Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 15, 2001
LARRY T. CLEMONS has been Director of Urecoats Industries, Inc., since
April 12, 2000, President and Chief Operating Officer since February 8,
1999, and Treasurer since March 1, 1999; Treasurer of Urecoats
International since March 1, 1999; and Treasurer of Urecoats
Technologies since July 1, 1999. Mr. Clemons moved to South Florida in
1981 and started Raffles Bar & Grill, Dadeland Mall, Miami, FL. From
1981-1983, he taught speed-reading at the Reading Learn Center of South
Florida. From 1983-1986, Mr. Clemons worked for Holman Enterprises (Fort
Lauderdale Lincoln-Mercury), in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He started the
fleet operation department and was the Director of ASC McLaren Sales and
Ford Development OEM Program (Prototype Convertible), where he developed
the first automotive showroom and sales in the Galleria Mall. Starting
from the ground up, he directed three new divisions for Holman
Enterprises and Fort Lauderdale Lincoln-Mercury and achieved the top 10
Sales Award in the Page 6 Nation for three consecutive years. From 1986
to 1989, he worked for ASC, Southgate, Michigan. Mr. Clemons was hired
by Heinz Prechter, Industrialist of the Year and Chairman of ASC, as
Project Sales and Marketing Coordinator. He was responsible for bringing
the prototype ASC McLaren Convertible to Ford Dealerships nationwide,
under the newly designed Ford Mustang chassis and image; prototype
Chevrolet Camaro convertible, achieving full production OEM status
within one year of development; General Motors Pontiac Division assuming
production rights for the Pontiac Firebird Convertible; and developing
the "Sun In The Fun" program for South Florida Ford Dealers with the
Ford Escort. From 1989-1991, he maintained a personal relationship with
Heinz Prechter and worked independently in sales and consulting on
Vintage Ferraris. In 1992, he owned and operated his first Art Museum
and Gallery in Fort Lauderdale, FL, "Peace for the Planet." In 1993, he
brought the Peter Max Art Exhibit from the "Hermitage Museum," St.
Petersburg, Russia (Leningrad), to Nashville, Tennessee. From 1994 to
1999, he opened and operated "Gallery 721," a premier Art Gallery, in
Fort Lauderdale, FL, and initiated the Flagler Village real estate
project in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Mr. Clemons attended the University of
Kentucky, Lexington, KY, from 1977 to 1979. Profile
company?
Mr. Clemons: For the past three years, Urecoats has been working to
develop a membrane made from recycled tires and
