Meet the development team.

Development Team

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  Jim Cannon, Vice President of Construction and Development

  As Propel’s Vice President of Construction and Development, Jim oversees the development, design and construction of our rapidly expanding network of green built fueling stations.

With an extensive 26 year background in design, construction and maintenance of retail outlets, Jim most recently served as Vice President of Design, Construction, and Facilities at Jack-In-The-Box, where he was responsible for the construction and rebranding of hundreds of locations every year including their Quick Stuff fuel brand locations.

  Prior to his nine years at Jack-In-The-Box, he oversaw development programs for a number of retail brands, including 24 Hour Fitness, BRIAZZ, Boston Chicken (including Noah’s and Einstein’s bagel chains), and Stride-Rite retail. Jim has built several corporate infrastructure and growth teams allowing for explosive, first-to-market growth of new retail units nationwide.

  

Throughout his career, Jim was instrumental in creating the administrative functionality for major capital improvement and growth programs. With compliance to internal audit and key financial controls, he created systems that allowed organization to achieve corporate governance awards for accountability and capital stewardship.

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  Ron Reger, Director of Real Estate

  As Director of Real Estate, Ron works closely with Propel’s Real Estate Managers, major oil companies, station owners, brokers and lenders in growing the Propel brand and presence on the West Coast.

  With over 25 years of experience in the petroleum industry, his expertise in all aspects of buying, selling and operating gas stations has proven invaluable for Propel. In the past ten years, he has been working real estate development, acquisitions and divestments. While at ARCO ampm, he held many positions in Real Estate, Operations, Marketing, Franchising and Wholesale on the West Coast. After leaving ARCO in 2004, he ran his own gas station development and brokerage company. Prior to joining Propel, he purchased and developed properties for 7-Eleven Inc., while building a development team for 7-Eleven.

  Ron and his wife, Jamie, have four children and live in Yorba Linda, CA.