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Roger Duarte a.k.a Founder/President Favorite Claw: Jumbo Roger is not a chef and he's not a fisherman. He's a numbers guy. Roger is a former investment banker who worked with big firms on million dollar deals. Roger is also a bona fide lover of stone crabs. The man can eat five pounds easily in one sitting. Roger began his career working as an investment banker and racked up experience analyzing industries for clients, drafting pitch books and investment proposals, conducting due diligence, preparing valuation financial models and drafting information memorandums. Roger tried his hand at mergers and acquisitions, raised capital and developed and managed comprehensive financial models. After taking the golden parachute when the economy soured, Roger worked for free in a fish house, the largest distributor of stone crabs - to learn the seafood business. Today he directs George Stone Crab, overseeing both its national delivery and international export business to Latin America and beyond. |
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Karim Vegas a.k.a Chief Operating Officer Favorite Claw: Large Karim is multicultural/tri lingual/ and in fact confuses himself sometimes even when letting people know where he's from. He's travelled the world extensively, and has a background in finance, having spent more than three years as a business analyst for restaurants and nightclubs. He loves numbers, whether it's counting the places he's been too or keeping track of the daily stone crab catch. As the chief operating officer, Karim oversees logistics, deliveries, and the daily operations of the business |
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Wesley Inigo Customer Service Coordinator Favorite Claw: Wesley is our customer service coordinator, but mostly our go-to guy. He's been in customer service and sales for more than 10 years. Wesley handles our sales, manages deliveries, takes phone orders. In fact, he does it all. Actually, he's likely the voice you hear when you place your order to 800-273-CRAB. |
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Patricia Maldonado a.k.a Director of Public Relations and Marketing Favorite Claw: Patty manages the public relations and marketing for George Stone Crab. She is a former newspaper reporter (The Miami Herald, Associated Press and The Naples Daily News) who made the jump to PR a few years ago. Patty has her own PR firm, Little Fish Media LLC, hosts a radio show called SCORE, which airs on 880 AM The Biz at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, and teaches mass commucations. As is the George Stone Crab way, Patty believes that the cost of PR should match the savings customers receive when they order claws. Meaning, it's all on a budget. |
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Harry Walls a.k.a Master Cracker Favorite Claw: All of them Machin has worked in the fishing industry in Miami for 17 years. He manages the daily George Stone Crab catch, and cracks and packs every claw sent out for delivery. He loves to count the inventory day in and day out. |