LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION:
A key difference between FillTek and any other Third-party Fulfillment
company is the Management Team. The founding management of FillTek
offers 75 plus years of industry related experience to our customers
and prospects. All members of management are well versed in industry
fundamentals and specifically chosen for complimentary and specific
areas of expertise.
The founding management group has entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial
experience with the previous development of several related businesses.
Specifically the group is rich with experience in direct to consumer
and business to business fulfillment, large scale project development
/ design and management, technical / systems design / development
/ management and consulting, business practice consulting and profit
and loss responsibility.
Dave Cook
Chief Executive Officer
Dave Cook serves as Chief Executive Officer for Fulfillment Technologies
(FillTek). Within FillTek, Mr. Cook is focused on Sales and Marketing,
Finance and setting the Future direction of FillTek. He is a member
of the Council of Logistics Management, frequent speaker at Trade
Shows and Seminars and recently finished a five (5) year term as
Vice Chairman of the Business Committee for The New York Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
Mr. Cook has more than twenty-five years experience in industry
with The Kroger Company, Procter and Gamble and for fifteen (15)
years as President/CEO of PCS Technologies, Inc. prior to the acquisition
of PCS by Retek in 1997. During his four (4) years at Retek, he
served as Divisional President for the Supply Chain Division prior
to moving into a strategy advisory position within Retek. He has
spent his career developing advanced technology supply chain solutions
including one of the earliest true client/server supply chain solutions
for Retailers. Mr. Cook is a registered engineer in several States
and holds advanced degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Dave Eckley
President
Dave Eckley is President of Fulfillment Technologies (FillTek),
a client focused, full service direct to consumer and small package
B2B Fulfillment Company.
Dave’s resume includes senior executive level IT, Operations,
Marketing, and M&A positions with leading direct-to-consumer
and wholesale distribution companies. Prior to the formation of
FillTek, Dave held the position of Senior Vice President of Operations
for Foster & Gallagher, Inc.
Dave is a graduate of Peru State College with a Bachelor in Management
Information Systems.
Dave has been a speaker and participant in panel discussions at
the Retek User’s Group, NCOF, DMA, IQPC and RIS News eCommerce
conferences.
Tom Hartman
Vice President Business Development
Tom Hartman’s experience spans 32 years in branded consumer products sales,
marketing and fulfillment. His career included time with Colgate-Palmolive
and Johnson & Johnson where he held a variety of positions to include National
Sales Training Manager, Product Manager and Director of Consumer Promotion.
He entered the fulfillment industry in 1984 and during his 20 years in fulfillment
he has been instrumental in designing a variety of strategic solutions that
added value within the fulfillment process for companies such as: Procter & Gamble,
Microsoft, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Brown Forman, Johnson & Johnson and Avon.
Tom joined FillTek with the objective of leveraging FillTek’s advanced technology
and strategic partnership with CustomQuest to build sales with multi channel marketers.
Tim Betz
Director of Contact Center
Tim has more than ten years experience in the catalog / direct mail
industry focusing on delivering quality products direct to the consumer.
Tim began his career in IT with Midway Arms (a shooting sports direct
mail company) developing inventory, order taking and manifest systems.
Tim has in-depth experience with the manufacturing environment with
Reinhart Fajen (gunstock manufacturer for the B2B and B2C marketplace)
as the Operations Manager.
Tim’s most recently experience was with Stark Brothers Fulfillment
Services as the Director of Operations. In his role Tim was responsible
for the shipment of more than 3 million parcels (B2C) servicing
dozens of clients and managing close to 500 people.
Tim’s IT background combined more than a decade of hands on
operations experience has been instrumental in developing high-speed
first quality fulfillment processes.
Tim completed a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Business
from Columbia College, Columbia MO.
Russ Carter
Director of Information Technology
Russ Carter, our Director of Client Implementation has over 17 years of experience
in Project Management and Client Implementation. He began his career at
General Electric Aircraft Engines where he served as a Project Manager
responsible for the design and development of engineering systems. He left GE to
take a position at PCS Technologies where he was the Vice President of Custom Development
focusing on the development of Warehouse Management Systems. PCS merged with Retek, Inc
in 1997 where Russ continued in the same capacity focusing on custom development and
client implementation for large scale WMS projects.
Prior to joining Filltek, Russ served as Vice President of Development and Business
Operations for The Navigator Group of Ocala where he was responsible for the development
and implementation of custom websites, document imaging and scanning services and mobile
scanning devices for the transportation industry.
Russ holds a Masters Degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
Vin DeSalvo
Director of Operations
Vin DeSalvo, our Director of Operations, has nearly 30 years of experience in Distribution and
Manufacturing Operations. Vin began his career at Kenner Products where he served a variety of
roles including Production Supervisor, General Foreman to Plant Manager. During his 10 year career
at Kenner Toys Vin managed the growth of the business from $45 Million to more than $200 Million of
annual revenue. Vin left Kenner to take a new position as Plant Manager of Crable Sportswear. At Crable,
he was responsible for maufacturing and distribution of all NCAA, NFL and NBA licensed apparel.
Prior to joining Filltek, Vin leveraged his 20 years of experince in distribution and manufacturing as a Project
Manager and Business Consultant for Retek (Nasdaq: RETK). During his tenure at Retek he managed enterprise wide
implementations for the United States Navy Exchange (NEXCOM), Gap, Best Buy, DSW Shoes, Gander Mountain and others.
Vin Holds a Bachelor of Finance degree from the Ohio State University
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