Paul Draper

Paul Draper is Chief Financial Officer and partner with long time business colleague Allen Beebe in CALMEX, Inc., franchisor of Fuzio Universal Bistro. Paul, who has more than 25 years of management experience with small and mid-size companies, has been involved in the food business in some shape or form his whole life.

The Stanislaus County native was raised and worked on one of the Central Valley’s bountiful tree fruit and vegetable farms. For many years Paul was involved in the production, processing and marketing of food products grown in California. He was also involved in introducing two new technologies to California agriculture—data processing at the enterprise level in the mid 1970s and drip irrigation in the early 1980s.

He then went on to serve as vice president of retail and institutional development for PTI Securities, a specialty investment management firm, and was a partner in a joint venture with a major food processor to help cultivate a worldwide market for California almonds and pistachios.

In 1998 he created Centerra Capital, which provides a wide range of Real Estate Investment/Advisory Services and Corporate Finance services.

Paul is active in his local community and serves on numerous boards and committees – he’s a member of the Board of Trustees of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, a Trustee of the Gallo Center for the Arts and a member of the Del Rio Country Club Foundation – The First Tee of Modesto.

He graduated with honors from the University of California, Davis in Agricultural Economics and Business Management and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.