Thomas J. Slover was from January 2008 to January 2012 a senior executive (Chairman and CEO) at Shoe Sensation, Inc., a Palisade Capital and Consumer Growth Partners portfolio company operating a chain of family shoe stores in the Midwest. Previously he was the President and CEO of Foot Locker Europe, from 2002 to 2005. He is a senior executive with over 30 years of retail experience including 13 years of working internationally in Europe and Asia with recognized accomplishments in management, consumer product sourcing, buying, planning, and information systems development. He has managed the $1.0 billion Foot Locker Europe chain, growing the division from 377 stores in 2002 to over 500 stores in 2005. He has also managed footlocker.com/Eastbay, the on-line and catalog division of Foot Locker, Inc., growing the profits of that division from $1 million in 2000 to $40 million in 2002, 11.5% of sales. He had 10 years of experience managing Product Development for both Foot Locker and Payless ShoeSource.