Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Mr. Klug is a 1973 accounting graduate of Louisiana State University and, in 1974, was admitted as a member of the Louisiana State Board of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas State Board of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Klug is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive financial experience with both public and private companies.
Steven C. Bader. Mr. Bader has been a director of the Company since November 16, 2017. Mr. Bader currently serves as President and owner of I-44 Express, a Missouri-based provider of log-haul interstate trucking. Mr. Bader has over 13 years of experience in the interstate trucking industry. Mr. Bader is also the owner of Spencer Office Cleaning and Sundance Janitorial Supply Co. and has more than 25 years of experience in the janitorial supply and service industry. Mr. Bader attended the University of Missouri, St Louis. Mr. Bader is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive entrepreneurial background and managerial experience in the interstate trucking and janitorial supply and service industries.
Phillip Harris IV. Mr. Harris has been a director of the Company since April 20, 2016. Mr. Harris held a number of positions with United Parcel Service during a 25-year career. Mr. Harris joined United Parcel Service in 1975 and at the time of his retirement in 2000, he held the position of Vice President of Corporate Compliance. Since his retirement from United Parcel Service, Mr. Harris has been involved in private investments in various industries. Mr. Harris is a veteran and during his service he was assigned to the Navy’s “Fast Attack” submarine naval forces. Mr. Harris attended Wake Forest University and received a degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro in 1976. Mr. Harris is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive managerial experience in commercial transportation, corporate governance and corporate compliance.
Philip C. Spizale. On June 13, 2019, the board of directors approved the appointment of Mr. Spizale to the Board effective July 1, 2019. Mr. Spizale serves as Chairman of the Company’s Compensation Committee. Mr. Spizale joined RedHawk as a healthcare advisor to the Board in November 2017. Mr. Spizale has more than 25 years of sales and management experience in the healthcare industry and will assist the Company in developing its marketing strategies for sales and distribution of its medical devices. In 2016, Mr. Spizale joined REVA, Inc., the largest fixed wing air medical transport service provider in the Americas, as its Chief Sales Officer. Between 2003 and 2016, Mr. Spizale held various senior sales and managerial positions with Concentra Inc., a national health care provider of a wide range of medical services to employers and patients, including urgent care, occupational medicine, physical therapy, primary care, and wellness programs. Mr. Spizale holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Webster University in St. Louis and a Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications from Loyola University in New Orleans. Mr. Spizale is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive sales and management experience in the healthcare industry.
Micah R. Vidrine. On June 25, 2019, the board of directors approved the appointment of Mr. Vidrine, CPA, to the Board effective July 1, 2019. Mr. Vidrine serves as Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. Since 2001, Mr. Vidrine has been a Partner with the public accounting firm of Wright, Moore, DeHart, Dupuis & Hutchinson (“WMDDH”). Mr. Vidrine is a member of the WMDDH’s Executive Committee and served as its Managing Partner in 2016. Between 1995 and 2000, Mr. Vidrine held various senior financial positions with a private construction equipment company until he returned to public accounting in 2000. Mr. Vidrine holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the University of Louisiana – Lafayette and completed post-baccalaureate accounting studies at Louisiana State University and Southern Methodist University. Immediately after graduation, Mr. Vidrine commenced his career in public accounting and was admitted to the Louisiana State Board of Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 1986. He is the Past President of the Lafayette, Louisiana chapter of the YMCA serves on the board of directors of Champions International, a non-profit organization serving young men through athletic camps and competition, and Trinity Outdoors Disabled Adventures, a non-profit organization that enables disabled individuals to experience the outdoors. Mr. Vidrine is qualified to serve as a director because of his substantial financial and accounting experience.
Joseph R. Mohr. On September 9, 2019, the board of directors approved the appointment of Joseph R. Mohr to the Board effective October 15, 2019. Mr. Mohr has over forty years of C-suite executive experience including 30 years of executive supply chain management and more than ten years of senior financial management. Mr. Mohr previously held executive positions with various industry leaders including Vice President of Global Procurement for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and Senior Vice President and Chief Purchasing Officer for Philips Electronics – Lighting Division. Mr. Mohr is an honors graduate of North Central College with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Accounting and Business Administration and an honors graduate of Keller Graduate School of Management with a Masters of Business Administration - Finance degree. Mr. Mohr is qualified to serve as a director because of his extensive supply chain and procurement experience gained while serving over forty years in executive positions with various industry leaders.
Gerald C. Guzzino. On September 13, 2019, the board of directors approved the appointment of Gerald C. Guzzino to the Board effective October 15, 2019. Mr. Guzzino has more than 20 years of experience in medical device sales and marketing and is an accomplished, growth-oriented executive. From 2009 to 2018, Mr. Guzzino was the President and owner of the Louisiana-based arm of Quest Medical, LLC (“Quest”), a distributor of medical devices for Arthrex. Mr. Guzzino’s company focused on selling products across the orthopedic field in order to improve patient results from surgical procedures. He was responsible for his agency’s complete profit and loss responsibility, strategic planning, fiscal management, customer relations, independent sales representative supervision and employee continuing education. At Quest, he successfully managed over 50 sales representatives in Louisiana and Mississippi. Mr. Guzzino is a 1992 graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Mr. Guzzino is qualified to serve as a director because of his vast experience with medical device sales and marketing.
Mr. D'Agostino received a Bachelor of Science for Arts & Science degree from Louisiana State University with a concentration in Chemistry. In 1972, Mr. D'Agostino also received a Masters of Business Administration degree from Louisiana State University.
Mr. D'Agostino currently serves as vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Baton Rouge General Hospital. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of the Association of University Research Parks (1999-2005 and 2011-17) and was President from 2015 to 2017. He also served on the board of the National Business Incubation Association from 1991 to 1998. Mr. D'Agostino was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Business Incubation Association in 2011 and the AURP Career Achievement Award in 2018. His awards and accomplishments also include:
2018 Career Achievement Award – Association of University Research Parks;
International Economic Development Council's Higher Education Committee (2010-2012);
2010 Fulbright Specialist in Economic Development;
Commissioner of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission (1996-2005); and
Small Business Administration – Advocate of the Year in Louisiana (1992).
