610.668.8296 spaide@spaidekuipers.com

William J. Spaide
Partner

Bill has been privileged to serve the direct marketing industry for over thirty years and brings to this practice a specialized background both in management consulting and fulfillment operations in the United States, as well as Europe and the Far East.  He is recognized as a specialist in these areas by the Direct Marketing Association and has lectured frequently and authored numerous articles on these subjects. Also, he has been a contributing editor for DM News, a member of the Operations & Fulfillment Editorial Advisory Board and an adjunct professor at New York University's Center for Direct Marketing in the area of fulfillment management.

973.838.3551 kuipers@spaidekuipers.com

William E. Kuipers
Partner

Bill also has 30 years of senior level operating experience in the direct marketing industry.  His background includes all aspects of operations, including information systems, distribution and warehouse management, order processing, customer service, inventory management and outsourcing.  With experience from the loading dock to the board room, he has earned a reputation for combining strategic perspective with practical operating solutions.  He is a contributing editor of Operations & Fulfillment magazine and a featured speaker at respected industry forums.  He developed the highly regarded ‘Warehousing Forum’, the direct commerce industry’s first and only intensive seminar dedicated to distribution organization and management.

901.755.8322 earley@spaidekuipers.com

Robert K. Earley
Practice Leader – Distribution

Bob is a senior logistics executive with over 30 years of demonstrated success in distribution and logistics management. Prior to his association with this firm, he served for a fifteen years as Senior Vice President of Distribution with the nationally known kitchen, furniture and house wares distributor, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.  During that time he successfully led and managed the organization to over one billion dollars in sales.  In addition, Bob was a partner in the management consulting firm of Fenvessy Consulting and Vice President of Operations with Barth Spencer Corp., a vitamin and drug direct marketer.  A graduate engineer with a degree in Business Management, Bob has served as a frequent speaker for the Council of Logistics Management seminars on distribution operations and customer service.

610.617.0520 genzer@spaidekuipers.com

Richard Genzer
Practice Leader – E-Commerce

Rick has been involved in business leadership and technology since 1986 with roles ranging from software engineer to executive vice president and CTO.  He has performed functions in software development, product and project management, online services, business development, financial services, monetizing web-content, electronic commerce and various broadband applications.  For the past 3 years, Rick has been heavily involved in business assessment services and outsourcing electronic commerce activities for large corporations.