Executive Team

Mr. Deck was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of JBT Corporation, as well as a member of the JBT Board of Directors, in December 2020. Prior to that, Brian served as JBT’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2014, after serving as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since joining JBT in February 2014.

Prior to joining JBT, Mr. Deck served as Chief Financial Officer of National Material L.P., a private diversified industrial holding company (since May 2011). He served as Vice President of Finance and Treasury (from November 2007 to May 2011) and as Director, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (from August 2005 to November 2007) of Ryerson Inc., a metals distributor and processor. Prior to his service with Ryerson, Mr. Deck had increasing responsibilities with General Electric Capital, Bank One (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and Cole Taylor Bank.

Mr. Deck holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from DePaul University in Chicago, and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois.

Matt Meister was appointed Chief Financial Officer of JBT Corporation in December 2020. Matt joined JBT in May 2019 as Vice President and CFO for JBT Protein, with responsibility for all accounting and finance activity for the Protein Division within the FoodTech segment. He joins the Company with extensive experience in global manufacturing across various industries including automotive, medical devices, and general industrial applications, including his prior roles at IDEX Corporation, where he held several operational finance leadership roles within the operations, ending with the Group Vice President, Health and Science Technologies role. Prior to joining IDEX, he held various roles of increasing responsibility within the business units and at corporate at Navistar International Corporation.

Mr. Meister holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and completed a post undergraduate Certificate of Accountancy at DePaul University. His undergraduate education in Finance and Operations Management was received from Washington University in St. Louis.

Shelley Bridarolli joined JBTC as Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer in September 2021.

Prior to that, Ms. Bridarolli was the Senior Vice President Human Resources of Dana Incorporated from November 2018 until April 2020. Before joining Dana Incorporated, she was the Vice President Human Resources for the PowerDrive Systems Division of BorgWarner, Inc. from August 2014 to November 2018, and also served as Borg Warner’s Interim Chief Human Resources Officer from July to November 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Bridarolli held progressive senior HR leadership roles at Eaton Corporation between May 2001 and August 2014. Ms. Bridarolli began her professional career in 1998 with National Fuel Exploration Company in Calgary, Canada.

Ms. Bridarolli holds an MBA from Royal Roads University and her Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of Lethbridge.

Mr. Rizzolo was appointed Executive Vice President of JBT Corporation and President, Diversified Food & Health effective October 2022.

Mr. Rizzolo has served as President Protein North America from July 2020 until October 2022. Before that, he served as Vice President, General Manager, Protein North America Customer Care from September 2019 until June 2020. Prior to joining JBT, he was the Group President, Specialty Retail Business at Marmon Holdings, Inc from March 2018 to August 2019. Before that, Mr. Rizzolo worked at Illinois Tool Works from 2014 as VP/GM at various times in each of the Global Weight & Wrap Division and the North America Service Division, and at Whirlpool Corporation from March 2003 to January 2014 in positions of increasing responsibility.

Mr. Rizzolo holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy) and an Executive MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Robert “Bob” Petrie was appointed as Executive Vice President of JBT Corporation and President, Protein in September 2021.

Mr. Petrie previously led JBT's Protein EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) business, with additional responsibility for JBT's Protein business in Asia. Mr. Petrie joined the Company in 2009 when Double D Food Engineering Ltd, where he was Managing Director and a shareholder, was acquired by JBT. During his tenure at JBT, Mr. Petrie has progressed through several general management and commercial leadership roles with increasingly complex responsibilities, earning an outstanding reputation among employees and customers. Before joining Double D, Bob held various engineering, quality, and operational positions at NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR).

Mr. Petrie holds a BSc in Engineering and Manufacturing and a post-graduate degree in Business Studies from Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland.

James Marvin was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in May 2014.

Mr. Marvin joined FMC Technologies, Inc., the predecessor to JBT Corporation, in April 2003 as Assistant General Counsel. Subsequent to JBT Corporation’s spin-off from FMC Technologies in July 2008, Mr. Marvin became the Deputy General Counsel and Secretary of JBT Corporation. Prior to joining JBT’s predecessor, Mr. Marvin worked for Heller Financial, Inc., a financial services business, for seven years, serving as its Corporate Finance Division Counsel and then as its Chief Corporate Counsel. Mr. Marvin was a partner with the Chicago-based law firm, Katten Muchin & Zavis, a firm he joined in 1990, where he primarily represented financial institutions. Prior to that, Mr. Marvin was an associate at O’Connor Cavanagh Killingsworth & Beshears, in Phoenix, Arizona, practicing securities law.

Mr. Marvin received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Kristina Paschall was appointed Vice President & Chief Information Officer of JBT Corporation in September 2017, and became Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Digital Officer in October 2020. Prior to joining JBT Corporation, Ms. Paschall was the CIO of Ferrara Candy Company from 2013-2017. Before joining Ferrara, she held progressive senior IT leadership roles at Ingredion and GATX, having spent the previous part of her career in management roles at consulting organizations.

Ms. Paschall holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and her Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois. Ms. Paschall also serves as volunteer Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois.

Jack Martin joined JBT Corporation as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain in April 2022.

Prior to joining JBT, Mr. Martin was employed by Marmon Holdings as Vice President, Supply Chain from August 2019 to April 2022. Before joining Marmon Holdings, he provided full time supply chain consulting services to Standex International and International Equipment Solutions in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Martin served in several group leadership roles with Dover Corporation from 2008 to 2017 with his last role being Vice President, Global Sourcing. Mr. Martin started and advanced his career in progressive purchasing and supply chain roles for companies like John Crane International, SKF / Chicago Rawhide, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Mr. Martin Holds an MBA from Loyola University in Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing at Elmhurst College.