Crawford Shaw, President & Chairman of the Board
Extensions, Inc. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President, has been an international lawyer, financier and management consultant in the past thirty years. Previously, Mr. Shaw was a partner with Shaw and Reed, practicing in the areas of international law and finance. At Shaw and Reed, which he founded, Mr. Shaw served as legal, financial and management consultant to several small and medium sized private and public companies. Mr. Shaw graduated from Yale College in 1958 and Yale Law School in 1961. He is a former Fellow of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and was Assistant Editor of A Lawyer’s Guide to International Business Transactions, published by the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute. Mr. Shaw is a member of the New York Bar and was admitted to practice before the Appellate Division and Court of Appeals in New York, as well as the United States Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of International Trade.
B. B. Tuley, Chief Financial Officer & Director
Extension, Inc, Director and Chief Financial Officer, graduated with a BBA from Southern Methodist University. He later conducted graduate studies at the University of Dallas and Georgia State University. From there he began an audit and tax accounting career with Ernst & Young (Arther Young & Company) in Dallas, Texas from 1962 to 1968. He then continued his professional career through 1974 with East Texas Motor Freight Lines, Inc. as assistant to the Chairman of the Board followed by a promotion to CFO. From there he became CFO of Refrigerated Transport, Inc., an AMEX company based in Atlanta, GA, where he was instrumental in obtaining a $20 million private placement for the company. In 1978, he rejoined Ernst & Young (Arthur Young & Company) as a tax partner and established and served as partner-in-charge of the Emerging Business Group in Dallas. He then joined Michaels Stores, Inc., an AMEX company, in 1984 as CFO and assistant to the chairman and vice-chairman of the Board. In 1986 he was promoted to President and CEO. For the next 4 years, Michaels grew from 40 stores and $100 million in annual revenue to 120 stores and almost $400 million in annual revenue. In 1990, he left Michaels to perform turnaround and interim management services. From 1990 to today his turnarounds include Silk Greenhouse, Inc., Pic ‘N Pay Stores, Inc, Hedstrom Corporation, Muzak LLC, and NexPak Corp. He currently operates his own turnaround consulting company, The Equity Enhancement Group in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Mahesh Kanojia, Director
Dr. Kanojia completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 1979 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama; completed fellowship in Hematology in 1980 at the University of Georgia; and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. He later joined the faculty of MD Anderson and pursued a research program in Bone Marrow Transplantation and advanced chemotherapy of gastro-intestinal cancers. In 1983, Dr. Kanojia established the Julie and Ben Rogers Cancer Institute. In 1997, he established the Beaumont Cancer Institute. In 2004, Dr. Kanojia was awarded a faculty position at the SVYASA Yoga University in Bangalore, India and received a diploma in Ayurveda from Ayurvedic Institute of America.
Craig C. Reed, Director
Extensions, Inc. Director graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Massachusetts followed in 1982 with by a Masters of Business Administration from the Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute in Cambridge, MA. From 1977 to 1981 he served the US Navy, achieving the rank of Lieutenant. He continued his Naval service through the Navy Reserve until 1994, when he retired. His banking career began in 1982 as Controller of the First National Bank of Boston’s Luxembourg Branch. From here he moved to Associate Director of Fearnley Finance AG in 1986 where he conducted project finance and advisory services. Later, in 1988, he was General Director of Pentagoet, SA in Paris, where he continued his project finance and financial engineering services. In 1992, he moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia where he created the first western (Swiss/US/Russian) bank in the city. He served as Director until 1994. In 1995, he joined Loze Associes as their Director of International Operations where he structured and managed offshore funds totaling $100 million. From here, he became a Senior Consultant for Philips Consumer Communications in Le Mans, France. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Reed worked for Phillips Petroleum Company in Perth, Australia and Barlesville, Oklahoma. In 2002, he moved to Houston, Texas as Senior Logistics Consultant, and later Contracts Manager, for ConocoPhillips Petroleum.
