Board of Directors
Allan Molsbee joined Officite in 2011 as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
Allan brings more than 30 years of hands-on leadership experience successfully growing and operating companies, primarily as Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director, but also as Chief Operating Officer and Consultant. His scope of experience and expertise includes multi-site operations management, revenue growth, team building, turnaround management, and strategic planning.
Most recently, Allan held the position as Principal of Arm Executive Consulting, a management consulting firm where he led efforts to provide hands-on executive management to companies experiencing strategic issues and cash flow problems, and other general business issues.
Before forming ARM Executive Consulting, Allan served as the Managing Director of North America for Bilz Tool Company, Inc., a global leader in quick change tool holders for the metalworking and automotive industry where he was responsible for all aspects of its operations, reporting directly to its Advisory Board in Stuttgart, Germany. He successfully developed a new strategic plan to re-introduce Bilz products back into the American automotive industry.
For over 20 years he served as Vice-President of Operations for a privately held holding company in Boston, MA with responsibility for managing the operations of the 10 companies in the group including mini steel mills, coatings companies, office furniture dealerships, and other manufacturing companies. He also was involved in M&A, and served on the board of directors.
Allan attended North Central Texas College in Gainesville, Texas.
William Castellano co-founded and managed NFC Leasing, Inc., a profitable nationwide leasing company with revenues in excess of $59 million at the time of sale in 1987 to Chrysler Financial Corporation and which grew to over $200 million by 1991. He co-founded and acted as Chairman of both Workspace, LLC, and Code Red, LLC. He began his career with IBM and has held management positions in the financial services industry.
Mr. Castellano is the co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Worknet, Inc., a computer network services company, a Director and major shareholder of the PRIVATEBANC, a partner in Café Concepts, an operator of Italian restaurants, and an advisor to Mesirow Private Equity. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Elmhurst College.
David Duerr is a co-founding Principal and Director of Officite.
Mr. Duerr has extensive experiences in starting, acquiring, investing in, growing and managing, and selling middle market companies. Currently, David is the CEO and a founding partner at Straight North, a Chicago-based marketing services and consulting firm.
David serves as a director on the boards of Officite LLC, Straight North LLC, Focus Equity Partners LLC , BOB LLC and Worknet Inc.
David received a B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations from Valparaiso University in 1988.
Kevin Duffy is a co-founding Principal and Director of Officite LLC.
Mr. Duffy is also a co-founding Principal and Director of Straight North where he serves as the President and Chief Creative Director. Straight North is a leading Internet Marketing firm based in Oak Brook, Illinois that services growth-minded middle-market companies. In 1996, Mr. Duffy founded Duffy Design Works, Inc., a full-service graphic design and brand development firm. Straight North acquired Duffy Design Works, Inc. as part of a strategic platform investment.
As a member of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Mr. Duffy served as the Director for the Board of YEO’s Chicago Chapter. Mr. Duffy was honored by the Business Ledger, with it’s “Today’s Young Executive” award. The TYE award is presented to the area’s top 20 business leaders under the age of 40.
Kevin received a Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Communications from Illinois State University in 1986.
Mr. Graunke brings more than 40 years of experience successfully growing and operating companies, primarily as the owner and CEO, but also as an investor, director and/or consultant.
Currently, Mr. Graunke is a partner at Graue Mill Partners, LLC (“GMP”). GMP is a private equity firm which assists owner-operators of middle-market businesses plan and fund investments in their companies. GMP is a partnership of seasoned operating and investment executives who have built successful businesses and generated significant financial returns in a number of industry sectors.
Prior to joining GMP, Mr. Graunke assisted startup companies as an investor and consultant or director. He was the original investor and director of Mastering Computers, a startup company specializing in computer training, which was later sold to Platinum Technology in a transaction worth more than $228 million.
Some of the companies that Mr. Graunke started, owned, operated and/or sold include John T. Burris Corp., Chicago Offset Printing Corp, Total Graphic Communications, Omni Marketing Agency Inc., Instant Response Information Inc., Cunningham & Associates and Unispond Inc. Mr. Graunke led both organic and acquisition based growth plans, engineering attractive exits and financial returns.
Mr. Graunke remains a dedicated fundraiser and director of the Bethesda Foundation, the home of more than 750 mentally disabled individuals with over 50 locations across the United States.
Randy brings a strong background in finance and capitalization to the Officite team. Randy previously directed the recapitalization efforts for Paragon Medical Inc. and most recently held the position of Vice President of Corporate Business Development.
Before joining Paragon, Randy led the start up of Mobile Metals Inc., a $200 million steel processing plant, and managed the financing and commercial development components.
Randy helped start Mobile after fourteen years at Cresco Metals/Cresco Steel Service Center, a subsidiary of Chicago Metallic Corporation, where he spent the last ten years of his tenure as General Manager/Vice President in charge of the entire $38 million steel distribution business.
Randy holds a BBA from the Michigan School of Business Administration and an MBA from the Illinois Graduate School of Business.
Glenn brings years of experience in the technology industry to his position as President and co-founder of Officite LLC.
Prior to Officite, Glenn was Vice President of Business Development for Mobius Management Systems Incorporated, a leading Internet software vendor. At Mobius, Glenn developed and implemented the acquisition strategy, reseller channel, and partner alliance program for this publicly traded, $75 million software manufacturer with over 400 employees.
Prior to Mobius, Glenn was President of Express Direct, Incorporated. At Express Direct, Glenn directed and managed a $20 million Global Direct Marketing company.
He holds a BA from Elmhurst College.
Laurence Saslaw co-founded, managed and sold NFC Leasing, Inc. to Chrysler Financial Corporation. He co-founded and acted as a director of Workspace, LLC, and Code Red, LLC, is a director and co-founder of Worknet, Inc. and a director of BOB, LLC.
He began his career with IBM in 1964 where he held a variety of sales and management positions. Mr. Saslaw holds a B.S. in Management Sciences from Case Institute of Technology.
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