Hans Schatz

Hans Schatz is currently the president/CEO of a custom coffee and brewed tea manufacturing and sales organization, CULT Artisan Beverage Company (since 2015). CULT is a craft beverage innovator, creator and manufacturer servicing the wholesale foodservice industry to include; hotels and resorts, restaurants and coffee houses, college and universities, convenience stores, business dining and caterers along with food trucks. CULT also services the retail grocery sector becoming the Local coffee supplier for Fry’s stores in Arizona, along with Sprouts and their Nitro Coffee program. CULT serves hundreds of Arizona operators, including the Arizona Cardinals Football organization, check us out at www.ilovecult.com . Prior to that Hans was involved with 2 different technology startups in the foodservice space. As founder and CEO of the G8 Exchange, he created a platform designed to connect manufacturers with operators for the purpose of simplifying communication, streamlining information and providing a clear line of sight between them. That project lead to another similar project designed to bring relief to the foodservice industry by creating greater connectivity and transparency. Prior to that Hans spent 25 years in the foodservice distribution industry that lead to him being the Corporate SVP of the SGA Food Group (Food Services of America, Systems Services of America, Amerifresh, Ameristar and Gampac), a multi-billion dollar privately owned foodservice sales, manufacturing and marketing company (that group was purchased by US Foods in early 2020 for $1.8B). Hans grew up through the business starting as a sales rep and held various management positions leading ultimately to division president. Hans also has been on various non-profit boards and industry associations as a leader, contributor in planning conferences, and as a speaker and panelist (IFMA, IFDA, IMA, DMA, YPO, Life’s Kitchen, The Humanitarian Bowl and others). Hans is currently on the Advisory Boards of Kivasun Foods, Arizona State University Fulton School of Engineering TEM College, NAU’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Hans attended LSU and Texas State University and has a BBA in Business Marketing and he resides in Scottsdale AZ with his family.