Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 5/5/2021 Casegoods supplier Riverside Furniture announced that Harrison Kelly, who has over 20 years of experience in wood furniture product development, has joined the company in the new position of Vice President of Product Development.
In his role, Kelly will be responsible for leading all product line activities from the conceptual stage through market introduction. In addition, he will work closely with strategic retail accounts in determining product needs.
Most recently, Kelly served in the same position for Klaussner Furniture International where he was responsible for all wood product development. Prior to joining Klaussner, he served in various positions at Home Meridian International, where he started as an import engineer at Pulaski and went on to hold roles such as Vice President of Club Merchandising for Home Meridian and 14 years as VP-Product D
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 4/13/2021
Casegoods resource Riverside Furniture announced that they have named Mike Shepard to the position of Vice President of Information Technology and Elisa Watson to the new position of Showroom Manager and Sales Operations Administrator.
Shepard was with Tempur Sealy for 11 years prior to joining Riverside in the position of Vice President of Information Services. “Mike is a classically-trained IT professional who worked his way up through the ranks from programming roles to senior leadership positions in IT,” said Beth Brown, chief operations officer and chief financial officer for Riverside. “Mike’s track record, acumen and strategic thinking has been proven through his implementations of successful IT solutions, designing systems and evaluating current and new technology needs,” Brown said. Shepard reports to Brown and will work out of Riverside’s North Carolina
Furniture World News By Nic Ledoux on 12/17/2020
Casegoods resource Riverside Furniture announced that it has promoted industry veteran John Iasiello to the position of President.
Iasiello has been with the company for three years, serving in the roles of Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development and most recently Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Product Development.
“It’s clear that, at this exciting time of growth for Riverside, John is the right person to take on the role of President,” said Fred Henjes, who will continue as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
“John is highly recognizable in the furniture industry and is a person of integrity with great listening skills and merchandising and product development talent,” Henjes said.