John Chadwell

Chief Executive Officer @ PacAPit

About

John Chadwell combines a unique background of entrepreneurial tenacity, creativity, solution based customer service and consistent success. in 2020 during Covid, John invented the PacAPit a portable low impact fire pit that collapses to less than 1"thin. He has grown the business to have a PacAPit in all 50 states and well over 13 countries. PacAPit is made in San Antonio, Texas and John manages the entire process from design, package design, manufacturing, sales and distribution. In April 2013, John, along with his best friend and wife, Treva, created BeeHive Oven to serve food and biscuits that are simply beautiful and delicious. John has grown the sales and reach of BeeHive Oven into one of the constantly top ranked restaurants in NYC. John has managed the growth and mature accounts in areas such as on camera food for television and film. BeeHive Oven biscuit and jarred have developed into a well know brand are are recognized throughout NYC as the best in NYC. John is responsible for the development of funding, partnerships, marketing, contract processes, real estate and asset acquisitions and has developed a national shipping and distribution channel that has biscuits and jams going from coast to coast.

Country

United States

City

San Antonio

Industry

Consumer Goods

Skill

Project Management, Salesforce, Complex Sales, Sales Management, VMware, Apple, Mac OS X, Software Licensing, Direct Sales, Customer Relations, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Social Networking, Mobile, Public Speaking, Business Strategy, Leadership, Salesforce.com, Entrepreneurship, Solution Selling

Experience

Chief Executive Officer

PacAPit

2017-7 - Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

I am an artist designer and manufacturer of the PacAPit - a portable, collapsable fire pit that allows you to safely build your campfire just about anywhere, including on water.

Artist

Chadwell Art

2007-3 - 2025-4 · 18 yrs 2 mos

NYC and San Antonio, Texas

Multi faceted prolific visual artist with focus on painting, printmaking and sculpture. Collected in NY,TX,SC,PA,NJ,MA,CA,NM,OK,MN,WI,IL,OH, and GA.

Chief Operations Officer

Bexar Kitchens

2017-1 - 2023-10 · 6 yrs 10 mos

San Antonio, Texas Area

Direct the development of an entrepreneural platform for new and existing food makers to locate access to safe, sustainable commercial kitchens. Develop relationships with collaborative partners to grow resources for clients and venues. Create relationships with business development agencies and funding partners. Design and deliver curricula for business management, recipe development, scaling and growth.

Co-Owner, Head of Sales and Marketing, Logistics. . . . and biscuit rolling.

BeeHive Oven

2013-3 - 2023-10 · 10 yrs 8 mos

Brooklyn, NY

Direct day-to-day and growth-focused business operations, marketing and logistics for increasing sales at BeeHive Oven while preserving the best customer experience possible. Build customer loyalty and grow business 40% YoY. Develop new product lines for retail local and national sales. Direct production of cookbook and education programs. • Featured in: NYTimes, NYMagazine, TotalFoodServiceNY, News12 Brooklyn, Edible Brooklyn, NY Post, HGTV Front Door, Café Sweet, Women on the Planet (Japan), Brooklyn Magazine, L Magazine, Best of Brooklyn and many others • Projects of Note: Created national distribution of jam, spread and dry packaged products. CookBook Production, kitchen demo video producing for restaurant, Smorgasburg summer and winter seasons, BlueBloods Props TV, NYTimes, Taste of T, Metropolitan Opera,

Regional Accounts Manager

Blackboard

2012-2 - 2013-11 · 1 yr 10 mos

North East US

NE Higher Education Regional Manager at Blackboard Connect. Covering Higher Education accounts in NY,MA,CT,RI,NJ,PA,MD,DC,VA,WV,OH and NE Canada. The Blackboard Connect service gives a campus the ability to reach a broad community in minutes—whether it is a time-sensitive situation, event outreach, or attendance notification. It is the most efficient way to keep a campus or community more secure, informed, and involved.

Sales and Professional Services Director for Education and Healthcare

Tekserve

2008-10 - 2012-2 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for building education and healthcare focused sales program for Tekserve's professional services of Apple products and other third party products. Brought new education focused products to increase revenue and breadth of product mix.

Account Executive

Apple

2007-3 - 2008-9 · 1 yr 7 mos

NYC and Long Island

Skilled hunter rep, charged with the acquisition of significant new accounts for Apple in the education K12 market. Led team of an engineer, inside account manager, business development executive and finance team to bring new accounts to Apple that were not using Apple. Exceeded goals and achieved top sales recognition.

Regional Accounts Manager

Visual Click Software

2006 - 2007 · 1 yr

National Business Development Manager

ESP Solutions

2006-5 - 2006-10 · 6 mos

Account Executive

Apple

1998-6 - 2006-5 · 8 yrs

Austin, Texas Area

I was a consistently successful inside hunter rep for named accounts in the Higher Education market of Southern California as well as VAR Account support. Managed established higher education accounts and campus store Apple business and established sustainable relationships with higher education accounts that were growing their Apple business in Southern California. Supported and advised team of 15 account reps for the Great Lakes Region for Apple volume licensing at the institution level and campus resellers. Top Performer recognition multiple years.