Ron Elliott:
CLASS OF 1974
Maine North High SchoolClass of 1974
Des plaines, IL
Ron's Story
Founder, NASDAQ CEO, Executive Chairman of the Board
Excelligence Learning Corp
July 1985 â August 2011 (26 years 2 months)NY, NY. and Monterey, CA.
Ron Elliott was the first to identify a part of the school supply industry which was not being served; discounted school supplies. With knowledge of how to import products directly from overseas manufacturers while bypassing middlemen, Ron built Discount School Supply into a catalog and online business with a turnover of over $200 million a year. Through a reverse merger Excelligence became a listed company on NASDAQ.
Highlights of tenure:
⺠Worked with 2 different private equity firms.
⺠Instrumental in M&A transactions which quickly buil...Expand for more
t Discount School Supply into Excelligence Learning Corporation.
⺠Expanded Excelligence Learning Corporation to over 8 different warehouses in the U.S. and a warehouse in Ningbo, China.
⺠Built Discount School Supply into the second largest supplier of early childhood products in the U.S.
These successes required skill in all organizational processes and functions, from financial performance and the operational excellence it provides, to identifying customer product needs and the accompanying marketing skills to turn the product into a success, to leading an organization of over 500 people toward a common goal.
Ron is proud to have sold Excelligence after twenty-six years in business.
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