Blake Dudek

President & Chief Operating Officer Jay Group

Last Reviewed: September 26, 2026

Executive Summary

Blake Dudek is President and Chief Operating Officer of Jay Group, a third-party logistics company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that provides eCommerce fulfillment, contract packaging and supply chain services. He is the third generation of his family in the business: his grandfather, Jay Chryst, founded it in 1965, and his mother, Dana Chryst, is chief executive. He joined in 2012 in business development and moved through the company’s contact center and fulfillment divisions before taking responsibility for its strategic vision and day-to-day operations. His rise coincided with a period in which, by his mother’s account, the business doubled in successive years during COVID.

Career Highlights

• President and Chief Operating Officer of Jay Group, responsible for the company’s overall strategic vision and operational execution.
• Promoted to COO in 2021, having already served as president, according to a 2022 LNP | LancasterOnline profile of the company’s succession.
• As VP of Contact Center Services, oversaw new technology that the company says raised adherence by more than 20%.
• As VP in Fulfillment Operations, set up and ran Jay Group’s Hempland Road warehouse through its first peak season.
• Joined Jay Group in 2012 as Director of Business Development in the sales department.
• Holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College.

Professional Journey

Dudek studied business administration at Babson College, concentrating on entrepreneurship and marketing. He officially joined Jay Group in 2012 as Director of Business Development in the sales department, where he worked on customer service and fulfillment solutions for clients.

The company says he has since worked in every one of its divisions. In Customer Care he was Vice President of Contact Center Services, overseeing new technology that improved efficiency and, by the company’s figure, raised adherence by more than 20%. In Fulfillment Operations, as a vice president, he set up the Hempland Road warehouse and ran it through its first peak season.

Jay Group was started in 1965 by Jay Chryst, whose business was built on promotional materials. His daughter, Dana Chryst, became president at 30. Over the following decades the company changed direction several times and is now largely an eCommerce fulfillment business. It also offers contract packaging, kitting, reverse logistics and subscription fulfillment. The company reports more than 500,000 square feet of space across Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Reno, Nevada, and holds ISO 27001 certification and FDA registration.

In a September 2022 LNP | LancasterOnline article on family business succession, Dana Chryst said her son had been president “for some time” and that she had promoted him to chief operating officer the previous year. She said the move “really accelerated during COVID”, when the business doubled two years running. The article described Dudek, then 32, as running the company’s day-to-day operations. Chryst remains CEO, and the company’s current management-team page lists him as President & COO directly beneath her. In February 2026 he was quoted in that capacity announcing the appointment of a new Vice President, Strategy, to lead the company’s work on fulfillment scalability, carrier diversification and last-mile delivery.

Education

Babson College

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship and Marketing