John Distad

John Distad has over 30 years of experience in finance and franchise development. John is currently working as the Vice President of Franchise Development at Western Equipment Finance since 2019. Prior to that, they were employed at TCF Bank as a Franchise Territory Manager from 2009 to 2019. Before that, they served as the Vice President of Sales at GE Commercial Finance from 2005 to 2008, and as an Account Executive at GE Capital Commercial Finance from 1990 to 2005. Throughout their career, John has successfully generated new development deals in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) market and has expertise in financial analysis and underwriting processes.

John Distad attended Concordia University-St. Paul from 2002 to 2003, where they studied Business Communications and obtained a degree in Business.