Joseph Tantillo is the president and Ceo of The Express Design Group, an online retailer that specializes in custom, passion related products.

The Express Design Group, Inc. is the parent company for popular e-commerce websites: Greekgear.com, MyChristiangear.com, Guidogear.com and Greekpages.com, GetGreekNews.com and MySpiritGear.com.

Founded in 1999, Greekgear.com has become the largest source on the internet for Greek logo merchandise including fraternity and sorority items.

Our business model is a simple one. To create customized products, with low or no minimums that target niche groups. People are passionate about the organizations they belong to, their religions, schools or their heritage, by creating custom products that these consumers cannot get elsewhere, we fill the need in that marketplace.

Express Design Group, humble in its origins, remains loyal to its home base of Freeburg , IL . A brand new, state-of-the-art facility was recently completed in Freeburg to allow Tantillo and his staff to continue to grow and produce their own screen printing, embroidery, sign making, pad and glassware printing, sublimation and engraving. The new, larger facility allows Tantillo to provide faster, higher quality service to his growing number of nationwide customers.

With the recent partnership with long time Standard Rule employee, Tracy McCullom to acquire two long time local advertising specialty companies (Standard Rule Promotions - started in 1949 and Ideas Unlimited - started in 1978), the Express Design Group has made the successful crossover to B2B sales to compliment their online retail business. This new business model will be able to now create entire promotion campaigns from product development to setting up e-commerce websites which can help customers sell their merchandise online. “We ship tens of thousands of orders each year for companies we are already handling production and fulfillment for and we expect combined sales to reach $3.5 million in 2005,” said Tantillo.

Freeburg is a small farming community just 25 miles from St. Louis and has a population of approximately 3000.

Joseph Tantillo is married with 3 children.