Randall Hales is the President and CEO of ZAGG. He joined ZAGG as the President and COO in December 2011, having previously served on the ZAGG Board of Directors. Randall is formerly the CEO of Mity Enterprises, a furniture systems manufacturer with worldwide sales and operations based in Orem, Utah. Randall was also the CEO of Broda, a medical products company based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He has served as the President and CEO of Back to Basics, Inc., an award-winning household appliance company that was recognized by the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" program in 2004. Randall was named President of First Scientific, Inc., a Utah based pharmaceutical start-up, in 1999. Earlier in his career, he served in various capacities at Dal-Tile International in Dallas, Texas where he played integral roles in product management, marketing, sales, manufacturing and operations.
Randall received his bachelor's degree from the school of engineering at Brigham Young University.
Brandon T. O'Brien Chief Financial Officer
Brandon became our Chief Financial Officer on February 12, 2007. Prior to assuming his position as the Chief Financial Officer for the Company, Brandon, served as the Vice President of Finance at Fonix Corporation, a speech recognition software company, from January 2003 to January 2007, and as an independent financial consultant from September 2001 to January 2003. Brandon has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, accounting for financial transactions with foreign subsidiaries and the application of financial accounting standards and principles. Brandon has broad experience with both small micro-cap public companies and with large multinational public companies.
Brandon is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and has attained the Certified Management Accountant and Certified Financial Manager designations. Brandon earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Utah State University in 1995 and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Utah in 1996.
Derek M. Smith Executive Vice President of Sales
Derek relocated from Australia to join ZAGG in August 2007. Derek was the General Manager and Director for Queensland Olives Management Ltd., where he recruited and trained a national sales force and worked closely with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). He was also the Business Development Manager for Covidian Healthcare. He was in the Army National Guard from 1986 to 2000 and is a veteran of the Gulf War, where he served as staff sergeant before gaining his commission and being promoted to second lieutenant.
Derek graduated with his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Brigham Young University in 2000 with an emphasis in marketing, business strategy and organizational communications. He received a Bachelor of Science (BS) in business administration, with a major in finance and minor in the Cebuano language from Utah State University.
Kent Wuthrich Executive Vice President of Marketing
Kent Wuthrich has worked professionally as a Vice President of Marketing, Director of Marketing, Creative Director, and an Independent Consultant. Kent received his master's degree from Utah State University. He has 13 years of professional marketing experience in brand management, product design, graphic design, promotions, and public relations. His marketing and design work have received industry recognition and awards.
Kent was one of the early employees of iFrogz, and played an integral part in leading and developing product, packaging, and collateral design as well as developing valuable international relationships in Asia and Europe. He also managed many sales functions alongside industry buyers and distributors. In addition, Kent has taught graduate level design courses at Utah State University for the last 11 years.
Board of Directors
Cheryl A. Larabee Chairperson
Cheryl A. Larabee is a Lecturer in the College of Business & Economics at Boise State University, teaching in the Departments of Management and Marketing & Finance. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Larabee served for 5 years as Associate Vice President for University Advancement. In that role she was Development Director for the College of Business & Economics and led fundraising for other University Initiatives.
Before joining Boise State, Ms. Larabee had a 23-year corporate banking career focused on financial problem solving and strategic planning with clients ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500. She is the former Senior Vice President and Western U.S. Regional Manager of the Corporate Banking Division at Key Bank. Prior to this position she was Senior Vice President of Business Banking with U.S. Bank, Portland, Oregon and Assistant Vice President at Crocker National Bank in San Francisco, California.
Ms. Larabee currently serves on the boards of ZAGG, Inc. – Chairperson and Audit Committee Chair, Syringa Bancorp - Audit and Governance Committees, Norco Inc. – Audit Committee Chair, Jacksons Food Stores, Bogus Basin Recreation Association – Treasurer and Thomas Cuisine Management. She is previous board President of the Arid Club, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, the Downtown Boise Association and Hays Shelter Home. Ms. Larabee has also served on the boards of Capital City Development Corporation as Secretary/Treasurer and at Healthwise Inc. on the Finance & Audit Committee.
Ms. Larabee has an MBA in Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco and a BA in Psychology from Moorhead State University in Moorhead, Minnesota. She has also completed the Stanford Executive Program in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
Randall Hales CEO and President, ZAGG Inc
Randall Hales is the President and CEO of ZAGG. He joined ZAGG as the President and COO in December 2011, having previously served on the ZAGG Board of Directors. Randall is formerly the CEO of Mity Enterprises, a furniture systems manufacturer with worldwide sales and operations based in Orem, Utah. Randall was also the CEO of Broda, a medical products company based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He has served as the President and CEO of Back to Basics, Inc., an award-winning household appliance company that was recognized by the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" program in 2004. Randall was named President of First Scientific, Inc., a Utah based pharmaceutical start-up, in 1999. Earlier in his career, he served in various capacities at Dal-Tile International in Dallas, Texas where he played integral roles in product management, marketing, sales, manufacturing and operations.
Randall received his bachelor's degree from the school of engineering at Brigham Young University.
Dan Maurer
Dan Maurer has extensive global consumer retail sales and marketing experience with over 20 years in executive management at Procter & Gamble. As General Manager of Global Customer Development at Procter & Gamble's headquarters, he was tasked with building an effective marketing strategy to achieve a competitive advantage with P&G's largest global customers, including Walmart, Costco, Ahold, Tesco, and Carrefour, who collectively represented over $360 billion in annual sales. Subsequent to his tenure at Procter & Gamble, Mr. Maurer was Vice President of strategy for Global Sales and US Business at Campbell's Soup.
In his current role at Intuit, he oversees the TurboTax®, Mint, and Quicken brands, and has grown revenue from $600 million to over $1.4 billion. He has previous experience serving on the board of Iomega Corporation, which was acquired by EMC Corporation in 2008.
Todd Heiner
Todd Heiner is a results orientated leader with over 25 years of strategic and operational management experience in the telecommunications and wireless industries, particularly in building national wireless retail markets. Express Locations LLC was founded in 2006 and is the second largest T-Mobile Premier Retail partner in the United States. Prior to founding Express Locations LLC, Mr. Heiner was Vice President of Sales for Western Wireless where his efforts to revitalize the organization resulted in record setting customer growth. Western Wireless was sold to Alltel Wireless for $6.6 billion in September 2005.
As an original member of the Pacific Northwest Cellular, Western Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless leadership teams, Mr. Heiner's leadership and skills helped the company grow from a rural carrier into a national presence. At VoiceStream Wireless he lead the sales and distribution teams of over 3,500 employees and 700 company-owned retail stores covering an area of over 200 million people in the United States. VoiceStream Wireless was sold to Deutsche Telekom in June 2001 for $30 billion. The company was rebranded T-Mobile USA.
Member of the Audit Committee
Brad Holiday
Brad Holiday has served as Callaway's CFO since 2000, where he has been instrumental in helping Callaway rebrand its name and lead a strategic transformation. He has helped with licensing agreements with other companies like Fossil for Callaway watches and Perry Ellis for Callaway clothing. While at Nike, Mr. Holiday began as comptroller for the retail division, and was appointed CFO for the division in 1995, taking on global responsibility for the operations, which grew from $500 million to almost $1 billion during the next three years. In 1998, he was made CFO of the Nike Golf Division. Previous to Nike, Mr. Holiday was four years at Pizza Hut as Senior Director of Finance, and began his career at General Mills where he served thirteen years in various financial and accounting roles.