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Kevin Price is the founder, majority owner, and President of Support Technologies. He founded the company 15 years ago with a focus on custom programming. Through the years his efforts and keen interest in new technology advances has been instrumental in transitioning STC into the company it is today…. a provider of diversified technology services to an assortment of high profile clients. The keys to Mr. Price's success have been in his unique ability to listen carefully to a potential customer to determine the most effective and efficient solutions to their IT problems. This business approach has certainly served the company well and has been one of the important factors in the success of Support Technologies. Through the years it has provided STC with new opportunities and an increase in services to not only its present client base but to other new customers who have used Support Technologies.
Mr. Price has extensive experience and is highly proficient in the following areas:
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Lawrence Davsko is the minority partner in Support Technologies. Mr. Davsko has 25 years of experience in senior and executive level positions including President and Director of Operations for multi-national food companies. A proven leader, strategist, and problem solver, Mr. Davsko has built and developed high performance work groups throughout his career. He has been a leader in pushing productivity in corporations through the effective use of technology on the factory floor and in financial and customer transactions.
Prior to becoming a partner in Support Technologies, Mr. Davsko was President of Armour Food Ingredients, a $90 million dollar ConAgra Company that manufactured and marketed dairy flavors and ingredients to food manufacturers worldwide. Mr. Davsko was recruited by ConAgra to specifically address a restructuring of the business and to create a cultural shift conducive to generating improved margins. This included implementation of computerized information and manufacturing systems throughout the organization and the introduction of new processes and standards. Through his leadership the company attained increased sales and margins within 2 years. Recently, this Division was purchased by Kerry Foods of Ireland. Prior to ConAgra, Mr. Davsko held several positions of increasing importance with the Pillsbury Company. He became Director of Operations in 1989, directing the manufacturing strategies for the Pillsbury Bakeries and Foodservice Division. This rapidly growing division remains one of the leaders in the Foodservice category. As Director of Operations, he managed four facilities with annual sales exceeding $250 million. He directed the selection and installation of WAN's and LAN's to connect facilities and headquarters to information systems, developed and installed software for real-time inventory control throughout the division's operations including wireless warehouse locator and inventory systems. |
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John Davsko is Vice President and General Manager of Support Technologies. Mr. Davsko has over 18 years in senior and executive level positions that included President/CEO and Chief Operating Officer for several companies and founder and President of a medical products company. He has over 27 years in upper management and has worked as an independent consultant. His career has included 20 years with the Pillsbury Company, 4 years with the Bama Companies, a major supplier of frozen products to McDonald's, and over 7 years as an independent consultant.
Prior to joining STC Mr. Davsko was co-founder and president of Alert Systems, Inc., a medical products company that specialized in producing wireless products for the healthcare industry Previous to Alert Systems Mr. Davsko had worked as an independent consultant and advisor to several different companies. His background and assignments have included operations management where he consulted and advised on process improvements and functional integration, Information Technology improvements, quality systems improvements, project management, leadership training and organizational assessment and restructuring; and as a facilitator for executive management during strategic planning processes and implementations. He has acted as a change agent on many occasions for companies implementing new directions and strategies and culture shifts. In 1989 Mr. Davsko was recruited by the Bama Companies, a $50 million, privately held, family-owned food business in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a Sr. V.P. of Operations and Logistics. While in this capacity and through his productivity initiatives Mr. Davsko was instrumental in identifying and recovering over $5 million in savings within 2 years. As the executive responsible for the start-up of a new $60 million facility, he championed the use of the newest information systems throughout the company. Subsequently, in 1991, Mr. Davsko was promoted to Chief Operating Officer by the family….the only non-family member in the 55 year history of the company to hold such a position. Through his leadership and implementing an aggressive strategic plan, he was able to take the company to over $100 million in sales by 1993. During his 20 year career with Pillsbury Mr. Davsko held upper management positions in several of Pillsbury's divisions. His responsibilities included Facilities Manager for Pillsbury's Frozen Pizza Operations (Totino's and Jeno's brands) to the largest Pillsbury Plant in the Company in its grocery products division that generated over $300 million in annual sales. |
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LeaderSHIFT International Incorporated LeaderSHIFT International (LII) is a leading provider of consulting expertise in the areas of Teamwork Environment, High Performance Teams, Self Managed Teams, Change Management, and Process Improvements, utilizing proven methods in educating employees at all levels of an organization about the theory, tools, and techniques required to transform the working environment through integrating positive systemic change. LeaderSHIFT applies outstanding facilitation skills to guarantee desired outcomes in planning sessions, retreats, conferences, team meetings, and one-on-one sessions. They also provide training tools for employees in data collection, data analysis, change management, decision making, statistical process control, and communications. In addition LeaderSHIFT provides training for executive level positions as well as middle management. They are a highly recognized and respected group in the field of management and labor force change and have worked with an array of both large and smaller companies in many different industries that include: banking, manufacturing, logistics, retail, computer, non-profit, education, medical, and have provided services to companies in Canada, Chile, Colombia, England, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. LeaderSHIFT (LII) was founded by President, Clyde Boysen. In his career Mr. Boysen was the Director of Organizational Development for Grand Metropolitan, the parent company of Pillsbury and its divisions. This included overseeing training of all types, from executive to floor level, for over 70 facilities. He is a Senior Adjunct Instructor at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, NC. Sam Shake is Vice President and Managing Partner of LII. Mr. Shake is a member of the management seminar faculties of Michigan State University and the University of South Florida. He is an expert in the field of Organizational Development, Total Quality Management, and Socio-technical Systems Design. Mr. Shake has had extensive experience in the manufacturing environment having spent over 20 years with the Pillsbury Company and as a Vice President of Customer Service and Productivity for GATX-Logistics, the worlds largest third-party logistics provider. Mr. Shake developed and implemented widely successful programs for improving work performance at all levels within these organizations. He has worked with many Fortune 500 companies. Some of LeaderShift’s clients include: International Multifoods, Inc., Hunt-Wesson Foods, Ryder International, Pillsbury Company, McGlynn’s Bakeries, GATX Logistics, Inc., Weider Nutrition, Mauna Loa Macadamian Co., American Productivity and Quality Center, United Distillers and Vintners, Armour Foods, Con Agra, and Remmele Engineering. |
