Executive Vice President

In partnership with Benny Aboud, Reid Shapiro founded Elephant Group, Inc., which began from an idea of a small cart in a mall. Mr. Shapiro grew the company into a major player in the retail circuit.  Mr. Shapiro's first responsibility was to secure mall locations, negotiate leases, and build out the retail channel of the company.  Mr. Shapiro oversaw all of the 120 Cingular Wireless Store retail operations from Florida to Connecticut managing over 500 people.  After the sale of the stores to Cingular Wireless, Mr. Shapiro has overseen all sales divisions for the company and remains the key person in securing all new facilities for the organization.  Mr. Shapiro graduated from Yeshiva University in NY.