Mr. Briggs is a native of Clarksville, TN having received his education in public schools and graduating from Austin Peay in 1978. Mr. Briggs obtained his CPA license in Tennessee in 1982.He began his career in public accounting with Peat Marwick (now KPMG) and then worked 9 years for Ingram Industries/Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM). During his career with Ingram, he worked in finance and serving in operating positions in both the coal and computer distribution businesses, ultimately holding position of COO of Ingram Computer and then CFO post-merger with Micro D . His career at Ingram spanned from 1980 to 1989. During this period, revenues increased from $300 million to $1.0 billion at IM. After his service at Ingram, Mr. Briggs worked for Intelligent Electronics, (INEL: NASDAQ), first as the CFO of the company, then CEO of the reseller division from 1990 to 1996. During Mr. Briggs’ tenure , Intelligent Electronics revenues increased from $300 million to $3.7 billion in six years. Following Intelligent Electronics, Mr. Briggs became CEO of Softbank Services from 1996 through 2003, a business process outsourcing company later renamed ClientLogic after acquisition by Onex (TSX :Onex) and headquartered in Nashville (now Sitel/Acticall). During his six-year tenure ClientLogic revenues increased from $65 million to $400 million; the number of employees increased from 1,200 to 12,000; the organization’s footprint was increased from 4 locations to 42 locations in 12 countries with 15,000 employees; and completed a $100 million round of private financing in 2000. Mr. Briggs subsequently served as Chairman, Founder and CEO Premier BPO, LLC. from 2003 through 2018 and subsequently re-joined Premier as Founder in February, 2023. Premier BPO, Inc. is a back-office outsourcing company that employs associates in the US, China, India and Pakistan and provides services for U.S., Canadian and United Kingdom businesses. The company was founded in late 2003 and currently employees around 1,200 associates, including locations for an affiliated company.After his initial services at Premier BPO, Mr. Briggs served as CEO of dinCloud, Inc, which Premier BPO purchased in 2017 and sold to ATSG in 2021 after which Mr. Briggs joined ATSG as BU GM until January , 2023.