Logistical shuffle in CEO suite

Eric Baird, the Business Observer's 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, has taken a less active role in day-to-day operations of the fast-growing package forwarding company he founded, MyUS.com.

Baird will retain a seat on the firm's board of directors, says an official at the company, which reported $65 million in 2012 sales. That official, Sandy Smith with Ponte Vedra Beach-based Logisticap Partners, which assisted MyUS.com on a private equity deal last year, adds that Baird was “instrumental” in hiring the CEO who replaced him. That CEO is Sunil Bhatt, who previously held executive sales and marketing positions with Expedia and Hotels.com, among other firms.

“We all have a great deal of respect for everything Eric has done,” Smith tells Coffee Talk. “Eric has chosen to not be there on a day-to-day basis. He sold part of the company, but he's still involved in it. He's still a very large investor.”