Sessions
Adapting to Change in Today's Car Wash World
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Fri
JT has almost 20 years of experience in the car wash industry. JT built his first car wash in Atlanta, GA in 2002 and has been actively involved in the car wash industry ever since. In 2005, JT founded StarWash Express Car Wash and built two exterior expresses in Salt Lake City where he was one of the innovators of the unlimited wash subscription model that has revolutionized the car wash industry. StarWash was acquired by Mister Car Wash and continues to be among their top performing car wash locations. In addition to owning car washes, JT was president of Premier Car Wash Systems, the Sonny's distributor for Utah, Northern Nevada and Southern Idaho. Premier is a leading supplier of equipment, car wash chemicals and service and maintenance in those regions. In January 2019, JT helped co-found GO Car Wash, a private equity backed express car wash concept. As Chief Development Officer, JT oversaw the acquisition of 36 car wash locations in 18 months. In September 2020, JT joined ModWash as Chief Executive Officer. ModWash has grown from opening its first location in July 2020 to 19 open locations as of April 2021. ModWash expects to close 2021 with approximately 46 locations open in 8 states.
JT earned a B.S. from the University of Utah and earned an M.B.A from Georgia State University.