Richard Giron:  

Where does one begin after all these years that have flown by? I'll start from where I am today and go as far backwards as is interesting. Today, I am President and CEO of Emess Design Group, LLC. which is a consumer goods company that focuses on the design, development, and manufacturing of decorative home portable and fixed wire lighting. We are a mid size company of about fifty million dollars in annual sales reveune and sell our products through the major retail channels of distribution in the United States. Our supply chain partners are located in Southern China so that means that I am in that country about twelve weeks a year working with those partners and the members of our China office. Being associated with decorative home products does carry some great perks in the form of traveling to Paris and Italy several times a year to attend the global trend trade shows. By far Italy is my very favorite. Prior to joining Emess Design Group, I held seveal other executive management positions with major company's throughout the decorative home and tabletop indusrties and traveled extensively throughout Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim. I am married to my wonderful wife Frances Ann and we live in western Pennsylvania in a town called Cranberry Tow...Expand for more