As SEO Lead at Restroworks, Abhinay helps bring the brand in front of potential clients by driving targeted organic visibility. Through strategic content, technical optimization, and intent-based keyword targeting, he ensures restaurant decision-makers discover Restroworks when they're actively searching for solutions.
Justin Hall is a tenacious operator focusing on efficiency, streamlining processes and reducing complicated matters. He has a long history working with top QSRs to expand their operations, HR Functions, and understands how to work in a growth structure. Justin has much familiarity with building processes, SOPs, and strategy while learning to color both in (and outside of) the traditional lines, and enjoying the ride along the way.
Hannah Hambleton is the Content Manager for Beambox.com and writes about marketing and social media trends for small businesses and the hospitality industry.
Joe Hannon is the General Manager for Inventory and Purchasing at Restaurant365. He works with the product team to drive the vision for the operations side of the software. He cut his teeth in the industry, managing restaurants for 11 years before switching to the tech side. After a few years of implementing software, Joe decided he wanted to help build it and moved to the product team. Joe loves movie and game nights with his wife and two kids and can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 90 seconds.
In his role as Assistant Vice President, Culinary Executive Chef, Mr. Hansen acts as the liaison between OSI’s Group Research & Development teams and customers, adding value through his expertise in concept-to-carton development that drives profitable relationships. Before joining the OSI Group in 2007, Mr. Hansen served for 13 years as Senior Chef, Foodservice and Corporate Executive Chef, Culinary at Givaudan.
Chef Ed is most famous for being a winner on Food Network’s hit cooking show, “Chopped -- Season 4” and competing on “Iron Chef International.” Chef Ed Harris currently runs his own consulting firm “Chef Life Consulting.” Through his company, he does private in-home dinners and restaurant consulting to train staff and update menus. He also spent 5 years as a chef for the infamous Buddakan restaurant in NYC, where he developed a passion for Asian cuisine.
Whether that's in the form of feature articles, whitepapers, webinars, research, one-sheeters, or blog posts, I love getting the chance to find new ways to use top- and mid-funnel content to drive leads and sales.
Mr. Hernandez was elected Non-Executive Chairman of McDonald’s Corporation in May 2016. He has served on the Board as an independent Director since 1996 and most recently chaired the Audit Committee. A current member of the Harvard College Visiting and Harvard University Resources Committees and The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation. Mr. Hernandez earned a bachelor's degree in government and economics from Harvard University and received his law degree from The Harvard Law School.
With a background in sales and customer service, Rachel makes sure that Hess Meat Machines is always raising the bar on delivering a great experience to its customers, which includes restaurants and stores across St. Louis as well as health and educational organizations, like BJC Healthcare and Washington University.
On top of providing high-quality supplies and equipment, Hess offers in-depth training on every piece of machinery sold, 24/6 emergency services from factory-trained technicians, and a Preventative Maintenance Program that helps customers save time on labor, uncover problems before they arise, and increase productivity, and more.
He is also the President, Cofounder & Chairman of Miso Robotics, which produces multiple products across robotics and AI to solve some of the largest gaps in back of house restaurant operations such as robotic frying stations, vision-enabled grill systems and automatic beverage dispensers.
Nataly Kelly is Chief Marketing Officer at Zappi, a consumer insights platform for advertising, innovation, and brand insights. A multi-time author and longtime contributor to Harvard Business Review, her latest book is "Brand Global, Adapt Local. She is a former market researcher and Chief Research Officer, and previously served as VP of Marketing at HubSpot.
Felicity Kelly is the Head of Sustainability at Bunzl Australia & New Zealand. She assists organizations in enhancing their sustainability performance and reputation, as well as managing their entire value chain through stakeholder engagement, communication, risk management, problem-solving, strategy development, and execution. Felicity holds a Master's degree in Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Management from Monash University. She has extensive experience working across various sectors, primarily in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and logistics
Saleem S. Khatri is CEO of Lavu Inc, a global restaurant management platform. Lavu's world-class products include mobile point of sale, payment processing and back of the house software. Before joining Lavu, Mr. Khatri was Co-Founder and CEO of Instavest, Inc., an software-based investment manager backed by Y Combinator. Prior thereto, Mr. Khatri was an executive member of the Office of Financial Stability at the United States Department of the Treasury.