Executive Bios

Don Lowe is the CEO of Franchise Services, Inc., the parent company of Sir Speedy Printing and Marketing Services. Lowe started his career in franchising as senior vice president for Kampgrounds of America. He then served as president of Sir Speedy from 1981 to 1996. Lowe has been inducted into the Sales & Marketing Executives International Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame and was featured as “Man of the Year” in Quick Printing magazine. He also plays an active role in the printing industry; he was a member of the Electronic Document Systems Foundation Board of Directors from 2001-2008.

Richard Lowe is the president and chief operating officer of Franchise Services, Inc., the parent company of Sir Speedy. Lowe has more than twenty years experience with many Franchise Services brands serving as president of Sir Speedy, director of Copies Now, vice president of franchise services and senior vice president of the print management group. Lowe started his career in the printing industry as a copy products sales representative for Eastman Kodak.

Dan Beck serves as the Executive Vice President, Franchise Support and Training, Franchise Services, Inc., reporting to FSI President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Lowe. As EVP of Franchise Support and Training, Dan manages all franchisee facing training activities on topics ranging from business management, technology, workflow and network wide initiatives.

Dan assumed his current role as EVP of Franchise Support and Training in 2008 after serving as president and COO of Imaging Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Franchise Services, since 2005. His early career started at FSI's sister company, Kampgrounds of America (KOA), where he held several management positions including vice president of franchise sales. In 1986 Dan joined the Sir Speedy team and has held multiple management positions.

Dan Conger was appointed chief financial officer upon joining the company in 1992. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance for Vans, Inc. and served in several senior management capacities with companies such as Western Digital Corporation, Emerson Electronics and Unisys. Conger has vast experience in debt restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings.

John Bowen joined the company in 2008 as Vice President of Franchise Support and International Operations. He first started working for Sir Speedy in the early 1980s as Assistant to then President, Don Lowe, and was Managing Director of the Sir Speedy master license in the U.K. prior to returning to New Zealand to work in a senior management position for Kodak. John has started and run his own company and has been a Director of a number of SMEs. Bowen holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

David Robidoux joined the company in 2008 bringing with him more than 19 years of sales and marketing expertise in both offline and online strategy including website development and search engine marketing and optimization. Prior to joining Sir Speedy, he was responsible for marketing at several public and private companies including overseeing marketing communications and online/ecommerce strategy at First American CoreLogic and prior to that, marketing communications at New Horizons Computer Learning Centers.

Christian Lau serves as the Vice President, Information Technology, Franchise Services, Inc., reporting to FSI President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Lowe. As VP of IT, Christian is responsible for the company's worldwide technology operations including day-to-day management of all IT functions. He leads the company's efforts for technology strategy and planning, procurement, development, and project management.

Christian has over 15 years of international business and technology management experience. He joined Franchise Services in 2004. Prior to joining Franchise Services, Inc. he held management positions in the publishing and media industries at several companies, including Harcourt Education, Reed Elsevier PLC and Jupiter Media (PictureArts).

Kelly Kimberlin first joined the company in 2000 as the director of e-business. Prior to his current role as vice president of strategic development, he served as the director of research and development and assistant vice president of strategic development. Kimberlin sits on Konica’s Customer Council and provides feedback from the company’s print management group network on products and services. Previously, Kimberlin was the director of sales and marketing for a large service bureau and managed a commercial offset printing company.