Executive Officers and Board Members


David Fox, President and Chief Executive Officer and director

Mr. Fox was a partner in LA Foods, a small, privately-held Los Angeles-based food liquidator from 1995 to 2003. At LA Foods, Mr. Fox was engaged in all aspects of the business including marketing, purchasing, sales import, finance, e-commerce and corporate matters. He left the firm in 2003, when its sales were approximately $20 million annually, to found Deja Foods, Inc. Mr. Fox is a member of Coldwater Finance LLC which owns and operates Grocery Liquidators of America LLC, which is a wholesale food and merchandise distributor and owner of two Buck-A-Roo$ stores and which supplies Buck-A-Roo$ Holding Corporation some of its merchandise. Mr Fox had served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Director since Deja Foods' inception in August 2003.


Barry S. Baer, Chief Financial Officer

Colonel Barry S. Baer joined us as our Chief Financial Officer in October 2007. He was the CFO at Obsidian Enterprises from February 2003 to March 2004, and at a number of manufacturing corporations including Max Katz Bag Company (March 2004 to the present), Apex Industries (August 2002 to December 2003) and Pharmaceutical Corporation of America (March 1993 to August 2002). Previously, he worked with the City of Indianapolis as its Director of Public Works. Currently, Colonel Baer also serves as CFO for Ecotality, Inc (ETLY) and is a member of the State of Indiana Unemployment Insurance Board.

He was a member of the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1992 ending his career as a Colonel. He received his certification as a Certified Public Accountant while serving on active duty in the Army. Colonel Baer's military service includes Commander of an armored cavalry troop in Vietnam; Director of the Accounting Systems for the U.S. Army; Commander of the 18th Finance Group during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in the first Gulf War and Deputy Chief of Staff for Resource Management for the Army Material Command.

Colonel Baer earned a BS (Accounting) and an MBA from the University of Colorado.

Colonel Baer was appointed Chief Financial Officer on October 1, 2007.


Larry J. Kosmont, CRE, director

Mr. Kosmont has been involved in real estate and investment since 1975. He founded Kosmont Companies, a full service real estate investment, development and advisory services firm, in 1986 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since that time. He served in the public sector from 1973 to 1986, and was the City Manager for the City of Bell Gardens and was the Director of Community Development for the City of Burbank. Mr. Kosmont is a former owner and Board member of Growers Transplanting, the largest agricultural transplanting company in California. He is a former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water District Board (representing Los Angeles) and presently serves as a State Commissioner on the California Economic Development Commission. He served on the Deja Foods, Inc. board of directors before resigning at the time the petition for Chapter 11 relief was filed by the Company. Mr Kosmont has rejoined as a director on December 3, 2007.


Gregory Perlman, director

Mr. Perlman is the Principal of GH Capital, a diversified real estate investment company with holdings throughout the United States. GH Capital owns more than 10,000 apartment units in thirteen states, with a combined market value in excess of $400 million and is actively acquiring existing projects. In addition, GH Capital's Hospitality division owns and develops hotels and resort master planned communities in California. GH Capital is based in Sherman Oaks, California with offices in Cincinnati, Ohio and Greenville, South Carolina and through its wholly owned subsidiaries employs over 300 people throughout the United States. Prior to joining GH Capital, Mr. Perlman's career has encompassed a wide spectrum of real estate acquisitions and development throughout the United States. Mr. Perlman is a graduate from the Boston University School of Management. Mr Perlman was appointed as a director on October 1, 2007.


Gary A. Agron, director

Mr. Agron has been a director since January 2008. He has been engaged in the private practice of securities law since 1977, with emphasis on representation of issuers and brokers-dealers in the public offering and private placement of equity securities. Mr. Agron earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Colorado.