Jarrad Duxbury has worked in the unattended retail food industry for 15 years as a CEO and owner. He built three of these businesses from the ground up, franchised two of them with CompassGroup, and later sold these businesses to Compass Group. Jarrad has won numerous industry awards including theAutomatic Merchandiser’s 40 under 40award and the 2019 Pros to Know award.His companies were featured as cover stories in 2019 Vending Times and 2020Automatic Merchandiser magazines.
George Caruso held both CTO and COO positions over the 12 years he has worked in the unattended retail field. Highly adaptable and considered an industry leader, often pioneering the bleeding edge of industry advancement, and structuring operations from infancy mass adoption. His processes fuelled rapid growth in their northern Nevada operations, expanding 2300% over the course of four years, and through the successful transition to new ownership at the end of 2022.
Diana Koether, CFO of Tay and Jarrad’s LLC and JDR Property Solutions LLC, is a financial virtuoso with a flair for strategic fiscal management and entrepreneurial innovation. Since 2012, she has been pivotal in revitalizing business plans and steering financial operations towards increased profits at Tay and Jarrad’s LLC.Diana’s tenure as a Controller at CompassGroup USA further solidified her expertise in financial reporting and accounting oversight.
Steve Smith is an accomplished financial executive and entrepreneur with an extensive history in driving corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, and capital formation.Steve has successfully sourced over $100MM in debt facilities, has had multiple exits in tech startups, and continues to work with growth stage businesses as an advisor and consultant.
