FurnitureFind.com Names Prominent Boston Executive to Advisory Board
Buchanan, MI; June 18 – FurnitureFind management today announced the addition of Richard J. DeAgazio to the Company’s Advisory Board. Mr. DeAgazio is President of Boston Capital Services, Inc. and Executive Vice President of Boston Capital Corporation. Mr. DeAgazio recently served on the National Board of Governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) and as a member of the 12 person National Adjudicatory Council of the NASD.
He has served as President of the National Real Estate Investment Association, and other industry organizations. He presently serves on numerous corporate boards.
“There’s an interesting story here,” explains FurnitureFind’s CEO, Stephen Antisdel. “Richard got to know us first as a FurnitureFind customer. He had just bought a beautiful waterfront condominium in Boston. Being a busy executive he was shopping online to save time. Happy with his first purchase, he came back to us repeatedly as he furnished his new home. We got acquainted over time and that led to his visiting us here in Buchanan. On seeing firsthand what we were all about, Richard became an investor in our company. We’re very pleased to have a person of Richard’s experience and renown as a member of our Advisory Board.”
Dan Baber, FurnitureFind’s CFO adds: “Mr. DeAgazio’s experience in banking, real-estate, finance and the public markets will be a tremendous resource as we continue to grow our company and take advantage of the opportunities before us.
“As an online consumer, I was impressed that you could buy items larger than a book or a CD, get it in the style and color you wished and have it delivered by professionals and be completely satisfied. I was also impressed with the realistic approach that the management took to the business. The management consists of experienced people from the industry rather than kids just out of college.” added Mr. DeAgazio.
Mr. DeAgazio has appeared on NBC, CNBC, CNNFn and other national television shows and has been quoted extensively in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fortune, Money, Worth Magazine, Investors Daily and Business Week.
Other members of FurnitureFind’s Advisory Board include Geoff Beaston, a former VP and COO with Lexington Furniture and EVP at LifeStyle Furniture, and Mohanbir Sawhney, the Tribune Professor of Electronic Commerce and Technology at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. Mr. Sawhney has been named as one of BusinessWeek’s 25 most influential e-Business innovators. He has been widely published including articles in the Harvard Business Review, Business 2.0 and is the co-author of The Seven Steps to Nirvana-Strategic Insight into eBusiness Transformation.
About FurnitureFind.com
Launched in 1996 as the e-catalog division of Bookout Furniture, FurnitureFind.com is today a leading online retailer and consumer information resource for over 100 home furnishings brands including Simmons Upholstery, Howard-Miller, Sealy Posturepedic, Harris Scott, Schnadig, and Standard Furniture. The Company provides online marketing and call center services for traditional and e-commerce retailers of window coverings, flooring, cooking, framed art, home related services and financial products.
The Company offers exclusive home and decorating content and commentary by its acclaimed Lifestyle Editor, Kathy Ireland along with outdoor and gardening content from award winning Landscape Artist and Designer, Nicholas Walker.
FurnitureFind now serves a worldwide audience of over a million visitors per month and is ranked by PC Data Online as the #1 destination in the Furniture and Appliance category as well as a “Top 100” online retailer. Gomez Advisors ranks FurnitureFind #1 for Customer Confidence.
FurnitureFind’s unique approach to e-commerce has been covered or featured in Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Time, Furniture Today, HFN, Narda News, The Christopher Lowell Show and National Public Radio.
Contact:
Stephen Antisdel, CEO
FurnitureFind.com
Buchanan, Michigan 49107
Ph: 616-697-4793
Email: steve@furniturefind.com
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