Ed became CEO of Archibald in April of 2010. He has been a Director of AFD since 2002 when his investment firm, Easton Capital Partners, first made an equity investment in AFD in 2002.

For twelve years prior to joining Easton Capital in 2000, Ed was an Executive Vice President of Constitution Capital Corp., a private equity investment company he helped form. While at CCC, he negotiated, structured and closed equity investments in a variety of industries, including optical retailing, liquor distribution, information storage, food service, golf course development, real estate and glass manufacturing. Ed began his financing career with E.F Hutton in 1977, became Vice President in Corporate Finance with Shearson in 1979, and a Managing Director with Goldome Strategic Investments in 1985, before forming Constitution Capital. He is a Board member of Archibald Frozen Desserts and JavaBrands LLC and a Board observer of Zambelli Fireworks Internationale. Ed is an Honors graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio and received his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Ed's food and beverage investment activity dates back to June of 1989, when Constitution Capital invested $2.25 million of equity in the purchase of Charles Gilman and Sons, a leading Massachusetts liquor and wine distributor. In October of 1999 Constitution Capital invested $3.15 million in Yorkshire Global Restaurants, the owner of A & W Restaurants and Long John Silvers. The investment was sold in 2002 to YUM Brands, adding to their portfolio of restaurant chains that includes KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.