Welcome To The SPoT Coffee Ltd HUB On AGORACOM
SPOT COFFEE LTD. designs, builds and operates community-oriented cafes that provide its customers from every lifestyle and culture with the highest quality service, signature light meals and roasted in-house gourmet coffee.
Raymond James Stapel
Director
In his role as Managing Partner of Harris Beach PLLC in Buffalo, he gained extensive experience with acquisitions, refinancing, and complex workouts. He has worked with closely held companies in matters pertaining to acquisitions, sales, refinancing, and business succession planning. As current Chairman of NOCO Energy Corp, a diversified energy distribution company, his responsibilities involve operational oversight of central corporate services and strategic and tactical business planning for the company
Anton Ayoub, P.Eng.
President and Director
Mr. Ayoub is a professional engineer in Ontario with over 25 years of experience in project management and cost analysis in the
food and hospitality domain. Mr. Ayoub acted as Project Manager on a number of projects including the construction of two manufacturing plants, both of which obtained HACCAP and the ISO certification, the dining facilities for an upscale retirement home in Niagara Falls, 3 salon-de-thé style cafés for the Parisco chain in Ontario and recently SPoT Coffee Cafés in Ontario, Western New York and Florida.
Richard Gress
VP Global Operations & CEO USA Operation
Mr. Gress most recently worked as Chief Executive Officer of ADI Printing, a company that specializes in servicing major clientele including banks, newspapers, manufacturers and restaurants. During his employment with ADI, he gained significant experience in operations, financing, high-level negotiations and marketing. Previous to this role, he spent over 10 years in the printing industry with Moore Business Forms where he achieved the highest recognition for sales performance and transitioned into a management position in Miami, FL. He graduated from Canisius College with a B.S. Degree in Business Education.
John Corrente
VP Operations & Training SPoT Coffee (Canada) Ltd.
Mr. Corrente brings leadership and training expertise to SPoT Coffee cafés. Prior to his current position, he managed and operated the SPoT Cityplace café for over 3 years. Mr. Corrente now has over 10 years experience in the food and hospitality business and has been essential in establishing goals and implementing objectives in SPoT Coffee as they expand domestically and internationally.
Jeffery S. Bright
Executive Chef
Mr. Bright attended Buffalo State College. He has completed extensive studies in Food and Hotel Management. With over 25 years of experience in the food industry, Mr. Bright has extensive knowledge of a wide range of food and desserts. He has management experience and has been employed by SPoT Coffee for the last 9 years
Chad Maslanka
Roastery Operations
Mr. Maslanka has worked in the coffee business for several years including most recently as the Director of
Coffee/ Production Manager/ Master Roaster for Dilworth Coffee. He has experience managing all production
aspects of a coffee roastery and has roasted over 750,000 pounds of coffee to date.
Jacob Cassella
Head Barista
Mr. Cassella has been with SPoT since 2006. His experiences have spanned across a number of areas within the operations of SPoT including managing both the Delaware and Elmwood cafés, assisting with the opening of new cafés and outside accounts. He is SPoT's Head Barista and is currently working towards obtaining his BGA Level II Certified Barista. He organized the first Buffalo Barista Jam, and has coordinated many cuppings for the public and SPoT employees
John Lorenzo
Director
CEO, President & Chairman of Canadian Oil Recovery & Remediation Enterprises Ltd., a
Canadian company that addresses global oil-contamination problems and focuses on sludge treatment, soil remediation and oil recovery. Extensive experience controlling and managing companies in Kuwait, Canada, the UK and Belgium that specialized in financial services, real estate development,construction, commercialization of certain technologies, jet trainer aircraft technology transfer and assembly, oil services and food manufacturing.
Alex Gress, CPA
Director
CFO, Senior V-P & Director of Canadian Oil Recovery & Remediation Enterprises Ltd., a Canadian company that addresses global oil-contamination problems and focuses on sludge treatment, soil remediation and oil recovery. He has a background in international finance and corporate advisory with over fourteen years experience and most recently was the co-head of Lehman Brothers London-based Principal Finance team.
Hassan M.J. Dahlawi
Director
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Al-Dahlawi Company, a manufacturer and distributor of electronics and home appliances that has acted as the exclusive agent of Matsushita Electric Company for over 45 years. He is also the owner and controller of Saudi International Establishment and International Trading Company.
Edward Gress, Ph.D., MBA
Director
Holds a Ph.D. in accounting , a Certificate in International Financial Management from Stanford University and an MBA from the American University of Beirut. He is currently the Senior Advisor to the Talal Abu Ghazaleh Organization which is the largest firm of professional services in the Arab World.