Thomas Mihalek has been named CEO of Provo-based Champion Safe Co. Mihalek has been under contract as a strategic consultant to Champion Safe for the past few months to learn, assess and provide recommendations for operational improvements at Champion Safe.
Champion Safe is owned by American Rebel Holdings Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee, and markets safe and security products under the American Rebel, Champion Safe, Superior Safe and Safe Guard brands.
Mihalek has designed outreach programs within the shooting, hunting and outdoor industry on both the national and state level and has done lobby work for military and Second Amendment rights programming. He has decades of interaction with the distributor, dealer and consumer sales channels, working for Smith & Wesson and Savage Arms. He brings a blend of manufacturing, operations, sales, marketing skills and bottom-line business experience to Champion Safe, the company said.
“Tom Mihalek is the type of experienced, successful, hard-working leader that we look for as we build out American Rebel, and we are fortunate that he has accepted the CEO position at our wholly owned subsidiary, Champion Safe Co. We are convinced that Tom is the ideal choice as the next leader of Champion Safe,” said Andy Ross, chairman and CEO American Rebel Holdings. “We’re not just a safe company, we are a patriotic lifestyle brand and a proud supporter of the Second Amendment.”
“Proud to say that I have acquired a great appreciation and understanding of manufacturing operations, both large and small. An efficient process is needed to truly maximize profitability and to continue to consistently deliver products that are of the highest quality to our dealer network and our end consumers,” said Mihalek. “‘Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life’ is one of my favorite quotes. I am bullish about the opportunity to accelerate the introduction of the American Rebel-branded safes and to continue to work with the senior team at Champion.”