Cody C. Ashwell - Chairman and CEO, Ashwell holds a major stake in the company. His vision is to leverage Javo's proven and cutting-edge brewing technology to build a global beverage company in the $70 billion worldwide wholesale coffee market. Ashwell's passion, coupled with his business acumen and entrepreneurial leadership skills, have enabled him to successfully forge and direct Javo's executive management team. Prior to joining Javo he was managing partner of Ashwell, Marshall & Associates, a financial services and consulting firm specializing in financial and management solutions for small-cap companies. He founded a successful financial and insurance services firm that was later sold to the Allstate Insurance Corporation.
Gary Lillian - As Javo's president, Lillian is responsible for the company's commercial strategy and the development of key industry alliances. Before Javo, he held executive-level sales and marketing positions at PepsiCo, Ford Motor Company, Pennzoil-Quaker State and The Clorox Company. In those positions he directed multimillion-dollar marketing and turnaround efforts with highly profitable results. He also founded start-up companies, including a beverage company and a packaged food company, later sold to Nestle. Lillian earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University.
Stephen F. Corey - Stephen F. Corey is Javo's senior vice president of research and development. He is responsible for Javo's new product development, roasting, and extraction programs. Mr. Corey served as the Company's corporate secretary until March 26, 2002. Prior to his current role at the Company, he was the founder of Stephen's Coffee, a coffee and tea company. There he spent years performing scientific research on coffee and tea varieties, processing systems, extraction processes, blend creation, equipment design and product stabilization. Mr. Corey studied chemistry, physics and engineering at the College of Idaho.
Richard A. Gartrell C.P.A. - Javo's chief financial officer, Gartrell is a certified public accountant with more than 28 years of experience. He has been chief financial officer at several mid-cap companies. The most recent is AMX Resorts, Inc. He is qualified as an expert witness in forensic accounting and holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Colorado State University.
William E. Marshall - William E. Marshall is Javo's general counsel responsible for corporate affairs. A member of the California State Bar, Marshall earned his juris doctor from the University of California at Los Angeles. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
