BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Glenn Welstad has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 2005. Mr. Welstad founded Command Staffing, LLC, and Harborview Software, Inc., and has been our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since 2003. Glenn Welstad was a founder of Labor Ready, Inc. and served as its Chief Executive Officer and President, until his retirement in 2000. Prior to founding Labor Ready, Glen Welstad was a successful restaurateur and owned a number of Hardees and Village Inn franchises. Glenn Welstad is the father of Todd Welstad.
Todd Welstad is our Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer, and a director. He has served as CIO and director since 2003 and COO since May, 2009. Mr. Welstad served as Chief Information Officer of Labor Ready, Inc. from August 1993 through 2001. Before joining us, Mr. Welstad worked in the temporary labor industry as owner/operator and was employed by Harborview Software, Inc., as Vice President in the development of the software used in temporary labor store operations. Todd Welstad is the son of Glenn Welstad.
Ralph E. Peterson was appointed to the Board as an independent director in November 2007 and has served as our Chief Financial Officer from April 2009 until October 2010. From 2002 until 2006, Mr. Peterson was a partner with a mid-sized venture capital firm. Previously, Mr. Peterson held leadership roles with Labor Ready, Inc., where he was a member of its Board of Directors and served as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. He also spent more than 20 years in the restaurant industry, first as an officer of Hardee's Food company, operating both company owned and franchised fast food restaurants, and subsequently as the Chief Financial Officer of Rax Restaurants, Inc., a national restaurant chain also operating both company-owned and franchised restaurants. Mr. Peterson received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, as well as a Master of Science in Finance and Management and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Northern Illinois University.
John Schneller was appointed to the Board on June 23, 2008. Mr. Schneller is currently a Managing Director at the investment banking firm of Grandwood Securities, LLC. Prior to joining Grandwood, Mr. Schneller served from 2002 to 2007 as an investment analyst at Knott Partners, a multi-billion dollar, value-based, New York hedge fund. Mr. Schneller's area of expertise was analysis and investing in micro-to-mid-cap securities with emphasis in the fields of intellectual property, technology, content distribution, nanotechnology, healthcare, non-bank financials, business services, brokers, asset managers and insurance companies, packaging and retail.
Prior to Knott Partners, Mr. Schneller served from 2000–2001 as Executive Director and Senior Research Analyst at CIBC World Markets. Prior to CIBC, from 1997 – 2000, he served as Vice President and Senior Research Analyst at Stephens Inc., a multi-disciplined investment and merchant bank, where he focused on Business Services, IT Services and Marketing Services as well as select software applications. Mr. Schneller was an Associate Analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, from 1996 – 1997, where he focused on Business Services and Photography and Electronic Imaging.
Mr. Schneller received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a Masters degree in Public Administration from Suffolk University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Jeff T. Wilson was appointed to the Board on September 21, 2010. Since April 2006, Mr. Wilson has served as Chief Financial Officer of Microvision, Inc., a publicly traded technology company based in Redmond, Washington. Prior to this appointment, he had served as Microvision's Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since August 1999. Mr. Wilson served as Vice President, Accounting of Microvision from April 2002 to April 2006 and as Director of Accounting of Microvision from August 1999 to March 2002. From 1991 to 1999, Mr. Wilson served in various accounting positions for Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of medical imaging equipment. Prior to 1991, Mr. Wilson served as a manager with the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Wilson is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Wilson holds a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.
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