Company: JSDA
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 10-K/A
Source: 0001641172-25-007974
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Company: JONES SODA CO.
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 10-K/A
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 he worked as an independent consultant. From 2007 to 2018, Mr. Meadows served as Chief Financial Officer and from 2011 until 2018 he served as President of GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX: GLG), a sustainable and vertically integrated producer of zero-calorie natural sweeteners. Mr. Meadows holds a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and an MBA from the University of Glasgow and has both Certified Financials Analyst (CFA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designations.

Jerry Goldner, Chief Growth Officer

Jerry Goldner was appointed as the Company’s Chief Growth Officer in October 2023. Mr. Goldner’s career spans across many senior executive leadership positions at companies in the food and beverage industry, and he has a long-proven history in creating and accelerating company value and growth. Prior to this appointment as the Company’s Chief Growth Officer, Mr. Goldner served in various roles with Stryve Foods, a healthy snack company, from April 2021 to October 2023, including SVP Marketing/GM from May 2023 to October 2023, Chief Customer Officer from August 2022 to October 2023 and Vice President of Sales from April 2021 to August 2022. He also served as the Chief Growth Officer at CFH, Ltd/CFH Bioscience Ltd, a vertically integrated CBD company based in Colorado from September 2020 to April 2021 and President of Skout Backcountry, an organic, plant-based snack company, from April 2017 to September 2020. Mr. Goldner has held various other positions including Senior Vice President of Sales for Farmwise, GM/SVP at Saxco International, Vice President North American Marketing and Sales for Owens-Illinois, Vice President North American Sales for Tribe Foods/Nestle and Director Marketing, Senior Director Alternate Channel Innovation, Director Account Specific Marketing, Director Promotions/Marketing Services, Senior Manager Trade Marketing Innovation, and Senior Sales Manager Gulf States team for the Kellogg Company over his 19 years. Mr. Goldner holds an MBA from Rockhurst University and an undergraduate degree in Marketing from the University of Missouri where he also worked for Coca-Cola and Anheuser/Busch.

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Gabe Carimi, Vice President of Operations

Gabe Carimi has served as our Vice President of Operations since March 4, 2024 and General Manager of Mary Jones since October 2024. Prior to