HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2007) — AKH Co. Inc., which does business as Discount Tire Centers of California, has hired Mike Schaeper as its new chief financial officer (CFO).
Mr. Schaeper comes to the Huntington Beach-based dealership “with a broad general and financial senior management background,” the company said. He spent 17 years in the aerospace industry, the last five of those as CFO for a company that manufactures windows and windshields for both military and commercial aircraft.
For the past seven years Mr. Schaeper worked for a home decor manufacturer and wholesale distributor that supplies a number of major U.S. retailers. From 1995 to 2000, he was the senior vice president and CFO for Vista Paint Corp., a California-based manufacturer and retail distributor of paints and architectural coatings. While there he was involved in the expansion of the company, increasing its store count to 50 from 35 in a three-year period, according to AKH.
The company said Mr. Schaeper joins Discount Tire Centers as the firm “is strategizing a five-year plan of expansion.”