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Organizational Structure and Key Personnel
 

 

 

     
   

Organizationally, each division operates independently under the direction of a President/General Manager. Corporate headquarters are located in Jupiter, Florida and provides leadership, oversight and administrative staff support services.

Each division is a subsidiary of the Company. The Company employs strong financial controls and detailed divisional sales forecasts and operating budgets are prepared annually. Financial performance is compared to these budgets on a monthly basis. Also, cash disbursements, employee benefits, company insurance, personnel policies, etc., are administered in the Corporate office. The Company has its own intranet and all locations are connected by instant e-mail and video conferencing.

The Company developed over a five-year period a company-wide training program called "Brew University". This program is provided to all sales, marketing, merchandising and driver personnel as well as new employees.

The key people at the Corporate Office include:


John J. Taylor, III, President/CEO
John Taylor has been instrumental in the company's expansion since 1980.

Henri J. DesPlaines - Executive Vice President/CFO
Hank DesPlaines is a CPA and joined the Taylor organization in 1985 after a 16-year career in public accounting. Hank also acted as General Manager of J.J. Taylor Distributing Company, Inc. in Dartmouth until early 1989.

Jo Ann Gooding, SPHR, Vice President - Human Resources
Jodi Gooding joined the Taylor Organization in 1997 with 15 years experience in Human Resources supporting manufacturing, health care and consulting engineering firms.

Stuart Shapiro - Controller
Stuart Shapiro, CPA joined the Taylor Organization in 1998 with 17 years experience in the accounting profession. His background is in both public and private industry.

Bruce R. Whitely - Chief Information Officer
Bruce joined the Taylor Organization in 2001 as Director of MIS. He is a retired Navy Commander with extensive computer systems background and a masters degree in Information Systems.