June 3, 2009 - Berg Companies Partnered With Philip R. LoSchiavo and Parallax Group, llc.
COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO – June 2, 2009 - Berg Companies, Inc. announced that Phil LoSchiavo, founder and managing partner of Parallax Group, LLC, has been named strategic planning adviser. LoSchiavo will consult and advise the Berg Companies military sales and marketing division. “We are lucky to have someone with Phil’s background and expertise come on board,” says Andrew Barrett, CEO of the Berg Companies. “Phil will be a perfect fit for us, as we rapidly grow our business into the military market.”
LoSchiavo has worked over twenty five years in the Department of the Army as a military officer. His career included varying positions within the Army, from troop units to staff, including two overseas assignments in Germany. LoSchiavo has also spent time at the Pentagon as a staff officer, and more recently assignments as Project Manager, Navigation Systems, in El Segundo, California and previously, the Product Manager Petroleum and Water Systems (PAWS) with TACOM in Warren, Michigan. After retiring from the US Armed forces, Phil started Parallax Group, LLC, a consulting firm based out of Florida. Phil’s education includes a BA in History, a MS in Contracts and Acquisition Management and a MBA in Business Administration, he is also a Certified Acquisition Professional.
The Berg Companies have been a stable of the Inland Northwest for over 125 years. The original Berg enterprise was formed as F.O. Berg in Spokane, Wash., in 1883, as a fabrication business for industrial fabrics, such as canvas. F.O. Berg has long-served the agricultural, mining and forest industries as well as the military. Berg was the original remote site camp provider in the inland Northwest and continues to provide remote site camp services today for our U.S. Troops. The Berg family of Companies has grown to include Berg Manufacturing, Berg Flexible Containment and Berg Integrated Systems, an enterprise of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Indians.
