Jim Garde

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Mr. Jim Garde served as Chief Executive Officer at Bush Industries. Jim Garde joined Bush Industries in August 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Bush, Jim held a number of finance and operations positions with increasing responsibility at Heidelberg and Harris Graphics in the printing equipment industry. His last position was Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Heidelberg Digital, LLC in Rochester, New York. Other assignments at Heidelberg included an international posting in Germany as Managing Director, Heidelberg Harris GmbH. At Heidelberg, Jim established the entire financial and administrative structures to support digital printer operations acquired from Kodak. He completed a $93 million renovation and build-out of an 800,000 square foot facility in Rochester, New York on-time and under budget and consolidated production activities to save $10 million annually. Since joining Bush, Jim has greatly enhanced the Company's financial reporting and business planning capabilities and has significantly upgraded the Finance and Accounting organization. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bryant University.