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Ron Shaw
President and CEO
Pilot Pen Corporation of America
Ron Shaw left his 11-year career as a comedian to get a "real" job after he and his wife became parents. By applying
disciplines he learned in show business to his new job as a salesman for the Bic Pen Company, Mr. Shaw earned five promotions
in 14 years and, at age 30, became the youngest person in the industry to become national sales manager.
When he joined Pilot Pen Corporation of America in 1975, sales were stagnated at $1 million. Mr. Shaw quickly built sales and was
named president in 1986. Six years later, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the parent company, Pilot Corporation,
becoming one of only six Americans ever elevated to the board of any publicly held Japanese company. The following year he was
promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Pilot Pen Corporation of America, making him one of a select number of Americans to serve as
CEO of a Japanese company based in the United States.
Under Ron Shaw's leadership, Pilot Pen Corporation of America
has grown to nearly $200 million in annual sales. Mr. Shaw
is active in many industry and civic organizations at the
national and local levels.
He and his wife Phyllis have homes in Woodbridge, Connecticut, and Aventura, Florida. They have three children and five grandchildren.
| BIC CORPORATION |
| March 1961 |
Retail Salesman, Miami |
| July 1961 |
Zone Manager, Southern Florida |
| January 1962 |
Zone Manager, Atlanta |
| December 1962 |
Zone Manager, Chicago |
| September 1965 |
Regional Sales Manager, Detroit |
| November 1969 |
National Sales Manager, headquarters in Milford, Connecticut |
| PILOT PEN CORPORATION OF AMERICA |
| April 1975 |
National Sales Manager |
| December 1975 |
Vice President of Marketing |
| March 1978 |
Executive Vice President |
| March 1979 |
Director of the Company, in addition to Executive Vice President |
| May 1986 |
President |
| March 1992 |
Member of Board of Directors, Pilot Corporation, Tokyo (the parent company),
in addition to President of Pilot Pen Corporation of America |
| November 1993 |
Chief Executive Officer in addition to President of Pilot Pen Corporation of America |
Industry and Civic Organizations
- Anti-Defamation League: National Commissioner; Member of Connecticut Regional Board; Member of New Haven County Committee
- City of Hope National Medical Center, Los Angeles: Member of Executive Committee of Office Products Division
- Larry King Cardiac Foundation, Washington, DC: Member of Board of Directors
- Laticrete International, Bethany, Connecticut: Member of Board of Directors
- University of New Haven: Member of Board of Governors
- Tennis Foundation of Connecticut, Inc: Member of Board of Directors
- Shubert Theater, New Haven, Connecticut: Former Chairman of Board of Directors
- Office Products Manufacturers Association: Former President, Former Chairman of Board of Governors
- National Association of Writing Instruments Distributors: Former Chairman of Manufacturers Division
- Wholesale Stationers Association: Former Vice President of Manufacturers Division and Member of Board of Directors
Richard Krevolin is an author, playwright, screenwriter and professor of screenwriting at the University of Southern
California Cinema/TV School. A graduate of Yale University, Krevolin went on to earn a masters degree in screenwriting
at UCLA's School of Cinema-Television, and a master's degree in playwriting and fiction from USC. He is the author of
"Screenwriting From The Soul", and "How To Adapt Anything Into A Screenplay." He and his wife, Shana Smith, live in Los Angeles.
Phil Ehrenkranz and Ron Shaw have been friends for over 50 years -- since Shenandoah Jr. High in the early 50's.
After high school, Phil left Miami for Ohio State to study journalism, but turned to the law as an excuse to avoid
daily deadlines. He earned his law degree from George Washington University in 1964 and embarked on a 30-year
career as a litigator in Washington, DC. He retired as a partner of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, where he
had happily terrorized young lawyers' writing efforts. Not content to rest on these laurels, Phil sought more
victims as a freelance editor. Works that have fallen prey to his red pen include "Combat: Twelve Years
in the U.S. Senate," by Warren Rudman, "Six Months That Shook New York," by Eva Zeisel, and two novels
and "Magellan House," a book of short stories by John Rolfe Gardiner. He also has edited scholarly
manuscripts, emails and t-shirts.
Phil is a literacy tutor and long time poker player. He and Sandra,
his wife of 37 years, live on a small farm in Loudoun County, VA. He was last seen atop his tractor, bluegrass on
the headphones, rolling over the hills.
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