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Ed Merrifield - Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Ed Merrifield has over 35 years of progressive and successful experience in private and public companies alike. Experience ranges from early beginnings in the finance accounting arena to Chief Operating Officer for an internationally recognized software company. Merrifield has considerable experience in the wholesale and distribution industries in upper management positions, served as a corporate officer for an international insurance brokerage, a senior officer for one of the leading publicly traded call center companies (Sykes Enterprises, Inc. NASDAQ-SYKE), and president and co-owner of Big Kahuna Productions, Inc., a movie and video company in Maui, HI. Merrifield has enjoyed a prosperous career in high technology, service and distribution arenas. During his tenure he has been directly responsible for both large and small operations, managed strong growth and profitability, handled an array of mergers and acquisitions, managed international accounts, closed high profile sales on both a national and international basis, established national and international distribution programs, written and negotiated high value contracts, developed first class management teams, and led very successful turnaround operations. Merrifield has strong beliefs within a myriad of business principles, including the importance of integrity, customer relationships, team spirit, quality, and employee morale, while always striving to enhance community relations, corporate profitability and shareholder valuations. Merrifield holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Accounting.