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| Kevin P. Duffy has served as President since May 2009. Additionally, Mr. Duffy continues to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our parent company, DEI Holdings, Inc.. He previously served Directed Electronics as Senior Vice President - Corporate Development and Marketing (2006 - 2007), Vice President (2003 - 2007), and as a consultant (2002 - 2003). From August 2001 to June 2003, Mr. Duffy attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he received a Masters of Business Administration. From August 2000 to January 2002, Mr. Duffy worked for ThinkTank Holdings LLC, a private venture capital firm located in Southern California, and one of its portfolio companies, as Vice President of Business Development and then as Executive Vice President. Mr. Duffy’s previous experience includes serving as Director of Strategy at Clarion Corporation of America, as well as consulting with Bain & Company and Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Duffy holds an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University. |
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| Senior Vice President - Sales and Customer Care |
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| Glenn R. Busse has served as our Senior Vice President — Sales since January 2007. Mr. Busse has served our company in various capacities since joining our company in 1986 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Busse served as the National Sales Manager of Black Bart Systems, a vehicle security company. Mr. Busse received his baccalaureate certification from Lycee Paul Langevin in Surenes, France and is fluent in French. |
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| Vice President - Operations |
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| Michael N. Smith has served as our Vice President — Operations since March 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Smith served as our Vice President — Operations and IT since March 2006, as Vice President — Operations, Human Resources and Information Technology from February 2005 to March 2006, and as a Vice President from April 2002 until February 2005. From 1990 until April 2002, Mr. Smith served in various capacities for Ford Motor Company, including information technology, mergers and acquisitions, business strategy, and the Wingcast division. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelors Degree, with Highest Honors, in Business Administration/Operations Management from Auburn University and a Masters Degree in Business Administration/Information Technology from the University of Texas at Austin. |
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| Vice President - Sales, Western Region |
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| J. Steven Wood has served as our Vice President — Sales since July 2006. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Wood served as the Senior Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing for Bernie’s, a retailer of appliances and televisions in the New England from July 2005 to July 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Wood served as Vice President of Merchandising for Ultimate Electronics, a retailer of consumer electronics product from March 2000 to March 2005. Mr. Wood is a 31 year veteran of the consumer electronic industry with experience in many different facets of the industry with most coming from retail. |
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| Vice President - Sales, Eastern Region |
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| Al Fontane has been in Directed’s sales organization for more than 15 years as a Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, and Vice President. He leads a team of a dozen Sales Managers and Independents in the country’s most populous region, east of the Mississippi River. He also has an extensive background in the Military Post Exchange marketplace. |
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