Consumer Product Services

When you step foot into the headquarters of Consumer Product Services (CPS), you will find that you are surrounded by Green, and not just because the walls are painted an eco-friendly shade of green. Darren Krantz, the President and CEO of CPS, has a set precedent in the Remanufacturing and Reverse Logistics Industry. Over the last 17 years, Darren has continued to pioneer the Reverse Logistics/Remanufacturing industry and CPS revolves around the the ultimate form of recycling, Remanufacturing. Darren Krantz founded CPS with a vision to eliminate the waste in our landfills and to serve as a leader in the "greening" of our society. Mr. Krantz is responsible for the development of proprietary remanufacturing processes and for employing them to create and provide full scale remanufacturing programs for some of the world's largest consumer product manufacturers (e.g. General Electric, Karcher, Hoover, Dirt Devil).

Darren has developed a brilliant Single Source Solution to manage, ship and remanufacture returned products serving to bridge the gaps in reverse logistics for consumer product manufacturers worldwide. He has eliminated the need for manufacturers to outsource the reverse logistics processes to ten different organization by offering a comprehensive Single Source Solution at CPS. Darren and the CPS team continue to work with various Universities and their engineering departments as well as the local, state and federal agencies to improve the remanufacturing, reprocessing and recycling of returned consumer products.

With over 29 years experience in the retail industry, Mr. Hamilton joined Consumer Product Services, LLC in January 2009 as President. His responsibilites include sales of all CPS products, and working with CPS customers to provide them with access to the many services CPS offers.

Mr. Hamilton began his career with Ingersoll-Rand where he was selected to be part of the sales team that introduced Ingersoll-Rand products to the retail markets. The team was successful in placing products in almost every type of retail outlet in the United States. This included Big Box retailers, Warehouse Clubs, Hardware Chains, Farm and Fleet, and many others. He then was Vice President of Sales for SIP USA products. At SIP responsibilities included targeting the same customer base with new and innovative products manufactured overseas.

In 1991 Mr. Hamilton started National Vendor Services, a full sevice manufacturers representative, merchandising, and service company. National Vendor Service represented almost every facet of products offered in retail home centers. This included Hardware, Tools, Outdoor Power Equipment, Plumbing, Lighting, Electrical and many others. NVS was selected by Troy-Bilt to be part of the team that introduced their products to the retail market. NVS was also selected by Lowes companies to be the merchandising/service company to provide store service for the Kobalt private label brand introduced by Lowes.

In 1999 NVS was sold to National Product Services. NPS now provides retail service to Walmart, Costco, Office Depot, Staples, Target, Lowes and many other retail accounts.

Mr. Hamilton has a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Southern Technical Institute.

With over 30 years experience in manufacturing and retail industries, Mr. O’Boyle joined Consumer Product Services, LLC in May 2008 as Chief Financial Officer. His responsibilities include Financial Reporting, Treasury Management, Administrative Operations and Business Development. Prior to joining CPS, Mr. O’Boyle held various executive positions as CFO for LOOK, Inc. a manufacturer of retail display fixtures, Vice President of Finance & Operations, Wolford America, Inc. and Vice President of Finance, JE Morgan Apparel.

Mr. O’Boyle has both his undergraduate and MBA degrees from St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, has served on the Board of Directors for LOOK, Inc and is an active member of the Financial Executives Networking Group.

Alan Michael joined Consumer Product Services in March 2009. His experience as a retail executive extends over 25 years in Big Box and Independent retail formats. Alan’s career encompasses operations, merchandising and capital project management. For the past eleven years, Alan has worked in Merchandising at The Home Depot and played a key role in the launch of Major Appliances and was one of the earliest Merchants for the Major Appliance category. Most recently Alan worked as the Merchant for Major Appliances in the Expo Design Center’s and New Concept Development stores. Additional experience encompasses the Kitchen, Bath and Flooring categories in merchandising roles at The Home Depot.

Alan previously worked in Regional Retailers in the Northwestern US in Operational and Merchandising roles as well as having worked for Montgomery Ward, Federated Group and Circuit City Stores in Operational roles. Alan earned President's Honor Roll while majoring in business at Long Beach State University prior to entering his extensive retail career.

Mr. Edwards is the Vice President of Supply Chain & Logistics for Consumer Product Services. He is a 30 year veteran of Global Supply Chain Management having held various executive positions as Vice President Distribution Sherwood Davis & Geck a multi-billion medical supplies manufacturer, Director Logistics Process Management Group, Emerson Electric then Corporate Director of Logistics Emerson Electric and Director Alfred Karcher Inc. the US subsidiary of Alfred Karcher GMBH, Germany. Mr. Edwards joined CPS in February, 2006 in his current position.

In his current role, Mr. Edwards actively participates in business development, manages the firms transportation contract negotiations, carrier selection, pricing and supply chain consulting activities. He also directly consults on customs compliance and brokerage issues on behalf of the firm’s clients. This includes classification, valuation, drawback and duties.

Mr. Edwards has held various industry positions, served as Round-table Officer for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, frequently presents at industry conferences and lectures at various Universities about SCM and reverse logistics.