A Chat With Dennis Garvey, chief operating officer, U.S. Cavalry

CS: Getting out of bankruptcy is obviously a difficult thing. How did you get buyin from the folks who were left and the people you brought on board?

DG: They have to sense the potential. From the standpoint of Cavalry’s previous place on the market, and the brand awareness. I think people saw the raw potential in the organization because of what it had achieved in the past, and in the current marketplace what it’s capable of achieving. It comes down to bringing people on who have that belief and who see that the executive ownership and management has the vision of where the company is going. You have to hire people who buy into that. If they don’t, it won’t work from the get go. Recovery is the biggest challenge, certainly less so as we move forward.