Meet the Owners

Rand H. Falbaum was born in Shreveport, LA on June 4, 1958 and is now a resident of Elm Grove, LA on Lake Bisteneau . He graduated from Captain Shreve High School in 1976. Mr. Falbaum received a BBA degree in Marketing from Texas A+M University in 1980 and a MBA degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982.

Mr. Falbaum received his CPA license in 1984.

Mr. Falbaum began his career in banking 1982 with First National Bank of Dallas . He held several Banking Officer positions in Real Estate, Special Assets, and Venture Capital until his return home to Shreveport in 1985 to move into the Presidency of Gordon, Inc., a then small family manufacturer of commercial ceiling/building products located today in a 265,000 sf facility in Bossier City, LA.

Over the last 30 years Mr. Falbaum has overseen the growth and expansion of his firm to include cleanroom building products, acoustical panels, data center ceilings and correctional ceilings…some of the growth occurred from the acquisition of companies located in Syracuse, NY, New Orleans, LA, and Nashua, NH. Following the development and involvement of several key executives over the last ten years, and sale of this company to his employees through the formation of an ESOP in early 2010; Mr. Falbaum has expanded his business interests into the ownership, management and mentoring of a number of local and regional businesses some of which are listed here. Mr. Falbaum continues as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Gordon, Inc.

Mr. Falbaum is a local real estate developer and operator with a number of local real estate interests including five local self storage facilities, numerous industrial, office and retail properties including the Shoppes at Bellemead, Ashley Ridge Business Park, and the Home Design Center. Mr. Falbaum is co-owner of Sound Fighter Systems, a manufacturer of highway sound barriers sold throughout the U.S. Sound Fighter Systems was the recipient of the Shreveport Chamber of “Small Business of the year” in 2006. He is co-owner of CRM Studios, a full-service media production company that offers a diverse range of film/video, digital and high definition production services from a state-of-the-art 48,000 sf facility in Las Colinas, Texas and an office in Shreveport. He is co-owner of the Shreveport/Bossier and Wichita, Kansas franchises of PODS . He is co-owner of Versa Finance, a consumer finance company, and co-owner of Pelican Security Network, a security alarm company with offices in Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Mandeville, Shreveport, Dallas and Naples, FL.

Mr. Falbaum was the recipient of the “Businessman of the Year” award by the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce in 2006 and he is a 2007 Laureate of the Junior Achievement of North Louisiana Business Hall of Fame awarded to the top businessmen of the region. Mr. Falbaum was the youngest recipient ever of this award. Mr. Falbaum was also awarded “Samaritan of the Year” in 2011 by the Samaritan Center of Shreveport/Bossier; and the “Outstanding Philanthropist” in 2011 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals North Louisiana Chapter.

Mr. Falbaum is a member of the Willis Knighton Health System Board of Trustees, a $2 Billion Hospital system which is the largest Hospital system in the State of Louisiana. Mr. Falbaum serves on several private boards including Argent Trust, a regional Trust Services Company. He is a past Chairman of the Louisiana Chapter of the Young Presidents Association and served on the Executive Committee of the Western Area Board of YPO. He is a recently retired board member of two industry trade associations, both the Association of Walls and Ceilings Industry and the Ceilings and Interiors Construction Association .

Mr. Falbaum has been very involved with the community, serving as Past Chairman of Sci-Port Discovery Center, Past Chairman of the Greater Bossier Economic Development Foundation, Past Chairman of the Biomedical Research Foundation, Past Chairman of the Cohabitat of Shreveport/Bossier and Past Chairman of the Shreveport-Bossier Manufacturers Managers Council. He has also served on the boards the Committee of 100, the Shreveport Bossier Community Foundation, the Robinson Film Center, and the business advisory board for Centenary College. He has also served as a member of the Louisiana State Committee of 100 and the Public Affairs Research Council and as a Trust Advisor for the Zita Trust to benefit Holy Angels Residential Facility for the mentally retarded.

Married to his high school sweetheart Susan Adams since 1981, they have two children, Erin, who graduated from Emory University in Atlanta and has a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling from Georgia State University, and is a Mental Health Therapist at Ridgeview Institute and lives with her husband Frank Hinek in Atlanta; and Evan, who graduated from The University of Alabama Birmingham and is a freelance Multimedia Designer and independent film director and resides in Shreveport with his wife Erica. Mr. Falbaum is also a licensed pilot with Flight Instructor, Commercial and Airline Transport Pilot ratings and travels by piloting his own airplane.