Jim has more than 30+ years of beverage industry experience working with companies such as Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company and a distributor of Anheuser Bush.

In 1994, Jim founded James Edward and Companies, Inc. in Houston, TX as a brokerage company for new age beverages. In March 2000 Jim ventured into the Red Bull Energy Drink distribution industry and since then, James Edward and Companies has become a known leader as an Exclusive Distributor of Red Bull Energy Drink. Our markets stretch from across Texas and throughout Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. James Edward and Companies, alongside Chaparral, Viva, and Matador Distributing Companies service more than 10,000 retailers

Jim, with his extensive experience in the beverage distribution industry has developed a solid business practice that together through our partnership with Red Bull North America, James Edward and Companies has grown to levels only imagined and will continue in upward success for years to come.

As the COO, her responsibilities include driving the day-to-day agenda and plan for the company. Sandi provides the leadership, management and vision necessary to ensure that the company has the proper operational controls, administrative and reporting procedures, and people systems in place to effectively grow the organization and to ensure financial strength and operating efficiency. Along with her COO role, she will continue to have full responsibility for Human Resources and Development.

Sandi has over 15 years’ experience in Communications, Employee Development, Talent Acquisition, Health & Welfare Benefits, Human Resources and Operations. Prior to joining James Edward & Companies, she served as Vice President of Recruitment, Marketing and Communications for JP Morgan Chase. Under her strategic direction, JP Morgan Chase’s Career Site was named amongst the “Top 25” of Fortune 500 Companies.

Sandi’s proven expertise will help lead James Edward and Companies, Inc. towards operational excellence, continued growth and innovation.

The Corporate Support Department leads all internal objectives related to business insights and analysis, technology maintenance and support, as well as training and development of new and current employees. In this role, Noah leads a team of direct reports that operates on the values of collaboration, availability, and simplicity.

Noah joined James Edward & Companies in October 2014, having been brought on board to internally support RBNA’s annual DP Evolution process along with the training and development of our sales teams. Noah graduated from the University of Georgia in 2005, majoring in Consumer Economics (with a minor in attending football games). After graduation, Noah began his career with MillerCoors, where he would spend the next 8 years moving between various sales and analyst roles. From there, Noah moved to the startup business, FIN Branding Group, where he served as Director of Operations.

It is Noah’s mix of experience between the corporate and startup business worlds, along with his knowledge of the DSD business model and entrepreneurial spirit that makes him a successful leader at James Edward & Companies.

As the company and brand quickly expanded, he advanced within the organization assuming new areas of responsibility as a District Sales Manager, Team Leader overseeing resets and merchandising, and eventually found his true niche by taking on the role of Operations Manager, overseeing fleet, warehousing, compliance and inventory control.

In February 2016, he was promoted to Corporate Director of Operations for James Edward and Companies. Val will be tasked with further improving JECO’s comprehension of its operational needs and aligning all companies’ (Viva, Chaparral and Matador) operational processes (fleet, product, facilities, etc). I am confident that his proven track record and his hands-on approach will allow him to succeed in this new role.

I am so excited to see all of the successes that will be accomplished with him leading this critical piece of our organization. With his over 18 years of Beverage distribution experience (beer, wine, spirits and energy), his passion for the business, and expertise, he will help move James Edward & Co. in the right direction as a more cohesive organization.

Ron’s career has spanned multiple industries and companies including Campbell Soup Company, Hewlett Packard, and Baker Hughes. Over the course of his career, Ron has held various financial roles of increasing responsibility with an emphasis on manufacturing, supply chain and distribution. Most recently, Ron served as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for FloWorks International, a distribution company based in Houston, Texas.

Ron holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor’s from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He lives in Cypress, TX with his wife and three children.