Ron Green – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Green’s early contributions to the founding of Liberty in 1984 are best described in terms of his vision, his tenacity and his perseverance to survive and succeed.
This legendary drive to develop and perpetuate Liberty was based on his simple belief in his talents to meet or exceed customer needs, and always with world class service and quality.
Mr. Green founded Liberty as a supplier of plastic and stainless steel ball bearings to the photo and motion picture industries.
In his role as CEO, Mr. Green provided customers with the best possible quality and service.
As the industry evolved, demanding flexibility in the market, Liberty’s product range gradually grew to include more than 9,000 different products. Today, across America, Liberty proudly serves
over 33,000 retail customers, a distribution platform that serves many of America’s top national and regional retailers.
Mr Green has established and refined an organization over the years that has met each market challenge head on. He has insured the Company’s drive for future excellence is well positioned.
To insure quality and value requirements, he established a strategic cooperation arrangement in
China. Mr Green is supported by a young, competent and results oriented management team.
Garry Green – President & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Green has served the Company with a high level of energy and outstanding performance since 1993. Starting out of college as an entry level sales engineer, he gradually was promoted to Director of Marketing, Vice president of Sales and Marketing and to a well earned position of President of the company in 2006.
Among Mr. Green’s outstanding achievements as president are initiating and developing a revised corporate roadmap to reposition the Company in a new, highly competitive, environment and drive new objectives throughout the entire organization. He enhanced Liberty’s long time commitment to excellence by managing the process that resulted in the asset purchase of mid-west competitor Minilab Supply Store (Minneapolis), and finalized a multiyear distribution agreement with Kodak, which resulted in a projected
50% sales growth for 2008.
Mr. Green holds a bachelor of science in business administration with a marketing emphasis, and a minor in French, from the University of San Diego. He is a member of the California Southwest Chapter of the Young Presidents
Organization.
Dan Foy – Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Foy joined Liberty in March 2001 as Chief Financial Officer, and during his seven-year tenure, he has presided over revenue growth of nearly 300%. Mr. Foy is responsible for
company wide Financial and Administrative operations, including Human Resources, IT, Quality and Warehousing. He led the 2006 implementation of a new enterprise resource planning system, and led the Company negotiation and integration team in the 2007 acquisition of competitor. Moreover, he managed the recent warehousing expansion and I.T. infrastructure expansion as part of the Kodak distribution agreement.
Mr. Foy holds a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Long Beach and a master of business administration from the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining Liberty, he held
several senior-level financial positions, including Wyle Electronics and Elite Information
Systems.
Julie Swink – Executive Vice President of Sales
During Ms. Swink’s 11 year tenure, Liberty has earned a national industry-leading position as a provider of photo imaging equipment and supplies to mass pharmacy, grocery retail outlets and professional and independent labs. Since joining Liberty in 1997, Ms. Swink has been instrumental in the company’s growth, exceeding 450%.
Ms Swink launched the company’s retail on-site fulfillment (minilab) division in 1998, which at the time amounted to minimal annual sales and growing the business, which ultimately represented 90% of the company’s annual revenue. Ms. Swink manages Liberty’s sales and is a dedicated professional who has earned prominence in the industry. Ms. Swink holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies with a minor in business commerce, from California State University,
Fullerton.
Duke Chadsey – Executive Vice President, Product Development & Marketing
Mr. Chadsey creates the condition for the
sale of Liberty products. He manages product marketing and defines
new product development, manages sourcing, logistics, and
distribution of products to the market. He leads internal and
external development teams, and manages strategic partners to insure
the Company remains a national leader.
Mr. Chadsey managed restructuring of Company
marketing programs, improving Liberty’s assessment of market needs
and the development of products to meet those needs.
The driving force behind Liberty’s new
state-of-the-art interactive e-commerce web site, he was responsible
for its integration into the company’s existing back-office
accounting, shipping, inventory, and ERP systems to enhance the
Liberty customer experience. During this period, the Company enjoyed
dramatic growth, in excess of 68%.
Mr. Chadsey holds a
bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound and a master
of business administration from Pepperdine University. Prior to
joining Liberty, he held senior managerial roles at high-profile
companies such as Intel, Ethentica, Sonance and SmartLabs.
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