Joseph F. Dudek
Joe entered the parking industry in 1989 and spent the next fifteen years across airports, off-airport facilities, hospitals, hotels, valet, medical centers, on-street, municipal contracts, and Class A commercial buildings. In 1999 he founded Priority One Parking, an off-airport enterprise running multiple facilities, which taught him the economics of ownership from the inside.
In 2006 he became General Manager of one of the largest parking operations in the country, running the entire ecosystem: 800+ employees and a $28M payroll. He did not simply oversee it. He rebuilt the control environment from the inside, executing a 40% staff reduction while growing net revenue 200%.
He founded JDE in 2015 to be the firm owners call when they need someone who has actually been in the lanes. He has since led audits across airports, REITs, healthcare campuses, and municipal systems.