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Christin Dorner
Christin Dorner is the Content and Media Manager for Star Micronics, a leading manufacturer in the global POS industry, providing solutions for the retail, hospitality, and up-and-coming markets. With over 17 years of experience in the technology industry, Christin leads her team to bridge meaningful connections that foster shared success through creativity and innovation.
Peter Dougherty
Outside of work, Mr. Dougherty loves a project and spending time with his family in the country. Mr. Dougherty holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Canadian History from Concordia University.
Mitch Duckler
Mitch Duckler, founder of FullSurge, a Chicago-based brand consultancy, brings 30+ years of brand management expertise from Unilever, Coca-Cola, and Prophet. His client roster includes Fortune 500 giants like ExxonMobil, Deloitte, and Hyatt. A TEDx speaker, Mitch is also a faculty member at ANA, chaired AMA conferences, and authored "The Indispensable Brand." Stay tuned for his upcoming book, "The Future-Ready Brand," out May 2024.
Dylan Duke
Dylan Duke is the founder and CEO of Glewee, the easiest and fastest all-in-one influencer marketing platform that connects brands and creators through collaboration and paid social media brand deals. He is a big-picture visionary and tactical strategist who was recently featured on the Forbes 30-Under-30 list.
Amanda Duplantis
Amanda brings a systems-level perspective to franchising, blending operational rigor with forward-looking strategy. She is particularly skilled at identifying opportunities, piloting solutions, and scaling what works across complex networks. Known for steady leadership in moments of change, she builds structure where it is needed and momentum where it matters most. As President, Amanda partners closely with FranNet’s franchise owners, internal leadership team, Board of Directors to modernize the organization and reinforce its position as a trusted authority in franchise consulting.
Bill Edwards
William “Bill” Edwards has over 45 years of international experience working with multiple Fortune 100 companies in over 68 countries. He has a deep respect for other cultures and their business customs, and loves helping U.S. businesses realize their full potential on the global stage. He has worked with 15 U.S. F&B brands taking them global.
Jeff Ernste
I create business success for employers and Orange Tree. I lead Orange Tree's efforts to design and deliver background screening programs in the best interest of employers who work with us. Creating business success for employers includes understanding their requirements and an honest assessment of Orange Tree's ability to meet them.
Blas Escarcega
Blas Escarcega serves as Pollo Campero's VP of Franchise Development. Escarcega, a restaurant financial executive, spent the bulk of his career guiding those in the restaurant industry to a path of growth and profitability. Escarcega held the position of CFO at a beverage distributorship before transitioning to Campero USA, where he first held the position of Corporate Controller for over two years and then Corporate Business Partner and Director of Finance for over 13 years. As VP of Franchise Development, Escarcega leverages his experience and drive to accelerate franchise development.
Benjamin Flikkema
Ben has successfully worked on diverse projects encompassing video production, written content, and everything in between. He thrives in delivering high-quality content and engaging written word.
Rebecca Freiberg
Rebecca has worked in Human Resources for 5 years and has experience in benefits, wellness, recruitment, employee engagement and development. Rebecca joined Society Insurance in 2019.
Amy Freshman
30 years with ADP, 17 in the sales organization holding multiple roles from direct sales, sales leadership, leadership development and sales operations. 13 years now in Global HR leading large scale projects surrounding the employee experience from flexible working to wellness initiatives to acquisitions.
Luke Fryer
Luke Fryer is the Founder and CEO of Harri, a leading technology platform transforming workforce management in the hospitality industry. With over 15 years of experience building and scaling successful companies in the food and beverage sector, Fryer is a seasoned entrepreneur and respected industry innovator.
Kunwar Gill
Kunwar Gill is the VP of Product and Hospitality at Epos Now. With 10+ years of product management and hospitality experience, Kunwar has a proven track record of solving problems for startups, scale-ups and larger enterprise organisations.
Andrew Glantz
Andrew Glantz is the Founder & CEO of GiftAMeal, a cause-marketing platform for restaurants that has provided nearly 2 million meals to those in need through its novel “food for photos” concept. Now with over 900 partner restaurants across QSR, fast-casual, and full service brands, Glantz and his creation, GiftAMeal, have become recognized as major forces for good by hospitality industry and hunger-relief organizations alike, receiving the Industry Hero Award by Hospitality Technology and winning 1st Place at the Global Impact Awards.
Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez is the Co-Founder & CEO of Mundial Media, a contextual marketing platform catering to multicultural audiences. Tony is also an investor at the Cap Table Coalition, an Operating Advisor at Kline Hill Partners LLC, and a Managing Member at Blue Pine Capital. In addition, Tony has served as a mentor at Black Ambition and held roles at H Code, RhythmOne, Lyfe Mobile, Leaf Group, and a Family Office. Tony has a background in economics from Princeton University and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
George Gottl
George is Chief Creative Officer, Spatial Design at FutureBrand. He has produced revolutionary consumer experience environments for such clients as Bentley, SKII InterContinental Hotels Group, McDonald's, NIKE, Bloomingdale's, Sephora, H&M, and Tate Modern.
Scott Greenberg
Scott Greenberg is a business speaker, writer, and coach who helps leaders and teams perform at a higher level. His new book is entitled Stop The Shift Show: Turn Your Struggling Hourly Workers into a Top-Performing Team. More information at www.ScottGreenberg.com
David Greschler
David Greschler is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience building and leading successful tech ventures, including Softricity (acquired by Microsoft). As CEO and co-founder of NomadGo, he is transforming inventory management through AI, spatial vision, and augmented reality to make the process faster, more accurate, and easier to use. Known for his strength in product strategy and go-to-market execution, David holds seven patents and has a track record of launching category-defining innovations that simplify complexity and drive real-world impact.
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