William A. Zebedee

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  Carbite Golf - golf equipment, putters, wedges, and... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/12/2005    Last Visited: 9/12/2005  

  William A. Zebedee is president and chief executive officer of Carbite Golf, having assumed those positions in 2002 after a lengthy career in a number of industries.
  
  From 1995-2001, he was engaged in private venture capital activities, and for eight years before that was president and owner of an aluminum recycling and trading company.Previously, Zebedee was president of Dollar Corp. in Detroit for three years and chairman/president of Hovermarine Corp. in Southampton, UK, for eight years.
  
  Additionally, his extensive career includes seven years as a general partner of Pennstar Equities in Pittsburgh; two years with Crucible Steel, also in Pittsburgh, as director of corporate planning; and four years as a financial analyst with General Motors in New York.
  
  A native of Detroit, he attended Dartmouth College where he received a B.A. degree in economics in 1959 and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.Following graduation he served in the US Navy as a gunnery officer aboard the USS Midway.
  
  An avid golfer, Zebedee is married, has three adult children and resides in San Diego.

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  Carbite Golf - golf equipment, putters, wedges, and... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/11/2008    Last Visited: 9/8/2006  

  CARLSBAD, CA , 27 January 05 , Carbite Golf will debut five new putters and a new line of wedges at the PGA Show (Booth 3241) in Orlando that begins today, it was announced by Bill Zebedee, Carbite president.
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  Zebedee explains, ,The Blade putter retains the classic look and feel, while the Z Mallet is a new shape that incorporates the best and latest thinking from Carbite,s designers.,
  
  Also new for 2005 is the Lady Carbite , designed especially for women.It,s a smaller version of the TRi Mallet, with special weight distribution and a grip tailored for women.The putter heads will be available in two chic colors, pink and sea green, with matching headcovers. ,Also,, says Zebedee, ,a special Lady Carbite logo will be engraved on the bottom of each putter.,
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  ,Legends just don,t die,, Zebedee says, ,and this year, Carbite Golf, one of the consistent leaders in putter technology since the 1980s, is stepping into the picture with The Big Otey . Using Otey,s traditional concept of an aluminum and brass clubhead,, Zebedee says, ,Carbite has applied precision computerized machining techniques and the latest in weight distribution technology to produce a putter that is sure to become a classic.

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  Carbite Golf emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/14/2004    Last Visited: 11/2/2004  

  Carbite Golf President Bill Zebedee told PGA.com that his company -- contrary to some media reports -- never completely shut down operations, and that the success of its 2003 and ,04 putter lines allowed it to present a proposal that the Bankruptcy Court accepted.
  
  "We,re emerging from (bankruptcy) with all of our past sins essentially behind us, with a clean balance sheet and I would say poised for a strong retail entry in ,05,,, said Zebedee, who came on as president at the request of Carbite,s board of directors shortly before the bankruptcy filing in November 2002.
  
  "Basically what we,ve done the past two years is attempt to polish the (Carbite) name and clean up our act with retailers and green grass shops," Zebedee said."I think we,ve made a lot of progress.We have no quality issues and we do what we say we,re going to do.I can,t tell you we,re always Johnny on the spot in terms of deliveries, but we try our best.,,
  
  Carbite,s product line -- trimmed down significantly from its free-spending days in the late 1990s, includes the Tri-Weight Series of mallet and blade putters and the Tour Classic blade putter with the company,s Polar Balanced technology.Zebedee said Carbite will introduce new putter lines early next year but will never have the kind of excess inventories of the previous management that helped lead to the bankruptcy filing.
  
  "We had about a 10-year supply of left-handed putters -- and much of it was inferior quality.We also had gone into a whole range of new designs, some of which not well though out, and we had a lot of warranty issues,,, Zebedee said.
  
  Despite those problems -- now all behind -- the company managed to retain a lot of equity in the Carbite name among consumers.
  
  "The average golfer had a pretty good feeling about the name, so our focus, in particular, was to make sure we got the quality right, the technology up to date and pegged the price at price point that was attractive to the market place.Our product returns the past two years have been negligible,,, Zebedee said.

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  Golf Gear Review - Article Archive - 2005-01 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/31/2004    Last Visited: 2/9/2005  

  Carbite Golf will debut five new putters and a new line of wedges at the PGA Show (Booth 3241) in Orlando, it was announced by Bill Zebedee, Carbite president.

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  GolfDigest.com - The Insider - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/29/2002    Last Visited: 12/3/2002  

  Carbite Golf's new president and CEO William A. Zebedee admits to limited knowledge of the golf industry.Still, his business experience may be just what Carbite needs.His background is as a venture capitalist involved in corporate turnarounds.Carbite, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, certainly needs to turn around.Plans for the future are already being made -- a new putter line is to be introduced early next year. ...
  
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  PGATOUR.com - Technologically advanced putters are... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/1995    Last Visited: 7/7/2008  

  "The company has suffered from some bad products and bad finances," said Bill Zebedee, who joined Carbite as president/CEO in 2002.

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  Published on: 1/5/2005    Last Visited: 1/5/2005  

  Bill Zebedee, president of Carbite, said Carbite never completely shut down operations, and that the success of its 2003 and 2004 putter lines allowed it to present a proposal that the Bankruptcy Court accepted.
  
  "We're emerging from (bankruptcy) with all of our past sins essentially behind us, with a clean balance sheet and I would say poised for a strong retail entry in '05,"' said Zebedee, who came on as president at the request of Carbite's board of directors shortly before the bankruptcy filing in November 2002.
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  Zebedee said Carbite will introduce new putter lines early next year but will never have the kind of excess inventories of the previous management that helped lead to the bankruptcy filing.
  
  "We had about a 10-year supply of left-handed putters, and much of it was inferior quality," Zebedee said."We also had gone into a whole range of new designs, some of which not well though out, and we had a lot of warranty issues.
  
  "The average golfer had a pretty good feeling about the name, so our focus, in particular, was to make sure we got the quality right, the technology up to date and pegged the price at price point that was attractive to the market place.Our product returns the past two years have been negligible."
  
  Zebedee added that Carbite had corrected whatever problems there were that had forced the company into bankruptcy. . .

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  Published on: 8/13/2006    Last Visited: 8/13/2006  

  Mark Grody Associates of Palm Desert has been retained by Carbite Golf of Carlsbad for public relations, marketing communications and trade show support, it was announced by Bill Zebedee, president of Carbite Golf in Carlsbad.
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  "Mark Grody Associates has had extensive experience in the golf industry for many years, and that plus their other corporate and product background fit our needs perfectly," Zebedee said.

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  Published on: 10/11/2008    Last Visited: 1/5/2007  

  "Carbite has strong brand recognition in our core business of putters and wedges, but the company has made some unfortunate attempts in the past to leverage its brand into other sectors of the golf market," said William A. Zebedee, Carbite's president and chief executive officer.
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  "The company and Inabata hold very different views on the value of Carbite's assets, and our ability to remake the enterprise into a profitable operation," Zebedee said.

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  Southland Slices - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/20/2006    Last Visited: 1/20/2006  

  Mark Grody Associates of Palm Desert has been retained by Carbite Golf of Carlsbad for public relations, marketing communications and trade show support, it was announced by Bill Zebedee, president of Carbite Golf in Carlsbad.
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  "Mark Grody Associates has had extensive experience in the golf industry for many years, and that plus their other corporate and product background fit our needs perfectly," Zebedee said.

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