Revolutionizing Worldwide Use & Re-Use of Boxes & Cartons
We have carefully pulled together a team that is more like a family than a business. We have decades of professional and entrepreneurial experience to provide you with excellent resources for your business success. We have a burning passion to see our mission through. Our customer service is personal and we ship anywhere in the world!
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Our Team
Jack D. Wilson – Co-Founder, Inventor & Chief Operations Officer
Jack D. Wilson is the creative genius behind the invention of Re-Usable Box Latch™ products to provide alternatives to tape, staples, and bands. He and his brother James co-founded Eco-Latch Systems, LLC in 2010, with the mission of “changing the way the world closes and Re-Uses boxes.” Jack prides himself on “thinking outside of the box” when it comes to rapid ROI solutions for the manufacturing, moving, storage, warehouse management and assembly industries.
Jack is a Wisconsin native and a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus who supports circular economy thinking and is passionate about reducing corrugate and tape waste. Jack believes that by adopting triple bottom line (TBL) principles to the management of their business, he and his team can help customers become financially, socially, and environmentally successful.
Wisconsin | jack@boxlatch.com | 920-541-3404
James F. Wilson – Co-Founder, Chief Executive & Export Officer
Co-founder of Eco-Latch Systems, LLC, and Jack’s brother, Jim has spent his career practicing and owning veterinary, publishing and consulting businesses. As a speaker, author, teacher and consultant, Jim has always tried to invent better, more efficient mousetraps for success. Thus, when the initial Box Latch™ eco-friendly box closing device was invented, he was eager to use his degrees in and knowledge of law and business to promote the positive effects it would have to save time, labor costs and the environment while improving the bottom line of the businesses that embrace this new technology.
Pennsylvania | james@boxlatch.com | 570-359-2580
Deborah J. Dollak – Fulfillment Manager
Deborah has 25 years of experience in a family medical packaging business. She operated presses, handled shipping and receiving duties, supervised employees, and helped the company grow from a dream to a very successful multi-million dollar company. In addition to her business responsibilities at the company, she raised three wonderful children, all currently involved in the original family business.
Wisconsin | 920-541-3404
Sandra L. Hoffmann – Office Manager
Sandy has spent the past 35+ years of her career working professionally in Human Resources with a focus in payroll, benefits, recruiting, training & event planning. She received her Associate’s Degree from University of Wisconsin-Waukesha and Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her passions are animal welfare and stylish shoes. She is an active voice for animals through her volunteer position as a Board of Directors member for HAWS (Humane Animal Welfare Society.)
Wisconsin | sandy@boxlatch.com | 920-541-3404
Dan Abrahms – Manufacturers Representative
Dan has been watching the development of Box Latch™ Products for the past five years. He operates a Mfrs. Rep firm in Milwaukee specializing in industrial packaging i.e., gaylord boxes & bulk collection containers, as well as niche products made of wood, steel and plastic. Dan sees the opportunity for Box Latches™ and Clip & Stacks to help many of his customers save money as they fulfill their sustainability missions. Because of that and his history of delivering the best of class packaging solutions, he has elected to include the family of Box Latch Products™ to the mix. He is a past board member for the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois (CICI) and Sales & Marketing Executives of Chicago (SMEC).
Wisconsin | dan@boxlatch.com | 262-573-6646
Erik Kozman – Manufacturers Representative
Erik has been involved in material handling for nearly 20 years. He has spent his career servicing various industries including Tiers I and II automotive suppliers, commercial laundries, healthcare procurement centers, recycling businesses, and the hospitality sector. He lives in the Greater Phoenix Area where he started his own manufacturer’s rep agency providing information and promoting poly carts, bulk containers, and BoxLatch™ Products throughout the Southwest. He enjoys building relationships with his clients so that, working together, they can improve productivity, enhance employee safety, minimize packaging waste and grow company profits.
Arizona | erik@boxlatch.com | 602-540-4500
Arthur Steadman – Manufacturers Representative
As the saying goes, “once a teacher, always a teacher.” Years ago, I taught & coached at the high school & junior college levels. Only difference from then to now is that my students are much “older” and working in businesses. After forty years selling packaging products & twenty-five as a Mfr’s Rep, I decided it was time to work for a company that embraces and incorporates a kind and gentle stewardship for Mother Earth. Box Latch™ Products made by Eco Latch Systems, LLC offers a wealth of opportunities that fulfill this objective.
Wisconsin | aarthursteadman@gmail.com | 414-719-2145
Philip M. Southam – Australian Associate and Sales Representative
Phil Southam is a retired CPA and former Australian Army Officer. He discovered Box Latch ™ Products while looking for a temporary box closure system for his valuable, portable CSXT N-Scale model railway modules. He found the solution in a Box Latch™ to close the flaps and a Corner Clip & Stack to hold them down and open. His passion for the products and their benefits resulted in a Skype-based friendship with Jack and Jim which, coupled with 45 years of experience developing extensive contacts in Australia, led to this position. Like Australia as a country, Phil has a commitment to reuse before recycling, as it makes both economic and environmental sense.
Adelaide, Australia | phil@boxlatch.com | +61 419-807-169
Bill Capelle – Distributor & Government Sales Representative
Bill has been involved with Industrial and Government Business Development for over 25 years working with large clients including 3M, Monsanto, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh Corporation, CH2M Hill, Bechtel, Fluor Enterprises, US Army Corps of Engineers, General Dynamics, Fermi Labs, Westinghouse Nuclear, NASA and many more, in the Custom Fabrication and Machining Arena. Bill is on the Board of Directors for the (NDIA) National Defense Industrial Association’s Great Lakes Chapter. He also teaches other veteran and small businesses how to do business with the US Government and military.
Green Bay, WI | bill@boxlatch.com | 920-676-5336
Julian Cook, Managing Director
Charlene Hurst, External Sales Manager
David Holt, Sales Director
Item Products (NPD) Ltd As of May 2019 Box Latch™ Products has a strategic alliance that makes Item Products, Ltd the European Associate for all direct sales, distributors and resellers in the UK and Western Europe. They are the UK’s leading designer and producer of components for the packaging industry. Their reputation has been secured by developing innovative solutions for major British and international companies and by providing next day delivery within their trading range. The foursome met at the Empack-Utrecht (NL) trade show in April 2018 and quickly realized our skills, personalities and product lines complemented each other’s so well that we would make a powerful team by working together.
UK | boxlatch@item-products.co.uk | + 44 1582 668022 | item-products.co.uk
Kyle Kummer – Creative Director | Website Manager | Graphic & Product Designer
Kyle Kummer is a metro-Milwaukee creative director, graphic designer, pro photographer and all around artist. He maintains over 30 years of print, web and advertising agency experience. Brand identity and image building are some of the many things he brings to the table. indevoxstudios.com
Wisconsin | kyle@indevoxstudios.com | 414-350-9087
Gary Hoffmann – Purchasing & IT
Gary’s prior career involved working 40 plus years in the metal fabrication industry. He retired in 2016 to pursue his hobbies of computers, golf and comparison shopping. He now maintains our companies’ computers and is our Purchasing Agent.
Wisconsin | 920-541-3404
Janelle Palermo – Director of Digital Marketing
Janelle has a Bachelor’s Degree from Cornell University and spent her post graduate career working as a Licensed Veterinary Technician. She is a go-getter and self-learner with over 15 years of customer service experience who attacks new challenges with vigor and confidence. Ecstatic to have become an asset to the Box Latch™ Products team, Janelle appreciates the company’s desire to live by their B-Corp mission supporting workforce diversity and flexibility. This position allows her to spend the time she desires with her toddler, Gabriella. Janelle resides in Clifton Park, NY with her husband Garrick, daughter and canine companion Snickers.
New York | janelle@boxlatch.com | 1-914-799-4367
Michael D. Pierce – Field Representative Specialist – Europe
Dr. Michael Pierce is a retired Army Officer. He has devoted most of his professional career to serving the nation. His overseas assignments resulted in his decision to live and work in Germany, where he spends much of his time supporting non-profit organizations working on behalf of U.S. Service members and their families. His long experience working in Europe and with the military community made him the perfect candidate for bringing Box Latch products to new markets in the commercial and government sectors of Germany and Central Europe. An energetic professional with a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, Mike has developed extensive contacts throughout the U.S. Military and related communities of interest.
Germany | michael@boxlatch.com | 920-541-3404