John Burke

Executive Chairman at ARMADA

John oversees and provides executive leadership for Armada and its operating entities. He  is a twenty-five year veteran in the foodservice industry - creating and executing innovative supply chain solutions for national restaurant brands. 

John joined Armada in 1992, and was instrumental in establishing the company’s warehouse solutions business in 1996, as well as its transportation solutions entity in 2006 - formerly known as Hub One Logistics and Leveraged Execution Providers (LXP), respectively. Armada has become the largest fully integrated logistics provider to the restaurant industry, in addition to serving broader industries, with operations and offices around the country and annual sales of approximately $3 billion. Current clients range from Fortune 500 companies to privately held and family-owned businesses.  

John holds a B.S. in Business from Penn State University and an M.S. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He formerly served on the board of directors of the American Textile Company, and has previously served on the Pennsylvania Business Council Policy Roundtable and the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board.