NS Meet The Team

Meet The Team

General Manager, Matthew Watts

Matthew Watts got his start at the age of 15, in the hospitality industry, washing dishes at a restaurant in his hometown of Warren, OH. This experience developed his love for food and the hospitality industry.
He received his MBA from the University of Georgia's Terry School of Business, his undergraduate degree from Ohio University, in Journalism/Advertising, and an associates in Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu in Pittsburgh, PA.
After graduating from college he tried a few different jobs such as marketing/special events and selling mortgages before deciding to follow his dream of being a chef. In 2004, he enrolled in culinary school, at the Pennsylvania Culinary Institute, a Le Cordon Bleu program, in Pittsburgh, PA.
After graduation he accepted a position at Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra, FL. After several years, as one of the banquet chefs, working holidays, weekends, and nights he looked for other opportunities, in food service, that offered more of a work life balance. This is when Matthew started working in contract food service, beginning as a catering manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Jacksonville, FL. From there he became the food service director at AT&T, then at AmericasMart, and joined the FLIK team at Coca-Cola in the spring of 2013. Matt joined the Norfolk Southern team in early 2022.
Since joining the team at Coca-Cola Matt has received the Flik's President Award in 2019, Morrison's Agent of the Year in 2019, and 2016 Flik Account of the Year.
Contact Matthew:
matthew.watts@compass-usa.com
Executive Chef, Jason Juriss
Chef Jason Juriss is a native of the midwest, raised in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Prior to joining FLIK International in 2008, Jason worked at a range of independent restaurants from Something Different Restaurant to the Four Star Omni Severin Hotel.
Jason's initial role with FLIK was as the Banquet chef at the Four Diamond University Place Conference Center & Hotel located on the IUPUI campus.
Cooking has unlocked many exciting opportunities for Jason – ranging from cooking for a president of the United States to planning wine dinners for wineries such as: Robert Mondovi and Andretti Wines, to being the Team Hotel for a Super Bowl team.
In 2013, a new opportunity was too good to pass up and Jason moved to Atlanta Georgia to join at the World Headquarters of Coca-Cola. Ever since then, Atlanta has become home. In 2018, obtained his first Executive Chef role as Executive Chef of NCR. In 2019, He won a Presidential Award, the highest award within Compass Group, for " Culinary Excellence".
In September of 2021, he accepted the role as Executive Chef of Norfolk Southern and is very excited about the opportunity.
Contact Jason:
jason.juriss@compass-usa.com