What positions has Poe Timmons held with Cream since June 2025?
Cream Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ITEM 2 BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Poe Timmons – Interim Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Timmons has served as our Interim Chief Executive Officer since August 2025 and as our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer since our formation in June 2025. She has also served as our Parent's Interim Chief Executive Officer since August 2025, and as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer since April 2017. All positions with us and our Parent have been held from Columbus, Ohio.
Source: Item 2 — BUSINESS EXPERIENCE (FDD pages 10–11)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Cream's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Poe Timmons has held multiple key leadership positions with the company since June 2025. Specifically, she has served as the Interim Chief Executive Officer since August 2025. In addition to this role, since Cream's formation in June 2025, Ms. Timmons has simultaneously held the positions of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer.
It is notable that Ms. Timmons also holds similar positions with Cream's Parent company. Since August 2025, she has been the Interim Chief Executive Officer for the Parent, and since April 2017, she has been the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer for the Parent. All of these positions, for both Cream and its Parent, are based in Columbus, Ohio.
For a prospective Cream franchisee, this information indicates that the company's leadership is highly centralized and that Ms. Timmons plays a significant role in both Cream and its Parent company. This could mean that decisions are made quickly and efficiently, but it also concentrates a great deal of responsibility in one individual. A franchisee might want to understand the reporting structure and decision-making processes within Cream to assess how Ms. Timmons' multiple roles might impact the franchise operations and support.