Decision Makers
Board of Directors
On September 15, 2005, Bruce MacGregor resigned his position as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director; Bernard Gurr resigned his position as Chief Financial Officer; Kenneth Wiedrich resigned his position as Director; and Read Worth resigned his position as Director. Simultaneously, Richard T. Clark was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and Director; Bryce Knight was appointed Chief Financial Officer; Ross Silvey was appointed Director; and Terry Turner was appointed Director. C.R. Garner was also appointed a Director, although he elected not to serve due to other time commitments.
Richard T. Clark - Mr. Clark became President, CEO and a Director in September 2005 upon the resignation of the former CEO. Since 1992, Mr. Clark is the owner and principal operating officer of Clark Capital Corp., a private company with emphasis on public company corporate restructuring, including bankruptcies and tax arbitrage. Previously, from 1980 until 1989, Mr. Clark was a stock broker with Harris Uphan & Co. before becoming vice-president with Rotan Mosle, Paine Webber and Dean Witter Reynolds. Mr. Clark worked as an independent broker dealer dealing in corporate finance for S.C. Costa Co. from 1989 to 1992. Mr. Clark graduated from the University of Tulsa with a Master's degree in Finance. Mr. Clark resigned his position as President, CEO and Director on January 19, 2007.
Bryce Knight - Mr. Knight became Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company upon the resignation of his predecessor. Mr. Knight also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Small Cap Strategies, Inc. He is the President of Knight Consulting Corporation, a corporate strategy and financial consulting firm, as well. Previously Mr. Knight worked with General Electric as a financial analyst for its consumer products division and with Robert Bosch Tool Corporation in the marketing department. Mr. Knight graduated with honors from Bellarmine University with a Business Administration degree and a Master's of Business Administration.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Mid Market Capital, Inc. |
Managing Partner With Global Beverage Solutions |
Current |
| Global Beverage Solutions, Inc. |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Mid Market Capital, Inc. |
Managing Partner With Global Beverage Solutions |
Current |
| Global Beverage Solutions, Inc. |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
MBA |
Former |
| Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania |
BS |
Former |
Throughout the 1990's, Drew helped develop products for several leading-edge beverage manufacturers including Pro-formance, which became one of the fastest growing sports drinks in the country. Drew helped execute sports sponsorships with Duke University and Florida State University, both of which won national championships while using Pro-formance. He also was involved in three of the most successful beverage companies of the decade: Arizona Iced Tea (Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons), SoBe, and Geyser Spring Water. As head of the sales team and director of business development, Drew helped build Arizona Iced Tea into a national beverage company by increasing their distributor base by 220 distributors and increasing their sales from 750,000 cases to 7,000,000 million cases. Arizona grew to almost 20,000,000 cases in Drew's second year. In addition, he was responsible for opening up Wal-Mart, Sam's, Costco, Walgreens, 7-Eleven, and Circle K.
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