Ryan Vero joined OfficeMax in 1994 and has held numerous positions within the company. While Mr. Vero was executive vice president of e-Commerce/Direct, he was instrumental in the 1995 launch of OfficeMax's award-winning e-Commerce site, OfficeMax.com. Mr. Vero also served as divisional vice president of OfficeMax Online.
Mr. Vero became executive vice president of merchandising and marketing of OfficeMax in October 2001. He also has been involved in a variety of merchandising and marketing areas including advertising, promotions and visual planning. In addition, Mr. Vero was responsible for OfficeMax's product buying groups, which included the management of OfficeMax's 18 merchandise categories.
When Boise Cascade Corporation acquired OfficeMax in 2003, Mr. Vero served as executive vice president of merchandising. Then in 2005, Mr. Vero was promoted to executive vice president and chief merchandising officer.
Mr. Vero received his M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.
