Executive Bios

Don Lowe is the CEO of Franchise Services, Inc. He oversees all FSI companies. Lowe’s 40-year career in franchising started as Senior Vice President for Kampgrounds of America (KOA). He then served as President of Sir Speedy from 1981 to 1996. Under his leadership, Sir Speedy was recognized as a Franchise of the Year by the IFA. 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. Lowe has more than 25 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. He is a member of the Sales & Marketing Executives International Association (SMEI), chairman of the board for the Electronic Document Scholarship Foundation (EDSF), and on the board of directors for the Print On Demand initiative (PODi).

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, Emerson Electric and Unisys. Conger has vast experience in financial management, mergers & acquisitions, treasury and equity restructure.

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 25 years of sales and marketing expertise in both offline and online strategy including integrated marketing, branding, web, mobile, search (SEO/SEM), direct and content marketing. Previously, David 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 joined Franchise Services in 2004. He 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. Lau has over 15 years of international business and technology management experience. Prior to joining Franchise Services 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 1999 as the Director of e-Business. Prior to his current position, he served as the Director of Research and Development and Assistant Vice President of Strategic Development in the Print Management Group. Prior to joining FSI, he held several management positions in the printing and graphic arts industry.