Meet our Management Team. Each is highly qualified, and brings years of experience in all aspects of content and supply chain management.


Anthony Dubreville
President, Chief Executive and Chairman

Anthony (Tony) Dubreville is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Trade Service, the leading provider of product information services to the electrical, plumbing, HVACR, industrial, automotive and office products industries by providing business-critical information to its loyal 20,000 subscribers.

Mr. Dubreville joined Trade Service in 1984 and has built his successful career capitalizing on opportunities to grow the company. He has held a number of executive management positions and in 1999 was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. He credits his success and longevity to the commitment and talents of those around him. The epitome of a team player, Tony strives to convey that it is the efforts of the people not just his own, that have made Trade Service such an admirable and successful company.

With more than 20 years of industry experience, Dubreville is strongly committed to strengthening and expanding Trade Service’s market and product reach as it strives to maintain and bolster its leadership position through continual customer involvement and strategic acquisition.

Mr. Dubreville is a graduate of San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with emphasis in both Accounting and Finance.





Steven Borgardt
Chief Financial Officer

Steven Borgardt, Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for all of Trade Service’s financial and administrative activities, including business unit performance, financial reporting and planning, legal and administration.

Prior to joining Trade Service in 2000 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Borgardt was CFO for Aonix Corporation, a San Diego-based software tools developer with extensive European operations. Borgardt's previous experience includes 16 years as Vice President of Finance and CFO for publicly held, high technology companies involved in developing, manufacturing and distributing mobile wireless communications systems, and aerospace telemetry acquisition and processing systems. He also spent four years in the San Diego office of the international accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PriceWaterhouseCoopers).

Borgardt is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience in SEC reporting, and public and private financing. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accouting from San Diego State University.

James LaGrossa
Senior Vice President, Content Operations

As Senior Vice President of Trade Service's Content Operations, Jim LaGrossa's goal is to continue to refine and successfully integrate a combination of automated content-based rules, along with our team of domain experts. "We have found that more and more data is available electronically, and that checking the accuracy of this data through automated tools and scripts can definitely save an enormous amount of time, however, it doesn't replace the need for knowledgeable people to review the data".

At i2 Technologies, LaGrossa ran their Global Content Operations. Prior to joining i2, Jim spent years working with Verizon's large content databases and converted much of their paper and film based technologies to newer delivery mediums utilizing electronic media and the web.

LaGrossa earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Management at Rutgers University and his Master's at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.

Tod Moore
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing

As Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Tod Moore is responsible for overseeing sales execution, marketing communications, alliances and customer service. With over 20 years experience helping MRO distribution markets use content to maximize their profitability, Moore has the proven leadership and expertise to expand Trade Service's direct and indirect sales channels, and increase its penetration in its core vertical markets.

Moore joined Trade Service in 1990 as Marketing Manager of the office products division. In 1995, he was promoted to General Manager, and then rose to President of the division in 1998.

Moore has held various prominent board positions within several associations, including the National Office Products Association and the Wholesale Distributor Association. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Washington State University.

Sumana Rao
Vice President, Sales & Customer Relations

As Vice President of Sales & Customer Relations, Rao’s key objectives are to lead her team towards increasing sales by delivering world class product solutions. She works closely with customers, listening and understanding their needs, suggestions and concerns. By paying attention to feedback and channeling it into Trade Service’s product development, she continuously enhances the product and service offerings delivered to customers.

Rao joined the company in 2001, and has managed several functions within the company including Customer Support, Information Technology, Quality Control, and Production Control.

Prior to joining Trade Service, she held various positions in the areas of Business Development, and Sales & Project Management at i2 Technologies, Vallin.com and Times of India.

Rao earned her Master of Science degree in Management Information Systems from University of Texas, and her Master of Business Administration Degree in Marketing from T.A.Pai Management Institute, Manipal, India.

Robert Stone
Director, Sales & Business Development

Robert (Bob) Stone joined Trade Service in 2000, bringing with him vast experience serving the distribution industry. As Director of Sales & Business Development, Stone utilizes his expertise and in-depth knowledge of distributor operations to shape Trade Service’s product offerings to deliver maximum value. In his role, Stone works closely with distributors to gain a thorough understanding of their pricing service and catalog content use models in order to transform their requirements into product features that provide the desired benefits. Stone also extends his proven leadership to the Trade Service customer service team, sharing his customer-focused vision not only to the development of Trade Service products, but to the delivery as well. For over 30 years, Stone has acted as a strong advocate for his distributor customers, resulting in his ability to extract the “real world” content product requirements that distributors need to be successful.

Prior to Trade Service, Stone spent 20 years at Howard W. Sams & Company, serving in several executive management positions, including overseeing the distributor catalog operations, which eventually led to his role as Director of Sales for the catalog division. During his tenure at Sams, Stone worked with hundreds of distributors in the PHCP, Electrical, and Industrial verticals, tailoring catalog marketing programs that helped these distributors increase their sales, improve their customer service, and streamline their operations.

Stone received his Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering from ITT Technical Institute in Indianapolis, and attended the Indiana University School of Business.

Philip Bishop
General Manager, Nu-Way Automotive

As General Manager of Nu-Way Automotive, Phil Bishop has responsibility for all aspects of the business unit including sales, marketing, operations and administration. After more than 25 years in the automotive aftermarket, Phil provides Nu-Way and its customer base valuable industry experience with distribution systems, e-commerce and data management. Bishop works closely with his distributor and manufacturer customers and value added resellers (VARs) to insure that the Nu-Way content and electronic delivery methods provide the greatest possible value to the end user.

Bishop joined Trade Service in 1998 as General Manager of the Nu-Way business unit based in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to that he served for 15 years as Vice President of LoadStar Systems, a division of Triad (now Activant), where he was responsible for sales and field service operations, and was heavily involved in system design. At LoadStar, Bishop pioneered UPC implementation and complex pricing matrices in the aftermarket. Bishop also held sales and marketing positions with Purolator Products and Ford Motor Company.

Bishop received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. He has served on many industry committees including the Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), Product Information Exchange Standard (PIES), and Category Management committees.

Michael Podoris
Director of Product Management

Michael (Mike) Podoris has been with Trade Service since 2004 and is responsible for product management. In his role, Podoris works closely with customers, partners, marketing and sales, and the development team to define and deliver Trade Service solutions including TRA-SER SX, Supplier Xchange and Submittal Manager.

Prior to joining Trade Service, Podoris worked at i2 Technologies as Manager of data services responsible for enriching, standardizing, and normalizing customer data in support of Supply Chain and Supplier Relationship Management enterprise software deployments. Podoris also spent 13 years working at EDS in operations, customer onsite support, and managing large-scale software development and deployment projects.

Podoris received a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Oakland University, a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Walsh College and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Pam Prager
Accounting Manager

Pam Prager, Accounting Manager, manages all areas of finance and accounting. Prager and her staff are responsible for recording the financial transactions of the Company through accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash flow, general ledger, tax compliance, financial analysis and financial reporting.

Before joining Trade Service in 1992, Prager worked eight years in the accounting profession in San Diego in both small and large company environments.

Prager earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems Management at San Diego State University and completed the core Accounting requirements in the Master of Accountancy Science program at California State University, Sacramento and San Diego State University.

Shirley Vaughn
Director, Customer Support & Product Management

As the Director of Customer Support and Product Management, Vaughn’s key objectives are to work closely with customers, partners, and marketing and sales to help develop and deliver new Trade Service solutions instrumental to the industries they serve. She also leads the Customer Support team which works diligently at providing a high level of service to our subscriber base.  Vaughn’s knowledge of the operational aspects of the Trade Service business is key to helping resolve customer support issues.

Vaughn joined Trade Service in 1986, and has managed a variety of functions within the organization including Database Operations, Data Entry, Imaging, and Trade Match. Prior to joining Trade Service, Vaughn was employed by Walker Scott, a department store chain, as their Operations Manager. She brings over 35 years of management experience with her, as well as a strong working knowledge of most of the operational processes utilized by Trade Service.

Vaughn earned her Associate Degree in Information Technology from ATI Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana.