Joe Kubicek

About Joe Kubicek

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP:I am a multi-talented senior executive with deep experience across the Healthcare, Industrial, and Life Sciences sectors, and a 30-year track record leading organizations to growth and profitability. I have a diverse strategic and operational background spanning M&A, FP & A, Operations, and Supply Chain working in both public as well as private equity backed companies. Some of my key strengths are strong business acumen, results-orientation, work ethic, and leading high performing teams. I value the importance of strategic planning as well as execution in order to drive decisions that positively impact revenue, EBITDA, cash flow, and customer satisfaction. I have extensive international experience, am fluent in Spanish, and enjoy influencing and leading organizations. M&A :I’ve been involved in 10+ mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures including sourcing deals, strategic evaluation, due diligence, and integration. While at Ansell Healthcare, I played a key role in supporting the largest integration in the history of the company, successfully integrating BSSI into the company to achieve $10M in annual synergies. I also established the strategic long-term plan and globalized the Single Use business segment. FINANCE, MANUFACTURING, SOURCING, SUPPLY CHAIN & DISTRIBUTION:The earlier backbone of my career is in finance, manufacturing, sourcing, global supply chain, and distribution. While at CardinalHealth Corporation, I held progressive leadership roles in these areas and helped drive positive results. I was ultimately promoted to CFO for the company’s Supply Chain Services Medical Division, where I held financial reporting responsibility for an $8B North American distribution and kitting business of medical and surgical products. STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO RATIONALIZATION & GROWTH: Key to my success has been the ability to make the hard decisions regarding the business: when to grow – when to contract – when to divest – and where to expand. As President of Ansell’s $800M Healthcare Global division, I invested resources in a new business unit focused on Life Sciences and I also shifted strategy for the Surgical Glove business to accelerate growth by strengthening its synthetic portfolio and expanding the product line for emerging markets. As CFO/COO of BSSI, I strategically rationalized and broadened the portfolio, pursuing opportunities in non-acute healthcare and Industrial markets, including expansion into the broader personal protective equipment (PPE).

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Handgards

   Oct 2020 — Present · El Paso, TX, US

   Leader for North American Food Service company focused on disposable products. Successfully transitioned a 60 year old family-owned business to a more dynamic growth-oriented Private Equity backed enterprise (purchased by Wind Point Partners in 2020). Led the acquisition of Fineline Settings in 2022, expanding Handgards into other food service markets and disposable products.

Education

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, International Business

  1988 — 1989

• University of Houston

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Spanish Language and Literature, Finance Minor

  1983 — 1988