Rodger Ford A remarkable entrepreneur who is as enthusiastic about life as he enters his ninth decade as he was in his third, Rodger Ford revels in identifying and developing new concepts and ideas across multiple industries. In his lifetime, he has achieved more than some would in three lifetimes, and in as diverse a set of industries as you could imagine. Rodger founded AlphaGraphics, Printshops of the Future, in 1970. By 1988, he had expanded that business to 400 locations across 20 countries. Not content with one successful venture, he also co-founded PetsHotel, which revolutionized the pet boarding industry through the provision of an upmarket sanctuary for cats and dogs. So successful was the concept that in 2000, the company was acquired by PetsMart. Today, there is a PetsHotel in most PetsMart outlets. It might surprise you to discover that some of Rodger’s most significant and beneficial work took place in the realm of medicine, where he was the CEO of SynCardia between 2005 and 2011. There Rodger changed the operating philosophy of the company from that of a “science project” to a bioscience pioneer. The result saw the achievement of ground-breaking milestones in the realm of artificial heart technology. Rodger spotted the potential for cold-formed steel frame construction in 2022. His approach to the business is that of an out-of-the-box thinker, a visionary, and a man with tremendous entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of how to effectively and efficiently bring concepts to market. Brad Cooper There is little about residential construction that Brad Cooper doesn’t know. Having been involved in the construction industry for 22 years, Brad is the owner of MC2 Homes based in Benson, Arizona. His specialty is the
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