Gary A. Kiedaisch

Gary A. Kiedaisch is the current director at Purple, and has also held positions at Gunstock Mountain Resort, BigMouth Inc., and Igloo Products Corporation. From October 2015 to January 2017, they were the executive chairman at BigMouth Inc. Prior to that, they were the chairman and CEO at Igloo Products Corporation from October 2008 to January 2015. Gary transformed the company from 8 years of flat growth to 10.9% CAGR over 7 year period. The company was sold in 2014, returning 29.9% IRR to investors. Kiedaisch was awarded Ernst & Young Transformational Entrepreneurial CEO of the Year for Gulf Coast Region in 2014 for Igloo's team performance.

Gary A. Kiedaisch studied liberal arts at Calvin Coolidge College and took some pre-law classes.