HISTORY AND BACKGROUND:

Lisa Held Janke, founder and CEO, has over 20 years of experience in cut and sew operations. Since restarting her father's business in 1991, SBI has grown from a small operation in a four-car garage into the current 90,000 square foot facility in Puerto Rico, employing 450 associates. Lisa Held Janke is recognized as one of Tennessee's most influential female businesspeople.

As the founder of Short Bark Industries, Lisa began her cut and sew manufacturing operation out of a garage in her hometown of Madisonville, TN as an extension of her father's business. From a humble beginning grew a business that has been recognized regionally by Business Tennessee Magazine as one of the Fast so Companies and as one of the Hot 100 Companies. Lisa has been named to the list of Top 40 Under 40, and was recognized as Statesman of the Year in the Second Congressional District. Lisa currently serves on the Board of the Knoxville Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, and previously served as President of the Board for the Boys and Girls Club of Monroe County.

Short Bark Industries is committed to providing our customers with the best value products and customer satisfaction. Our quality goal is to EXCEED customer expectations in product consistency and deliveries through:

ASSOCIATE INVOLVEMENT

QUALITY AWARENESS

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

We are ISO 9001:2008 Registered and Certified by NSF. We provide immediate response to and implementation of customer needs. We focus on attention to quality inspection and final audit to produce top quality products. We have focused and driven production to meet our quality goals. We are Berry Amendment Compliant.

Stuart Muladore, Chief Business Development Officer

Stuart is a retired Marine Corps officer with numerous command, staff and acquisition assignments. His final years in the Marine Corps were spent directing the acquisition of individual clothing and equipment, as well as various training devices. After retiring from the Marine Corps in 2007, Stuart joined Propper International as their Military Business Manager and was promoted to Vice-President of Military Sales in 2009. Stu joined SBI in August, 2010.

Steve Crandall, Chief Financial Officer

Steve's background includes CFO for National Seating, a division of Commercial Vehicle Group, which is the largest commercial provider for truck interiors. Steve oversees SBI's financial operations and works with the CEO to determine the company's strategic direction. He manages all Tennessee operations for purchasing, planning, scheduling, banking, payroll, and invoicing.

Guillermo Perez, Director of Operations

Guillermo has over 35 years of cut and sew manufacturing focusing on Sewing and Wet Processing, Process Re-engineering, Quality Assurance, Cost Effectiveness and fostering Team Leadership and Motivation.  His professional experience has honed his skills in lean manfacturing, regulatory compliance, P&L Accountibility and TQM.  His policy and procedure development, team building and training as well as cost reduction and avoidance makes him an assest to the Puerto Rico operations.