J. Michael Shuster 13543 Pico Court, Fontana CA 92336 (C) 908-403-9287 (E) js159814e@westpost.

net Executive Summary I am an experienced Senior Manager seeking to join my talent and experience with a management team characterized by a passionate desire to excel and the vision to make it happen. My specific interests are in Senior-level Distribution/Logist ics Management, corporate Strategic Planning, Operations, and Supply Chain Optim ization. During my career, I have had significant, hands-on leadership experience in Acco unting/Finance, MIS, Distribution/Logistics and overall Corporate Operations. My strengths have been building great teams of highly effective associates, consis tent execution, beating the numbers, and applying proved process design and tech nology to maximize both market strategic advantage and return on investment. My management style focuses on: * Energizing and empowering associates to continually improve both productivity and quality. * Managing processes, not just the people. * Consistently executing "best practices" and SOP's in the operation. * Creating and maintaining a cross-trained, teamwork environment. * "Root cause" analysis of defects, never making the same mistake twice. * Improving Customer-facing metrics and consistently beating the budget. Core Qualifications * Expert knowledge of RDT-directed WMS. * Expert experience with daily labor planning and measurable labor utilization m ethods. * Expert experience with Customer-facing KPI development and measurement. * Experienced leader of Customer and operationally focused teams that are motiva ted to continually improve. * Demonstrated history of superior P&L performance. * Ability to energize and empower the Team. * Extensive wholesale and retail operational management experience * Expert experience with WMS and major ERP implementation and interfaces. * Expert experience with MHE design and implementation. * Experienced project manager for major automation and computer projects. * Expert experience with charge-back avoidance. * Expert experience with continual process improvement. Expert experience with c ontinual process improvement. * Substantial financial and analytical background. * Expert experience with continual process improvement. * Ability to empower and energize the Team.

* Professional Experience 01/2009 - 02/2011 IDS USA Senior Manager Mira Loma, California Member of the Project Team to re-engineer process and design for the 650.000 squ

are foot, automated, VNA facility in California. I successfully managed the 3PL team in performing West Coast distribution for L&F USA, vastly improving perform ance and putting in place those elements necessary for sustainability. 05/2006 - 12/2008 Rousso Apparel Group, Vice President of Operations New York Direct responsibility for Customer Service, Imports, IT and Distribution on both Coasts: * Rationalized and revamped a 3PL distribution model that reduced charge-backs 4 0%, reduced staff by 50%, and provided future scalability. * Implemented Blue Cherry throughout the organization. * Obtained CTPAT certification and successfully completed a US Customs Focused A ssessment. * Implemented an OCR scanning Document Management System. 10/2002 - 05/2006 The Cayre Group, COO New York

Led Operations for a NYC-based branded-apparel wholesaler. Responsible for Custo mer Service, Imports, IT and Distribution on both Coasts: * Reduced Charge-back's by over $2.2 million by improving quality processes and adopting a zero tolerance for defects -- analyzing the "root cause" of any servi ce failure. * Achieved savings in excess of $250,000 in Distribution Costs arising from impl ementing bigger pack configurations, standardized carton markings, container loa ding requirements, and improving control over the timing of inbound shipments in to the Distribution network. * The Company was recognized twice as a Wal-Mart Vendor of the Year. * Revamped the IT Division to improve the quality of staff and to strategically leverage outsourcing, saving $200,000 per year. * Managed the transition and 15% increase of the WalMart business to POS repleni shment, ASN's and RFID. 02/2001 - 10/2002 Shuster Consulting, Owner Princeton, New Jersey

During this time I was engaged by a major 3PL, a branded wholesaler, a software provider, and an industry group attorney on consulting engagements. 11/1997 - 02/2001 Mamiye Brothers, Inc., COO Keasby, New Jersey

My responsibilities included advanced supply chain network optimization and supp ort for product moving through global factories, through global transportation n etworks, and distributed both directly to Customers and through third-party fini shed goods distribution center facilities in California: * Implementation of third-party, West Coast distribution facilities, to support Customer distribution, the 3PL operation resulted in direct savings of $700,000 in freight costs and improved product turn by seven days. The Company was able t o convert over $12million in long term capital investment into free cash. * Reorganized the management team to improve teamwork, job accountability, and r esponsibility -- annual savings of flattening the organization were approximatel y $250,000 per year. * Selected and implemented a new WMS (PKMS) replacing out-of-date legacy systems

that were inadequate to support the go-forward business. The systems were imple mented with no interruption to the Company's merchandise flow to Customers. * Attacked and reduced retailer charge-backs for handling and floor-ready issues by over $1 million per year. Turned the reliability factor of the Company as a supplier, in this regard, into a selling strength. * Developed and implemented a set of simple tools for DC manpower planning and u tilization measurement -- annual savings of direct labor costs approximated $350 ,000. * Restructured the Company's outbound freight component to emphasize consistent price/performance standards - annual savings of direct freight costs approximate d $100,000 per year. * Implemented annual cost-saving (Profit Improvement Program) projects identifie d and planned by the management team. * Beat the "stretch" budgets for all cost centers each year by at least 10%. 01/1995 - 11/1997 Petrie Retail, Inc., Senior Vice President Secaucus, New Jersey As Senior Vice President of Logistics, and a member of the Executive Committee, I managed the Company's logistics functions including international transportati on and four unionized, regional DC's totaling 850,000 square feet servicing over 1200 specialty stores across the US and Puerto Rico. The Company filed Chapter 11 and eventually went out. Major successes were achieved: * Implemented an East and West Coast consolidation program for inbound freight t hat saved the Company $3.7million annually. * Consolidated one of the regional DC's into the existing network for a net savi ngs of $5.2million. * Converted GOH and Flat Carton processing to Vendor Prepacks at a savings of $1 million annually. * Developed and implemented performance measurement and manpower planning tools to measure continual improvement, service level to the business and overall labo r utilization efficiency. * Improved Store Delivery cycle time for the entire chain from an average of 1.7 6 days to 1.5 days. * Beat the budgets for all cost centers each year by greater than 8% 12/1993 - 01/1995 The May Company, Vice President St. Louis, Missouri

As Vice President of Distribution, I managed a single 800,000 square foot, autom ated DC servicing 30 stores producing almost $900 million in sales volume. The h igh-value service facility processed all small and big-ticket goods for the divi sion in a strict, floor-ready condition. Approximately 450 associates were emplo yed across two and a half shifts: * Best cost percent to sales improvement in the Corporation. * Identified and implemented projects that generated over $800,000 in annual exp ense savings. 09/1978 - 12/1993 Roses Stores, Inc., Senior Vice President Henderson, North Carolina ` As Senior Vice President of Distribution, and a member of Rose's Executive Commi ttee, I managed the Company's distribution function to support 250 discount stor es in 12 states doing $1.2 billion in sales volume. The distribution function in cluded managing the operation of a relatively large private fleet, responsibilit y for all domestic and international transportation services, and management of a single, one million square foot, highly automated distribution center. The Com pany filed Chapter 11 and eventually went out. Major successes were:

* Shrinkage was reduced $900,000 at cost. * Productivity was improved by 30% and accuracy was improved to 99.8%. * Implemented standards at the team level for all significant work functions and pay for performance programs for all distribution associates. * Implemented one of the industry's first full-line, third party Central Return Centers servicing the entire chain -- the operation saved the Company over $1 mi llion per year. * Led a cross-functional team in establishing a comprehensive merchandise flow p rogram that established the optimum flow option for each class of product -- the program saved the Company $900,000 in net product costs in the first year in ad dition to substantially reducing inventory carrying costs. * Designed the conceptual framework for quadrupling the Company's repack through put while doubling the productivity of the operation then in place -- the projec t was designed to take $15 million of inventory out of the system and minimize t he extra cost and inefficiency characteristic of vendor service programs existin g at the time. * Beat all cost center budgets by a minimum of 10% each year. While at Roses I spent 7 years in the Accounting and Financial Analysis areas be coming Vice President and Controller; and 5 years in the Information Systems are a, becoming Director of Information Systems Development. Significant Information Systems accomplishments achieved under my leadership included two generations o f automated distribution systems, the Company's base merchandising systems, and two generations of POS systems. 04/1976 - 09/1978 Peat Marwick, Senior Accountant Raleigh, North Carolina Education 1974 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA BSBA Business and Accounting Affiliations * American Institute of Public Accountants * North Carolina Association of CPA's * WERC