For the first time the Aire-Master brand will be seen in the downtown Chicago, Illinois area. Brian Olson brings to the Aire-Master system over 30 years experience in the food industry. The last 15 years distributing frozen potato and appetizers to the Quick Serve Restaurant (QSR) market. Worldwide customers included KFC, McDonalds, and Burger King.
Brian was responsible for expanding the North American Export Supply Chain in the Asia Pacific, Middle East, East Africa and China regions. He helped resolve supply chain issues from the supplier to the end user. One example was to reengineer their export packaging to increase container load ability by 15%, while reducing damaged cases from over 5% to less than 1%, lowering delivered costs.
Brian’s insight in to the business culture and dynamics of over 25 international markets will help the AM franchises as we service many of the same ethnic customer groups as well as the fast-food restaurant markets.
It was through a meeting with Bruce Koeppel (AM Northern Virginia) that Brian learned about the Aire-Master system. He did a site visit to the Nixa corporate office and met the AMA management team. After much research into other franchise opportunities, Brian decided to join the Aire-Master team.
Brian will have the sales services of Jorge Rojas to help him. They have been friends for years and Jorge has background in graphic design and also worked in the paint department of Home Depot. Jorge was featured on Home Depot’s internal magazine for his excellent customer service. We are so proud to have Brian and Jorge as part of the franchise team.