Michael Kraus is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Expak Logistics. Mr. Kraus began his career with the New York based private equity firm, Chancery Lane Capital and Chancery’s principal investment vehicle, Big Flower Holdings. Following the sale of Big Flower in 1999, Mr. Kraus was a chief architect of Chancery’s PIPE investment in Moore Corporation in 2000 and subsequently joined Moore and helped engineer the sale of Moore’s successor, Moore Wallace, to RR Donnelley & Sons Company (Nasdaq: RRD), creating an approximately $11 billion global printing and business services company. Mr. Kraus served in various operating roles for RR Donnelley, including responsibility for the company’s Logistics, Asia and Europe operations. Following RR Donnelley, Mr. Kraus was the Managing Member of Krest Capital, a Los Angeles-based private investment and advisory firm and a Principal with OpenGate Capital, a global private investment firm. In his capacity at Krest and OpenGate, Mr. Kraus completed numerous investments and operational turnarounds across a variety of industries, including paper, packaging, food and beverage and supply chain operations, amongst others.

Mr. Kraus graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Bucknell University in 1994 and currently serves on the Alumni Board of Directors of Bucknell University. He is also a board member of Phoenix House of California and the Jewish Graduate Student Initiative.