Michael D. Queen
President, CEO and Director
Mr. Queen is a co-founder of Universal Capital Management and serves as its President and CEO. Previously, he was the founder of Dickinson Holdings, LLC, a provider of specialized financial services to small and mid-sized companies in a wide range of industries. From 1998 to 2003 Mr. Queen was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pennexx Foods which provided food products to major retail outlets. He directed all aspects of this start-up company from initial market and product research and strategic and operational planning to recruiting and hiring a management team and staff. During his tenure, Mr. Queen built the company's revenue to $60 million and took the company public.
Joseph T. Drennan
Vice President and CFO
Mr. Drennan is a co-founder of Universal Capital Management and serves as its Vice President and CFO. He has more than 30 years of strategic and hands-on experience in management, marketing and finance in the financial services and information technology industries. He has directed and implemented business turnarounds, crisis management and strategic planning for customers and clients ranging in size from $5 million in revenue to Fortune 100 companies in a variety of industries. Since 2001, Mr. Drennan has been a partner in and a co-founder of Mulberry Consulting Group, LLC. Mulberry provides business and management consulting services to small and mid-market companies in a variety of industries with emphasis on operational analysis, strategic and operational planning and implementation solutions and processes.
Thomas M. Pickard
Director
Mr. Pickard is the founder and owner of Alpha Equipment Company. Alpha Equipment was established in August 2003 as a distributor for CO2 Blasting Machines. Led by Mr. Pickard, the company developed an air operated chiller/dryer for cooling and removing moisture from compressor airlines for which there is a patent pending. Mr. Pickard also holds patents developed for the Specialty Steel Industry. Among them is a patent for precision edge shaving in a variety of configurations on both ferrous and non-ferrous strip materials. Alpha Equipment Company developed an air operated chiller/dryer for cooling and removing moisture from compressor airlines for which there is a patent pending.
Steven Pruitt
Director
Steven Pruitt is DuPont's Internal Control Coordinator and is responsible for implementing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance procedures on a global basis. Mr. Pruitt also assists in the development and implementation of critical internal controls and business processes throughout the company. Prior to business school, Mr. Pruitt worked for five years with the DuPont Company in their Internal Audit Group. As a Senior Auditor, he helped to lead and train business teams on assessing and improving their business models. He also spent a year overseas focusing on educating DuPont's joint ventures and subsidiaries on better business practices.
Mr. Pruitt recently graduated with an MBA from The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School. In addition to his Master's Degree, he holds a BS in Accounting Degree from the University of Delaware and passed the CPA exam in 1999.
Jeff Muchow
Director
Jeff Muchow is a veteran of food and agricultural processing industries. His current work includes senior management involvement in business startups, mergers and turnaround situations for food processing enterprises. Jeff's entrepreneurial activities involved partnering with a Berkeley, California startup specializing in systems integration for food processing and distribution industries. He also served as President of Vertia, Inc., a supply chain company engaged in supply chain services for perishable food companies.
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