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Management
Mr. Logie and a group of investors acquired Beacon Sales Company, Inc. in 1984. As its new CEO, he oversaw the growth of the business from three to seven branches, with sales increasing six-fold to $70 million in 1997, prior to its acquisition by Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. From 1997 to July 2002, he was our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. He became Executive Vice President and Chairman in July 2002. Prior to joining Beacon Sales Company, Mr. Logie spent 14 years in the roofing industry, working nine years with Bradco Supply and five years with GAF Corporation. Mr. Logie attended Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts.
Mr. Buck joined us in October 2003. Prior to joining us, he served as President-Uniform Rental Division of Cintas Corporation from July 1997. From 1991 through 1997, he served as Senior Vice President – Midwest Region of Cintas. From 1982 through 1991, he served as Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Cintas. Mr. Buck presently serves as a director of Kendle International, Inc. and Multi-Color Corporation, both of which are Nasdaq-traded companies.
Mr. Grace is responsible for financial management of our company and each of our regional subsidiaries. Mr. Grace began his career as a CPA in public accounting with Baril and Smith CPA. He joined Beacon Sales Company as an accountant in 1987. He served in positions of increasing responsibility until he was named CFO at the time that we acquired Beacon Sales Company. Mr. Grace has a degree in accounting from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Mr. Swank is responsible for the day-to-day operations of one of our Mid-Atlantic regions, The Roof Center, and oversight responsibilities for the sales and marketing programs for the entire company. Prior to joining Beacon in October, 2004, Mr. Swank was Assistant Group Vice President from 2003 to 2004 for Cintas Corporation. He also served as Assistant to the Group Vice President from 1998 to 1999 and Director of Training and Development from 2000 to 2002 for Cintas. Mr. Swank is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford.
Mr. Cooper joined Beacon in July 2006. From 1990-1992, Mr. Cooper was with the Washington, D.C. office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, after which he became a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, where he received the Attorney General's Outstanding Achievement Award from 1993-1995. Mr. Cooper returned to private practice in 1995 with the Washington, D.C. office of Kaye, Scholer, LLP, and in 1999 became a shareholder at Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., where he was the Chairman of the Business Dispute Practice Group from 2003 until joining Beacon. From 1996-2006, Mr. Cooper served as outside general counsel to Building Suppliers Corporation, LLC, an organization of roofing and construction materials wholesale distributors. Mr. Cooper received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and a J.D., with high honors from George Washington University Law School, where he earned the Order of the Coif and was a member of the George Washington Law Review.
Mr. MacKimm has spent his entire career in the roofing industry. Upon joining Beacon Sales Company in 1990, he opened the Cranston, Rhode Island location and remained there as branch manager. In 1994, he was named branch manager of Beacon Sales Company's Somerville, Massachusetts location. He was appointed Vice President of Quality Roofing Supply Company, which operates as part of our Mid-Atlantic region, in May 2003. He now has oversight over Quality Roofing Supply and Beacon Sales Company in New England. Mr. MacKimm has a degree in accounting from Boston College in Newton, Mass.
Mr. Murphy oversees Best Distributing and JGA Corp. Prior to joining Best Distributing, which operates as part of our Mid-Atlantic region, he worked for several roofing distributors, most recently as a branch manager for JR Morton at their Raleigh, North Carolina location. Shortly after joining Best in 1988, he was named Vice President. Mr. Murphy has a degree in business administration from Michigan State University.
Mr. Tinker is responsible for the overall operations of Shelter's Midwest region and also assists with corporate acquisitions. In October 2005, he was elected Regional Vice President. From May 2004 to our acquisition of Shelter, Mr. Tinker was Executive Vice President and President of Shelter's Midwest region. From March 2001 to October 2003, he was Vice President – Sales and Marketing, and from October 2003 to May 2004, he was the General Manager and Vice President, Western region, of MMI Products, a steel construction products manufacturer and distributor. From January 2001 until March 2001, he was a sales manager with Atrium Vinyl Windows. Mr. Tinker graduated in 1996 from Texas A&M University with a Bachelors degree in Industrial Distribution and in 2004 from Rice University with a Masters in Business Administration.
Mr. Logie is responsible for fleet and safety initiatives, some integration of new acquisitions and new product launches. He has been with Beacon for over 15 years and is a former Beacon Regional Vice President responsible for the Beacon Sales New England region. Mr. Logie held various positions of increasing responsibility including branch manager of the Brockton, Massachusetts location from March 1991 through October 2001 when he was named Vice President of Beacon Sales Company. William Logie is the son of Andrew Logie.
Mr. Hollingworth was appointed Vice President, Credit in January 2005 and is responsible for oversight of the company-wide credit and collection function. Mr. Hollingworth joined Beacon as Credit Manager in 1992 and became Director of Credit in 1998. Prior to Beacon, he was the Corporate Credit Manager for Bradco Supply Corp. for 13 years. Prior to that, he was Credit Manager for Glen Rock Lumber Company, Brick N.J. for 15 years. Mr. Hollingworth is a former two-term president of the New Jersey Association of Credit and Financial Management and former director and Eastern Regional Vice President of the National Association of Credit Management.
Mr. Wrabel joined Beacon in April 2006 and is responsible for overseeing all company-wide credit functions. Previously, he was with Veeder-Root Company, a Danaher Company, and was responsible for all credit and trade finance, as well as being a corporate resource for other Danaher Companies. From 1988 until 2002, Mr. Wrabel was manager of North American credit operations for Crompton Corporation, where he also held a variety of positions in financial planning, sales and marketing management and materials management. Mr. Wrabel holds a B.S. in Business, Finance, from the University of Connecticut.
John C. Smith Jr. (Jack). Mr. Smith is responsible for Company-wide inventory management/control and vendor management. He joined Beacon in 1999 and has been in the building material industry for the past 19 years. Prior to joining Beacon, he worked in the industry with increasing levels of responsibility for The Grillco Corp. (1985-1993), which was acquired by Viking Building Products (1993-1997), which was acquired by ABC Supply (1993-1999). Mr. Smith has a degree in Economics from Tufts University in Medford, MA.
Mr. Welker became our Corporate Controller in July 2004. He is a CPA and CMA and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Welker was VP-CFO and Treasurer of Woodworkers Warehouse, a public company, from 2002-2004 and SVP-CFO of rue21 from 2000-2002. He was VP and Controller of Bradlees, also a public company, from 1995-2000. Mr. Welker holds a BSBA from Western New England College and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.
Mr. Massarelli is responsible for our Company-wide sales and marketing. Prior to joining Beacon in January, 2006, Mr. Massarelli was Director of Sales from 2001-2005 for Cintas Corporation. At Cintas he also held the positions of Sales Manager from 1998 to 2001 and Industrial Sales Representative from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Massarelli graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a degree in Business.
Prior to our acquisition of Shelter, Mr. Miller was Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Shelter. Prior to joining Shelter, Mr. Miller was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Weblink Wireless, Inc. from 2001-2002. From 1994-2000, Mr. Miller was Vice President of Human Resources for Cameron Ashley Building Products, Inc. From 1980-1994, Mr. Miller was employed by American Airlines, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas in various employee relations capacities, concluding his employment as Managing Director, Employee Relations. Mr. Miller holds Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Wisconsin.
Mr. Deschenes joined Beacon in April 2006 and assists with, among other things, oversight of all operational accounting and treasury functions. He is a CMA and began his career as Controller of Thomson's Garden Center in Danvers, MA. Prior to joining Beacon, Mr. Deschenes was also with Saucony, Inc., a public company, where he was most recently VP-Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. He holds a BSBA from Salem State College, MA.
Mr. Nelson joined Beacon in July 2006. Prior to that, he was Vice President, Information Systems & Supply Chain, for Dan River, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of bedding products. He was with Dan River since 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Nelson was with Price Waterhouse as a Management Consultant. Mr. Nelson graduated from North Carolina State University in 1992 with a BS in Industrial Engineering and is also a candidate for a June 2007 MBA from the University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Mr. Best is responsible for the overall operations of Best Distributing Company. Mr. Best joined Best Distributing full time after graduating from Elon University in 1994 with a degree in business administration. Since then he has held positions of increasing responsibility first involving sales and operations in the Greensboro, N.C. and Richmond, Va. branches, and then taking responsibility for the building insulation business and introducing the vinyl products business from the Goldsboro, N.C. headquarters.
John Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn is responsible for the overall operations of JGA Corp. ("JGA"), which was acquired in December 2004 and operates as our Southeast region. Mr. Blackburn has been with JGA for 26 years and was their President and CEO for the last 8 years. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of JGA for 12 years. Prior to joining JGA, Mr. Blackburn spent 9 years with Certainteed as a territory manager.
Mr. Greer began his career with Railton Inc. as the branch manager of their Houston, Texas location. Shortly after joining West End Lumber, which now operates as our Southwest region, in 1990, he opened their Gulf Freeway location and remained there as branch manager until being appointed general manager in February 1996. Upon joining us in June 2001, with the acquisition of West End Lumber, Mr. Greer was named Vice President of West End Lumber. Mr. Greer attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Mr. Plante is responsible for the overall operations of Beacon Roofing Supply Canada Company in Eastern Canada. Mr. Plante began his career as a chartered accountant in public accounting with Mallette Maheux and Samson Belair Deloitte & Touche, where he became a partner in charge of the business turnaround department. He joined Groupe Bédard as Executive Vice-President in 1990 and later became President and CEO. He joined us in 1999 when we acquired Groupe Bédard. Mr. Plante has an administrative Science Degree from Laval University and a Chartered Accountant Diploma.
Mr. Bradberry is responsible for the overall operations of Shelter's Southwest region. In October 2005, he was elected Regional Vice President. From October 2002 to our acquisition of Shelter, Mr. Bradberry was Executive Vice President and President of Shelter's Southwest region. From June 2000 to October 2002, he was the Executive Vice President of Guardian Building Products. Mr. Bradberry graduated in 1973 from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor with a degree in accounting.
Mr. Hanks is responsible for the overall operations of Shelter's Central Plains region. In October 2005, he was elected Regional Vice President. Prior to our acquisition of Shelter, Mr. Hanks was Executive Vice President and President of Shelter's Central Plains region. Mr. Hanks had served in that position since 2002 and was responsible for the supervision of the branch managers and the operations and financial results of 14 branches. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Hanks was President of Complete Roofing Supply, a subsidiary of Shelter.
Mr. Keen is responsible for the overall operations of Beacon Pacific, Inc., which was formed in January 2006 at the time we acquired Pacific Supply Co. He joined Pacific Supply in April 2005 as President. Prior to Pacific, he was the Regional Manager - Pacific Southwest, for Allied Building Products from 2001 to 2005. From 1999 to 2001, he was Allied's Director of Development. From 1993 to 1999, he worked in various management positions for Hunter Douglas, a manufacturer. Mr. Keen graduated from Lehigh University in 1988 and received an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1993.