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Management Info:
Edward M. Straw- Chairman:
Edward M. Straw is the Executive Vice President of PRTM Management Consultants – a global Operations Strategy Consulting Firm. He is the former President, Global Operations of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. He was with Estee Lauder from March 2000 through February 2005. He currently sits on the boards of the following companies: Eddie Bauer Holdings, MeadWestvaco, Ply Gem Industries, Panther Expedited Services and is the Chairman of Odyssey Logistics and Technology and Document Capture Technologies, Inc.
As President, Global Operations for Estee Lauder, Mr. Straw led the manufacturing, research and development, information systems, package engineering, quality assurance and global supply chain (procurement, inventory management and distribution) areas, which support all 20 brands of the Estée Lauder Companies around the world. Mr. Straw also had P&L responsibility for the Fashion Group, which consists of 250 stand alone retail outlet stores and military exchanges. In his five years at Estee Lauder, he is credited with directing major improvements in the global supply chain, implementing new business applications, reducing inventory to the lowest levels in company history, reducing product development time by 40 percent, and driving major stock price impacting savings to the bottom line.
Mr. Straw has had many years experience developing and managing operational systems in both major corporations and the U.S. military. Prior to joining the Estée Lauder Companies, he was Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management at Houston-based Compaq Computer Corporation, then, the world’s largest computer company.
At Compaq, Mr. Straw was responsible for integrating and managing its global supply chain across the entire organization and among suppliers, partners and customers. He supervised factories and distribution centers in the U.S., Europe and Asia, and was responsible for a $30 billion annual raw material procurement budget. At Compaq, he also made dramatic improvements to the bottom line by reducing cost of goods and inventory.
Before joining Compaq in late 1998, Mr. Straw was President of Miami-based Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc., the leading provider of supply chain services in North America.
Prior to joining the private sector, Mr. Straw had a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a three-star admiral in 1996. During his military service, Vice Admiral Straw was Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Logistics Agency, the largest military logistics command supporting the American armed forces. In this position, he reported directly to General Colin Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his military career, Vice Admiral Straw received Defense, Navy and Air Force Distinguished Service Medals, the Ford Foundation’s Innovations in American Government Award and the Society of Logistics Engineers’ Founders Medal.
During his military career, he also held numerous operational and policy leadership positions at the Navy’s principal logistics commands--including full supply chain planning and coordination responsibility for material support to Navy and Marine Corps forces during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-91.
Admiral Straw holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy. He is also a graduate of the National War College.
In addition to the boards mentioned in the first paragraph above, he is a Trustee for the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Navy Federal Credit Union, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Boy Scouts of America, National Capital Region.
Mr. Straw resides in New York City with his wife and two teenage daughters.
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David P. Clark
David P. Clark- Chief Executive Officer:
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Clark was President of Nautical Vision, Inc. a consumer electronics specialty marketing company. Before that he served as President/CEO and co-founder of Homebytes.com, Inc. There he attracted investors such as America Online, FBR Technology Venture Partners, and Bank of America, raising in excess of thirty million dollars and growing the company both organically and through acquisitions from two employees to over two hundred. Prior to Homebytes Mr. Clark was division President and Director for Take 2 Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO). This was the result of Take 2 Interactive acquiring both Inventory Management Systems, Inc. (I.M.S.I.), of which Mr. Clark was President/CEO and co-founder, and Creative Alliance Group, where he was also co-founder. Before I.M.S.I., Mr. Clark held various Sales and Management positions with Sony (NYSE: SNE), Acclaim Entertainment (NASDAQ: AKLM), and Phillips Sales, Inc., all in the video gaming and computer software industry. He received his B.S. in Business with Honors from the State University of New York, Binghamton in 1990.
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William Hawkins
William Hawkins- President and Chief Operating Officer:
Appointed as the Chief Operating Officer and Secretary of the Company on April 2, 2004 in connection with the Company's acquisition of Syscan, Inc. Mr. Hawkins has held various management positions at Syscan, Inc., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, since 1999. Prior thereto, Mr. Hawkins' product focus has been primarily in the imaging systems and computer peripheral markets, including senior positions with General Electric (UK), Kaman Aerospace, British Aerospace Engineering, Gaertner Research and Per Scholas. Mr. Hawkins received a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Maryland in 1978 and a MOT from Johns Hopkins University.
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Ms. Carolyn Ellis
Ms. Carolyn Ellis- Accountant:
Ms. Ellis was appointed our Chief Financial Officer on November 1, 2007. Ms. Ellis has been an independent contractor to the Company since April 2006 in charge of and supervising our financial reporting obligations. Prior to her work with the Company, Ms. Ellis served as a director, secretary and treasurer of Knovative, Inc., a telecommunications research and development company that she co-founded in 2003 and where she remains a member of the board of directors today. From April 2000 until July 2003, Ms. Ellis served as the Vice President of Finance for Correlant Communications, a company in the telecommunications industry. Ms. Ellis has been a certified public accountant since 1989. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics and accounting from Hendrix College in 1986 and a master's degree in business administration from the University of New Mexico in 1994.
