Jared started in the foodservice business at a young age. His father ran operations for a small restaurant when he was in high school and at 15 he went to work in the back washing dishes and doing line prep. Jared then went on to work for an equipment dealer managing their warehouse as well as the deliveries. After getting married and starting a family, Jared moved to Houston and into sales with a manufacturers rep group in 1999. Jared spent 20 years as a factory broker representing some of the biggest brands in the industry before deciding it was time for another change. Jared wanted to focus more on the consultant side of the business while using his many years of experience creating equipment based solutions. He partnered up with long time design layout expert Keith Krause and successful multi-business owner David Chan to form Surcana Food Service Design.
Jared Woodard
Keith started his career in construction learning various disciplines. This knowledge, along with his time working with stainless fabricators, allowed him to look at design from a different view. Keith has completed hundreds of commercial kitchens during his almost 30 years in design. Keith understands the importance of listening to the client.
Keith Krause
WHY SURCANA?
We are a small company that is focused on understanding our clients specific challenges. Surcana is not a “ boilerplate design” style company and realize a “ One Size Fits All” approach doesn’t work. Surcana strives to create unique solutions based on our individual clients needs.