MEET THE JON SMITH SUBS FRANCHISE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Jim Butler has worked in the franchising industry for almost 30 years. His career in the industry started as the Marketing Representative for Signarama in Farmingdale, NY. He was promoted to Regional Vice President developing over 150 Signarama locations in Arizona and California. Most recently serving as Director of Sales for five years, overseeing the sales for the United Franchise Group brands in the U.S. and Australia. Jim is currently the President of The Great Greek and Jon Smith Subs along with Division Leader and Director of Sales for the Food Division.

Having successfully led teams in QSR, fast casual and full-service restaurant brands to achieving remarkable results in operational performance, brand experience, franchising and sales growth. Each brand has achieved exceptional growth results and recognition from the national press, including Nation’s Restaurant News “Hot Concepts” and Fast Casual Magazines “Top Concepts to Watch” awards. Bob credits the driving force behind his team’s success is their focus and commitment to delivering on three simple principals; Engage Great People, Nurture a Great Brand Culture, and Select Great Restaurant Sites.

Mr. McAulay, an innovative marketing and advertising leader with an innate ability to amplify a brand vision strategy and makes it reality through a transformational marketing initiative, that propelled revenue growth, brand exposure and market growth.

With over 30 years of experience, Chuck has held Marketing positions with leading global and national brands Burger King, Texas Roadhouse, Little Cesar’s Pizza, Bonefish Grill, Pieology, and Blockbuster. He deploys a tenacious focus on activation of national and local market development plans including traditional, digital and social channels that drive traffic and awareness resulting in growth in system transactions and sales.

Currently, Jeremy is a Sales Coordinator for Food Division where he leads the company efforts in promoting the food brands domestically & internationally, conducting Discovery Day Tours and working with regional offices worldwide. In addition, Jeremy provides assistance to Regional Vice Presidents and Sales Director to schedule, coordinate conference calls, region meetings, webinars and special events.

Nan has a rich background working with restaurant and retail management teams and their team members with developing their leadership, management and business potential. Nan started her culinary career at The Ritz Carlton in Manalapan, FL. She has also worked for such companies as Panera Bread, Sonic Drive-In, Hurricane Grill & Wings and TooJay’s Gourmet Deli, Bloomingdale’s, Pier One Imports.

Nan’s dynamic approach simplifies focal points ensuring that targets in service, operation execution, food safety, and quality control are met. For more than 28 years, Nan has been delivering coaching on how to effectively operate a restaurant, first line support to Franchise owners, corporate-developed training programs, processes, and system roll outs and training restaurants.

Having joined United Franchise Groups, Food Division in 2016, Mike is dedicated to building an environment of operational excellence aligning all departments to learning paths that support our high operations standards, leadership development, and knowledge management tools & processes. His well-developed experience in new restaurant development, operations, marketing, purchasing, and technology utilization provides a deep understanding to establish, measure, and improve performance goals while having fun at the same time.