The People Behind the Scenes

Now in the fourth generation of family ownership, our employees are the foundation of everything we do! A single order requires more than a dozen people to ensure it goes smoothly, from sales to order entry to receiving, delivery and billing. Many of our team members have been with us for a decade or more, and the average tenure across the company is 8 years.

Core Values

  • Respect Others
  • Be Accountable For Your Actions
  • Care About The Customer
  • Communicate Constantly
  • Go Above And Beyond

Our Team

Ownership

Sales & Marketing

Equipment Design & Layout

Project Management & Engineering

Purchasing

Accounting & Administration

Smallwares Warehouse & Delivery

Equipment Warehouse & Delivery

Want To Join Our Team?

Portrait of Andy Starr
Started
2007 — full-time 1994 — picking orders in the warehouse
Educated
BA English, Tufts University MBA, Babson College
Off the clock

Andy and his wife Kimmy have three children: Ollie, Eloise and Maisy.

He is a carpenter on his own time — a renovated bathroom and an added laundry room at the house, among a long run of smaller projects — and otherwise cooking, with his family, or coaching one of his kids' teams.

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Fun facts
  1. Played college lacrosse — a goalie at Syracuse when they won the 2002 NCAA championship, then two years at Tufts.
  2. Board member of Newton Youth Lacrosse.
  3. Allergic to bees.
Portrait of Matt Starr

Matt Starr

President

matt@bostonshowcase.com 617-965-1104

Started
2011 — full-time 2003 — installer, and in the warehouse
Educated
BA History, University of Rochester, 2009 MBA, Babson College, 2017
Off the clock

Matt and his wife Dana have two girls, Zoe and Mia.

A serious Boston sports fan — he is at Patriots and Celtics games regularly — and he golfs and skis when there is time. He also eats out constantly, most often at customers' restaurants around the city.

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Fun facts
  1. Three-sport captain at Newton South High School: football, indoor track and outdoor track.
  2. Kicked the game-winning field goal on Thanksgiving Day 2004, senior year, against Lincoln-Sudbury.
  3. Dual County League champion in the shot put as a junior and again as a senior.
  4. Played freshman football and two years of track at Rochester before retiring.
  5. Named to the Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 (opens in a new tab) in 2026.
  6. Spent the two years after college in Los Angeles, working on television shows.