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SPEAKERS
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PANELISTS & MODERATORS

Taj Adhav
Leasecake CEOView Profile

Afsheen Afshar
Brixx Pizza PartnerView Profile

Jon Aiello
Flynn Restaurant Group Market PresidentView Profile

Frances Allen
Checkers & Rally’s Drive-In Restaurants President & CEOView Profile

Jonathan Almanzar
Chick’nCone Co-Founder & CEOView Profile

Ted Babcock
Personica VP, Menu & Pricing AnalyticsView Profile

Doug Baker
Wing Shack Enterprises Director of MarketingView Profile

Justin Bartek
JINYA Holdings Marketing DirectorView Profile

Adenah Bayoh
Cornbread, IHOP Founder, FranchiseeView Profile

Liz Bazner
A&W Restaurants Director of DigitalView Profile

Brett Berger
SynergySuite VP of SalesView Profile

Jodi Bertram
Botrista Director, MarketingView Profile

Jeff Bowman
Voxie Director of Growth & StrategyView Profile

Kristen Briede
P.F. Chang’s Senior VP of International & Global BrandsView Profile

Benjamin Brown
ConverseNow Vice President of MarketingView Profile

Brandon Bulcroft
FSSolutions, a Vault Health Company Director of Channel PartnershipsView Profile

Lucas Burns
Atmosphere Enterprise Account ExecutiveView Profile

Cherryh Cansler
Networld Media Group Vice President of EventsView Profile

Rob Carpenter
Valyant AI CEO & FounderView Profile

Dave Craig
Fazoli’s Vice President, Human ResourcesView Profile

Phil Crawford
CKE Restaurants Chief Technology OfficerView Profile

Laura Rea Dickey
Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants CEOView Profile

Rafik Farouk
PF Changs Sr. Director of Global Business DevelopmentView Profile

Brian Farris
WOWorks Chief Development OfficerView Profile

Steve Felson
Bonchon VP of OperationsView Profile

Jocelyn Flojo
Checkers & Rally’s Drive-In Restaurants LMS AdministratorView Profile

Michelle Gil
I Love Juice Bar Director of OperationsView Profile

Zach Goldstein
Thanx CEO & FounderView Profile

Josh Goodman
PourMyBeer and PourMyBeverage Founder & CEOView Profile

Tom Gordon
Slim Chickens CEOView Profile

Josh Halpern
Big Chicken CEOView Profile

Scott Heim
Evo, Inc. Divisional PresidentView Profile

Justin Holmes
7shifts Chief Revenue OfficerView Profile

Chuck Imerson
Asian Box President & CEOView Profile

Claiborne Irby
Focus Brands SVP, Customer Engagement & StrategyView Profile

Stacey Kane
None Restaurant Marketing ConsultantView Profile

Drew Kellogg
Oath Pizza President & CEOView Profile

Sean Kennedy
Cowboy Chicken President & CEOView Profile

Haris Khan
Chipotle Mexican Grill Senior Director of Restaurant ExcellenceView Profile

Xavier Lazo
The eLearning Gurus, Checkers & Rally’s Drive-In Restaurants Chief eLearning Guru, L&D ConsultantView Profile

Justin Lerner
Uberall Marketing Manager, AmericasView Profile

Claudia Lezcano
Church's Chicken SVP, US Marketing OfficerView Profile

Steve Lieber
BurgerFi VP Franchise Business DevelopmentView Profile

Steve Madonna
Bar Louie SVP of CulinaryView Profile

Carrie Martin
Mr Brews Taphouse VP of Operations ServicesView Profile

Rob McColgan
Modern Restaurant Concepts Co-Founder & CEOView Profile

Sherif Mityas
JAMCO Interests LLC Operating PartnerView Profile

Reid Nolte
Ballard Brands Vice President of Brand StrategyView Profile

Kyle Noonan
Free Range Concepts Owner & CEOView Profile

Aaron Noveshen
Starbird / The Culinary Edge CEO / Founder & ChairmanView Profile

Zack Oates
Ovation Founder & CEOView Profile

Amy Ohde
Chick-fil-A Executive Director, Launch SupportView Profile

Wayne Pederson
Fazoli’s Restaurant Group CIOView Profile

Brooke Perry
Original ChopShop VP of MarketingView Profile

Patrick Pleiss
Hyperlocology Co-FounderView Profile

CJ Ramirez
Dog Haus EVP & Marketing DirectorView Profile

John Ramsay
Noodles & Company Vice President Franchise SalesView Profile

Tony Reaman
Luna Grill CFOView Profile

Rob Reed
SOCi Senior Advisor, Enterprise BrandsView Profile

David Roberts
Cicis Enterprises Chief Information OfficerView Profile

Clifton Rutledge
Shipley Do-Nuts CEOView Profile

Lily Saer
The Saxton Group Marketing ManagerView Profile

Chris Sasser
Tropical Smoothie Cafe VP of Finance & AnalyticsView Profile

Arne Saupe
Farmer's Fridge VP of TechnologyView Profile

Greg Sausaman
Topper's Craft Creamery CEO & Co-founderView Profile

Mike Sebazco
MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes EVP of Operations & DevelopmentView Profile

Mandy Shaw
Blaze Pizza CEOView Profile

Savneet Singh
PAR Technology Corp., ParTech, Inc President & CEO, PresidentView Profile

Scott Slaymaker
Winger Brothers Management Managing PartnerView Profile

Sam Stanovich
Big Chicken SVP of Development & AlliancesView Profile

Jim Sullivan
Qdoba Chief Development OfficerView Profile

Susan Taylor
Juice It Up! President & CEOView Profile

Matt Umscheid
Envysion CEOView Profile

Jason Valentine
Zoup! Eatery PresidentView Profile

Nick Vojnovic
Little Greek President & Majority PartnerView Profile
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