Executive Team
Bradley King
Chief Executive Officer
Bradley King is the founder and CEO of Lonesource. Bradley, a sales veteran of US Office Products, had many accomplishments over his career including national sales awards and the development of a sales approach called “Tag Team Selling”. Bradley derived the idea for Lonesource out of a need that he saw many companies facing… the need to buy a wide range of products of all consumable categories from fewer suppliers and the need to reduce the total cost to run an organization. The name Lonesource and the tagline The only source you need. Period. is at the core of the company and specifically at the core of his Lonesource vision. “We have the broadest product offering, the best technology, and an unlimited service offering. Companies should think of us first.” Bradley, a native North Carolinian, is a true entrepreneur with many business experiences that lead him to the creation of Lonesource. “We honor our commitments to everyone; our customers, our employees and ourselves. We are a special and proven company that is committed to helping our customers be successful and focus on their core business. We are the only source you need. Period.”
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David Ryan
Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer
David Ryan has more than 29 years of experience in Information Technology, Corporate Finance and both the supply and demand sides of Procurement. Prior to helping found Lonesource, Ryan was the Director of e-Procurement at GlaxoWellcome, a global Fortune 100 pharmaceutical and consumer health care company. In that role, he led e-commerce initiatives that included the implementation of numerous web-based, supplier-centric solutions and the development of electronic marketplace solutions. His broad, cross-functional expertise lends itself to helping large, geographically dispersed companies create and deploy solutions that streamline the full procurement-to-payment cycle.
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Stacey King
Executive Vice President — Chief Operating Officer
Stacey King is a co-founder of Lonesource. He provides strategic direction for new business development growth opportunities, as well operational oversight for technology, operations, supply chain, and merchandising. King has 20 years of experience in supplier relations, technical and operational efficiencies. Prior to helping found Lonesource, King was responsible for large-scale product procurement, contract development and executive level data analysis for a large office products reseller.
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Alex Sossaman
Executive Vice President — Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Alex joined Lonesource in May 2008. He has 30 years of experience in Business Development, Marketing and Sales in both public and private companies. He has provided leadership for growth strategies in technology and infrastructure companies having experience in IPO's as well as merger and acquisition execution. Prior to joining Lonesource, Alex held positions at Sonus Networks, Sphere Communication, Elastic Networks and Nortel Networks. Alex's primary function at Lonesource is to provide leadership for growth strategies in sales and marketing that will involve both the planning of organic growth as well as the execution of strategic acquisitions to the Lonesource family of companies.
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Tommy Re
Chief People Officer
Tommy has devoted over 20 years of his professional career to helping people and organizations improve performance through learning. Prior to joining the Lonesource team, he spent 8 years as a management consultant with Performance Impact and as founder and president of SmartGrowth. During that time he worked with leadership teams in client companies such as Amgen, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, Marriott, Capital Bank, BMW, AT&T, Merck, Kingsdown, and Novartis designing and implementing strategic learning and performance programs. He was the Chief Sales Officer for Raleighâbased Tech Resource Group and began his career with Lincoln Technical Institute where he led the Industry and Government Training group. He holds a Master's Degree in Corporate Communication from Seton Hall University and is on the faculty of the University of Phoenix and the Board of the North Carolina Theatre.
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Management Team
Operations
Jim Shedlick
Vice President — Technology and Infrastructure
Jim is responsible for the strategic direction of technology as well as the development and support of the e-Procurement platform and the management of all supporting technology infrastructure.
Mark Sickles
Vice President — Operations
Mark is responsible for providing leadership and development and implementation of "Best in Class" operational and logistics processes. Additionally, Sickles is responsible for leading the execution of strategic acquisitions.
Bob Hesson
Vice President — Merchandising
Bob is responsible for the leadership and execution of all vendor placement and manufacturer programs as they align with sales and marketing strategies.
Rebo Sullivan
Vice President — Supply Chain
Rebo is responsible for aligning the supply chain with sales and marketing. Additionally, Sullivan is responsible for inventory strategy and control as well as product content management.
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Sales
Rick Wesley
Vice President — Custom Products Sales
Rick is responsible for executing the sales strategy for print, promotional products, and other custom products across all market segments.
Bennie Thomas
Vice President — National Accounts Sales
Bennie is responsible for executing the strategic direction of the sales and sales support teams for the national accounts customer segment.
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