Meet the Ryzex Leaders

Ryzex’s strength is its people, including the leadership driving our organization. Ryzex's leaders bring decades of diverse experience and a history of success to our organization. These executives guide more than 350 talented team members to bring our customers around the world FullUse® Lifecycle Support and expertise that covers all aspects of barcode data collection.

Rud Browne

Chairman and Founder

From the very beginning, Rud Browne envisioned Ryzex as a company committed to delivering more value to its customers while accepting active responsibility for our environment.

A strong believer in building foundations for sustainable growth, Ryzex has very consciously been built to stand as an example that high growth and profitability can be synonymous with uncompromising ethics, quality, a diverse workforce and environmental responsibility.

Rud is a past board member (2001 – 2006) and past chair (2004 – 2005) of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. He has also served as Vice President for Ethics for the Vancouver board of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization, and in 2005, 2006 and 2007 was a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, winning for the Pacific Northwest Region in 2007. In 2006, Inc. magazine recognized Rud’s leadership by selecting Ryzex in its first ever Inc. Green 50 rankings of the nation’s most environmentally responsible companies.
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Lorne Rubis

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

To Lorne, Ryzex’s commitment to repair, refurbishment and recycling makes our organization, by its very nature, a green company. With both our customers and our environment in mind, he strives to make Ryzex the leading FullUse® services company in the world. Keeping technology in FullUse is the mission.

The constant in Lorne’s diverse career is his ability to successfully lead organizations through significant change. At US West, where he served as a Vice President / Company Officer, Lorne was one of only seven direct reports to the Chairman, responsible for the strategic planning process, governance and the company’s worldwide total quality initiative.

After a brief but eventful stint at the LA Kings Hockey Club (where, as VP of Business Operations, he improved operations and oversaw the development of Staples Centers’ and its innovative premium seating strategy) he became VP of Sales then Chief Operating Officer at Multiple Zones (now Zones.com). There, he led the transformation of the company from a business-to-consumer to a business-to-business enterprise, realizing dramatic growth in revenue and e-commerce. As CEO of Stellar One, he successfully took a privately held Internet protocol TV software company to market.
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Todd Rawls

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

As Chief Operating Officer, Todd takes responsibility for transforming Ryzex from a company organized around various products and services into an integrated organization focused on our FullUse Commitment. His goal: to adapt the Ryzex vision to a dynamic and ever-changing environment.

Throughout his career, Todd has applied his talents toward building infrastructures for rapidly growing companies. At KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Todd was a Supervising Senior Accountant who served as a contracted interim controller; on his watch, he implemented the financial infrastructure that supported his client’s three-year transition from $10M in annual revenue to more than $200M in annual revenue. While Controller at Geographics, Inc., Todd managed the accounting department as the company grew to consolidated revenues of $25M. At GB Enterprises, Inc., where Todd was Assistant Controller, he was directly responsible for the financial reporting and operational analysis of a multi-location manufacturing enterprise with consolidated revenues of $120M.

Todd served as Controller when he arrived at Ryzex in 1996 and functioned as Chief Financial Officer (April 1999 to September 2001) before becoming Ryzex COO in September 2001. In addition to his Ryzex responsibilities, Todd sits on an advisory board for the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University. He graduated with a B.A. in Business Management & Accounting, cum laude, from Western Washington University in 1992. 
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Phil Pease

Senior Vice President, Worldwide Repair & Operations

Since 1993, when Phil established the services division at Ryzex, Phil has asserted his leadership as a visionary in repair and customer responsiveness. Under his direction, Ryzex Repair has grown 30% each year, expanding from one US location to four with two locations in the United States, one in Canada and one in the UK. Today, in his role as Senior Vice President, his goal is to integrate operations and repair into one efficient, global process.

Before coming to Ryzex, Phil ran the corporate repair facility for Symbol Technologies in California. There, he also held positions as a Final Assembly Supervisor and Master Scheduler.

He holds a B.A. in Business Administration, with a minor in Business Management, from Sierra University. He is certified in Sales Management by the Dale Carnegie Institute, and has spent two years in team-building and people training skills with Dr. Ken Siegel. Phil also volunteers with the Arthritis Foundation.
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Chris Glennon

Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Marketing

With more than 18 years of successful management experience, Chris brings proven leadership and sales insight to Ryzex. By leading diverse groups of individuals as a U.S. Army Officer, and various management roles, Chris has become a master of organizational development and change management. Having managed a sales organization for a company that moved from private status to a publicly traded entity, Ryzex recognized Chris’ leadership capabilities and quickly promoted him to his current position in our growing organization.

As the Vice President of Global Sales, Chris is able to put to use his extensive experience managing & growing sales organizations. While earning his tenure as a member of the Executive Team at Zones Inc. he achieved exceptional results by growing the sales organization to more than 250 individuals. Chris has held positions and led project teams in the areas of Strategic Planning, Sales, Recruiting, Training & Development, Merchandising, and Customer Service & Technical Support.

Chris earned his BA in Economics from the University of Washington and is an avid musician and sailing enthusiast. 
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Marc Soulliere

General Manager, Canada

Marc’s mission is to expand Ryzex’s presence throughout Canada, a challenge for which his time at Ryzex has well prepared him. When he arrived at the company in 1995 as an Account Manager, Marc quickly became a top sales producer for the company. Marc embraced a takecharge approach to customer needs via service offerings, management of an active customer database, and the application of technical solutions to support automated data collection hardware.

In July 2005, Marc assumed a parallel responsibility as Marketing Associate, designing and developing a comprehensive e-marketing promotion campaign. Since January 2006, he has been operating as General Manager for Canada, accountable for all business activity conducted in the Canadian marketplace.

Marc’s education includes studies in Science & Business at the University of Waterloo, as well as the completion of certificate programs in Marketing Communications Essentials and Essentials of Marketing from BCIT in Vancouver. He has completed numerous sales and leadership courses including training with Anthony Robbins, Art Sobczak and InfoTeam's Winning Complex Sales. 
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Colin Hughes

Managing Director, Europe

In addition to his MBA from Bristol Business School, Colin holds a B.S.C. in Environmental Sciences from the University of West of England. At both universities, Colin studied recycling issues, particularly commercial recycling of IT materials. His business education and environmental expertise has made Colin a natural fit with Ryzex.

Having been with the company for over 10 years Colin has developed a diverse range of commercial and operational skills. Within just one year of joining the company as a Senior Account Manager, Colin took on the Sales Manager position and during his tenure was instrumental in the companies growth and European expansion. Colin then spent another two years as Director of European Services and Repair.

Since June 2006, Colin has been Managing Director for Europe, responsible for Ryzex’s European operations and its facilities in the UK and France. 
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