Mr. Stein has served as our Class II director since October 2006. He began his professional career at Motorola, where he planned and established a worldwide distribution and manufacturing organization for the company’s 2-way radio communications product line. Mr. Stein served as Senior Vice President of Allied Tube & Conduit, a $750 million manufacturer of mechanical tubing, and created a fence and fire protection sprinkler division. Additionally, he built an international organization, created and developed unique products particularly in the defense industry, and initiated lobbying efforts to bring about government control of steel imports. Currently, Mr. Stein is president of marketing Business Implementers, Inc., a Chicago-based company he founded in 1989. This company performs business evaluations and develops marketing strategies for manufacturers and distributors of industrial steel products. |