Leading Experts in Former C-level Executives in Member Programs

Andreas Kurz was Chief Executive Officer of 7 For All Mankind, the US leader in premium denim, until December 2005. Mr. Kurz is currently the Owner of Akari Enterprises, a retail consultancy, where he has worked since April 2006. At Akari Enterprises, Mr. Kurz specializes in international distribution,...

Ben Kwak is a principal consultant at MobileSpace Consulting. He has over 16 years of strategy, sales and marketing, and operational experience. He has assisted clients in developing next generation wireless services and evaluating and selecting vendor products for their communication network needs....

Allen Lipson, until December 2004 was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Marvel Enterprises, a character-based entertainment company with a library of over 4,700 proprietary characters. Marvel's operations are focused in four areas: entertainment (Marvel Studios), licensing, comic book publishing...

Dane Madsen is an advisor to interactive media and content companies ranging from mobile, podcasting, fixed line, and PC based local business directories and monetization plans and serves as a director to two such organizations....

Ron Marshall was, from 1998 until March of 2006, Chief Executive Officer of Nash Finch, a US$ 5B wholesale distributor supplying food and nonfood goods to more than 1,500 grocery stores in 27 states and 300 countries. In this role he quadrupled earnings over a six year period, improved EBITDA over 40%...

David McCain is a Partner of MPKA,LLC an advisor and consultant to the homebuilding industry and related financial institutions. Mr. McCain is a former Senior Executive of Lennar Corp., one of the nation's largest homebuilders. He last served as President and CEO of Lennar Financial Services, which...

Scott Meyer is President of Meyer Group LLC, a consulting group advising private equity consumer products portfolio companies in distressed and high growth potential situations. He was previously Chief Executive Officer at T-Fal/WearEver, a cookware and kitchen appliances manufacturer, for four years...

Mr. Morrow was until 2006 the Chief Executive Officer of Collegiate Funding Services (acquired by JPMorgan Chase Bank), and previously served as the Chief Operating Office from 2000 to 2002. He also served as the General Manager of Financial Services for the Office of Student Financial Assistance, a...

Bruce Nelson was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Office Depot, from 2000 to 2004. With annual sales of over $14 billion, Office Depot provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company. Incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach,...

Perry Odak was President & CEO of Wild Oats Markets until October 2006. Mr. Odak had oversight for all functions of sales, operations, and development for the 110-unit natural food supermarket chain with annual sales in excess of $1.1B. Prior to this position, he served as President & CEO of Ben & Jerry's...

Kurt Orlofski, CPA, CMA, is the President of Wockhardt USA, Inc. Wockhardt is a global leader in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Previously, Mr. Orlofski was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pliva, Inc., the US subsidiary of the global specialty pharmaceutical company Pliva. He was responsible...

Frank Palantoni has 24 years of worldwide experience with Fortune 100 companies in a variety of consumer goods industries and financial services. Mr. Palantoni’s business career includes over 12 years in general management and operating roles. He has had major successes in launching new businesses,...

Al Pappas is a Partner at StrataFusion group and provides C-level consulting services to many emerging, hi-tech and established corporations. Previously, Mr. Pappas was the Chief Information Officer of VMware. He was responsible for all IT functions and virtualization showcase environments. Mr. Pappas...

Sue Roberts is currently an independent consultant focusing on the student lending industry. She has over 19 years of senior management experience in student lending, and until May, 2007, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Student Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of College Loan Corporation. From...

Peter M. Rogers is the Chief Operating Officer at FrontPoint Security Solutions, the nationwide residential alarm services provider. Prior to this and until May 2007, Peter was a Managing Director with Peak Management Resources, a commercial and corporate security consulting firm. As a former consultant...

Andrew Rosen was most recently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Brown Shoe Company, Inc a footwear retailer and marketer. Mr. Rosen continues to remain an active financial consultant at Brown Shoe Company. Here, Mr. Rosen was responsible for strategic planning, management...

Anthony Schiano was the Chairman of Winestore Holdings, a wine retailer. Mr. Schiano is also a founder and director of Integrity Bank. Previously, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Giant Food Stores, a division of Royal Ahold. At Giant Food Stores, Mr. Schiano oversaw all aspects of...

Robert Schweitzer is President of Shay Investment Services, an institutional investment advisor to banks, insurance companies and pension funds. Prior to joining Shay, he was the Regional President of Northwest Savings Bank(Equinox Bank). He joined Equinox as CEO when it was facing regulator enforcement...

Rory Scott is an Executive Director at Turnabout Retail, Australia, where he has worked since August 2008. Turnabout Retail is a retail consultancy in Australia which helps retailers improve local performance, assists in international growth, sales growth, marketing and brand value, solidifying supply...

Phil Searle is the Founder and MD of Chazey Partners Ltd, which provides expert business advisory services in Finance, Shared Services, Outsourcing and Technology. Phil is on the Ed Board for Shared Services News and is an Advisory Board Member of SharedXpertise. He is a regular speaker, judge and...