John and his brother, Dominic, opened the original unit, The Sub Station, in Sumter, SC on May 15 1975. From 1975 to 1981, John worked in that unit as the General Manager. Beginning in 1981, he opened and operated Corporate owned units in San Antonio, TX and then Asheboro, NC. He returned to Sumter in 1985, and began working as an accountant for Sub Station II, Inc. In 1990, he became the Chief Financial Officer.