Brian Rhoades

Responsible for developing and executing a business strategy to grow the durable and compliance business segment from $25 million to $60 million in sales in three years.

·Invested over $38 million in equipment and facilities to grow market segment.

·Selected and trained dedicated sales team increasing sales funnel to $40 million in 18 months

and secured $11 million in multi-year contracts with large OEM manufacturers in the

United States and Mexico.

·Installed only certified UL DAP lab located at converter’s plant to expedite on-boarding.

Vice President of Operations – Southern & Western Region

Accountable for nine production operations, including manufacturing, distribution, logistics, engineering, purchasing, quality, HR and finance for a $132 million flexographic, digital, offset printing and fulfillment division. Formed and led a team of 10 direct reports. Expert in negotiations and administration of complex customer contracts, supplier agreements and process re-engineering with key decision-makers.

·Created an effective roadmap for driving lean manufacturing to deliver key performance indicators (KPI). Successfully achieved level two policy deployment initiatives by reducing set-up times from 72 to 38 minutes, reduced safety incident rates from 2.6 to 1.0, reduced customer quality returns from 0.44% to 0.35% as a percentage of sales and improved on-time delivery from 91% to 95% across both regions.

·Invented and implemented Operational Print Service Centers (OPS) level one policy deployment initiative with a goal to grow top line sales from $10 million to $75 million with double-digit EBITDA growth.