President and the CEO of the Kidder Group, Inc.

Gary has worked in Manufacturing and Finance for many years serving as a Manufacturing Supervisor, Quality Engineer, Financial Analyst, Accounting Supervisor, and Strategic Financial Analyst with Kemet Electronics Corporation and Emergent Financial Group.

Gary has a BA from Furman University in Business Administration, an MBA from Clemson University, and 2 years of coursework on his PhD in Industrial Management from Clemson University. He has served as a Deacon at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville for six years. He also served as Chairman of the Board for Piedmont Women's Center (a Christian-based Crisis Pregnancy Center, for 2003 and 2004, and he was also treasurer from 1999 to 2003. He currently serves on PWC's Advisory Board of Directors.

Gary serves the South Carolina Upstate professional community as a member of the Board of Directors for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, was the Local Chair for SME in 2004, the Program Chair for SME in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, Gary was inducted into The President's Circle for SME. Gary currently serves on the Board of Directors for APICS and was the Newsletter-Chair of the Chapter as well as President of the Board. He will serve as VP for Career Development for the Upstate Chapter in 2010.  He was on the Board of Directors for the Council of Logistics Management from 1999 to 2003. He has also served on the Publicity Committee for the Greenville Area Personnel Association (GAPA). In 2005, Gary served as the Chairperson of the judging committee for the Silver Crescent Small Manufacturing Award

Gary specializes in recruiting professionals in the top 20% of their peer group in the fields of Engineering, Quality, Management, Finance, Accounting, and Supply Chain Management.

• Phone: 864-271-8880
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