Mike Sunderland
CEO - DDP Holdings, Inc.
C. Michael Sunderland is the President and CEO of DDP Holdings, Inc.
Mike assumed this role in June, 2007 as part of the acquisition by
Palm Beach Capital. Prior to joining DDP, Mike served as President
and COO of Advantage Sales & Marketing, an $800 million marketing
services company. He is also on the Board of Directors of Insight
Pharmaceuticals. Mike received his B.A. from the University of North
Florida; his M.B.A. from the University of Tampa; and his Juris Doctor
with honors from Florida State University.
Tim Sexton
Vice President - MI-DE, Inc.
Tim Sexton serves as the Vice President of MI-DE, Inc. Prior to joining
DDP, Tim worked for Lowe’s for 23 years managing the relationship
between Lowes and its service providers. Tim oversees all aspects
of MI-DE, all new-store build-out functions, and is a key contact
with Lowe’s.
Amy Starnes
Director of Recruitment - Apollo Retail Specialists, LLC
Amy Starnes is Director of Operations for ionSMART Team, Inc. Previously
Amy served as National Recruiting Director for the RMX Division of
Advantage Sales and Marketing. Amy and her team assembled a flex force
of more than 5,000 RMX merchandisers.
Walt McConnell
Vice President - CSA LLC
Walt McConnell, Vice President of CSA Services, began his career with
Carolina Sales Associates in 1990, heading up its new retail division.
This was the first step that took Walt and CSA on a path to national
merchandising coverage for Lowe’s and the creation of CSA LLC.
Walt is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where he earned
his degree in finance and marketing.
Tom Robinson
Executive Vice President - Projects & Resets
Tom Robinson applies over 30 years of business experience in sales,
client service and operations. He built national programs in all classes
of retail trade. He worked for several national merchandising companies
in senior management roles as well as served on several advisory boards.
His leadership skills have afforded several local merchandising companies t
o roll out National coverage programs. He believes each area of the company
helps support the other departments in the company and has proven it works.
Jeff Spitzer
Chief Financial Officer - DDP Holdings, Inc.
Jeff Spitzer is the CFO of DDP Holdings, LLC. Jeff joined DDP after working in
a similar capacity for another Palm Beach Capital portfolio company. Jeff brings
15 years of comprehensive financial and operations experience to DDP. After
graduating from the University of Florida, Jeff honed his skills working in both
the Public and Private sectors for medium and large market companies, with a focus
in multi-million dollar acquisitions, lending negotiations and finance organization
structure, set-up and restructuring. His public accounting experience, along with
the experiences gained working with Fortune 500 companies and previous high-level
positions in the construction industry, allows him to help bring to DDP a more
streamlined and concise financial and operational model.
Kristi Engel
HR Director - DDP Holdings, Inc.
Kristi Engel is Director of Human Resources and brings 12 years of
experience from Advantage Sales and Marketing where she was Director
of Category Management. Kristi earned her Bachelor of Arts from the
University of South Florida and is a candidate for the SHRM Certificate
in Human Resources from Villanova University.
Linc Yero
Director of Information & Technology - DDP Holdings, Inc.
Linc joined DDP Holdings in July 2009. He began his career with PIA
Merchandising and has held many different positions over the last 18 years,
ranging from Planning & Logistics Manager with PIA, to National Account Manager
with FieldFlex USA, to VP of Operations/Systems with Timely Retail Solutions
TRS), and most recently Director of Information & Technology with a national
marketing firm.