Roger Payne

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Biography

Mr. Roger Payne is a Co-Founder and serves as a Partner at Leawood Clayton Partners. He serves as Board Member at DM Gary Holding Company. He manages the senior leadership teams of its subsidiaries. Early in 2012, he purchased Mack Hils, Inc., a 100-employee high-quality metal fabricator and OEM part manufacturer. He had previously owned Industrial Supply Products, an industrial hose and gasket distributor. Mergers, acquisitions, organic growth, and the addition of partners, brought Industrial to a point where, in 2008, the company was sold to a national roll-up, Lewis-Goetz. Since 2011, he has served as CEO of Canyon Stone, Inc., a regional manufacturer of masonry stone veneer. He has led them through explosive internal growth in the face of a weak housing market, in addition to acquiring another firm within the industry. In 2005, he founded FLA Properties, a real estate investment company specializing in residential rentals and "flips" which he continues to own and operate today. Prior to owning his own businesses, he held a number of operations and sales positions in both field and corporate locations for Yellow Freight System which is the company that brought him to Kansas City. These entrepreneurial and corporate experiences have made him an expert in turning around companies and managing profitable growth. He has an Economics degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York, and an MBA from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. He also serves on the managing board of GreenNurture Board, Inc.