Contributors
Charlie Piper
CEO and President, as well as Chairman of the Board at Squadle, Inc., a technology company that enables multi-unit operators to simplify complex operations and streamline food safety.Dustin Portillo
Dustin Portillo is an influential figure in the hospitality industry, recognized for his thought leadership, expertise and transformational speaking. He has been featured in prominent publications such as The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and is the author of It's Okay To Be An IDIOT. Combining his experience in entertainment and hospitality, Dustin brings a fresh and innovative approach to the industry. He emphasizes the importance of a PerformanceFocused Mindset and authenticity.
Rob Press
Rob is a content marketing manager at Deputy, a robust scheduling software that can be used to manage workforce in a wide variety of different industries. Aside from helping businesses reach operational efficiency, he keeps up to date with the latest trends in SaaS, B2B, and technology in general.
Paul Radley
Paul is Qu's Product Marketing Manager. With a diverse background in the technology world, he's an enthusiastic reader and writer, with experience spanning marketing, sales enablement, operations, and strategy. Lives in Atlanta, but lives for Filipino food...and science-fiction.
Shyam Rao
Previously, he was on the Principal Investments Team at Merrill Lynch and was vice president of business development at Prime Focus, a large media-services company. Shyam earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Jeffrey Ricker
He has a 30-year career working with the financial industry, start-up companies and the Defense Department.
Daniel Rodgers
Daniel is a serial entrepreneur involved in a number of ventures before seeing an opportunity to disrupt global hospitality with digital self-service. Daniel has delivered on market opportunities, such as kiosk, to ensure QikServe is on the digital pathways that lead to mobile self-service.
Adam Ross
Adam Ross spearheads the Americas division for Deputy, a global workforce management platform. Previously a securities lawyer, Adam manages scaling Deputy's software for users in over 200,000 workplaces around the world.
Peter Ruchti
Peter Ruchti is the founder of AdeptPlus, a full-service digital agency helping restaurants market their business to attract and retain happy customers. As a former restaurant-industry business owner and Certified Google Partner, he works with other entrepreneurs and Directors of Marketing to strategically market their business using the Internet.
Emily Rugaber
Emily Rugaber, VP of Marketing at Thanx is an expert in digital transformation, loyalty and data-driven restaurant marketing. She wrote the definitive guide on Restaurant Digital Maturity and authors the Loyalty Disrupt newsletter. Prior to joining Thanx, Emily consulted Fortune 500 clients such as SAP, Nestle, and Target on business intelligence, marketing, and AI projects.
Dinesh Saparamadu
Dinesh Saparamadu is CEO and founder of Applova Inc., a company focused on delivering innovative kiosks and mobile app-building platform technology. Saparamadu is also CEO and founder of hSenid Group of companies and is chairman of the board of PeoplesHR.
Michael Seaman
Michael Seaman is the co-founder and CEO of Swipesum, a comprehensive payment processing and merchant services consultancy delivering innovative auditing solutions to businesses nationwide. Seaman founded Swipesum in 2016 with his brother, Stephen, to serve as Chief Payments Officer for businesses nationwide, combining industry knowledge, AI and proprietary software to create a transparent payments strategy that optimizes payment processing fees.
Paul Segreto
Paul Segreto brings over 40 years of hands-on experience in restaurant and franchise management, marketing, and development. A respected expert in the entrepreneurial world, he has guided countless individuals and brands to success across all stages of growth. Known for his strategic insight and passion for innovation, Paul remains committed to helping others navigate the ever-evolving foodservice and franchising industries.
Dario Sheikh
Dario has worked across aspects of business development, client strategy and marketing for nearly 15 years. As Head of Agency at Moloco, Dario empowers businesses of all sizes to grow through machine learning. Prior, he worked in business development under the App Tech Partners division for Google and handled client development and strategic partnerships for Bidalgo, a marketing intelligence platform. He also worked as a growth manager for French food services management company, Sodexo.
Damon Shrauner
Damon Shrauner, Senior Sales Consultant and VP on B2B Sales at ChefBuyer. I have been working in the food service equipment sector since 1994. Also has expertise in market analysis, product placement, sales, and project management.
Adam Silliphant
Adam has worked for some of the largest concepts in Canada as a Regional Manager, Food Service Director and Director of Operations. He has developed countless menu items and concepts, opened 30+ restaurants, managed teams of 200+ and delivered results managing multi-million dollar portfolios.
Mike Sisco
Mike Sisco is CEO of Embed Digital, which designs, installs, manages and connects digital signage.
Manikandan Siva
Takeorder Ai is a voice AI agent for restaurants that answers phone calls, takes orders, and manages operations seamlessly. It ensures no calls go unanswered, even during peak hours. The system helps restaurants increase revenue, reduce labor costs, and improve customer experience. AI voice agent built for restaurants, cafés & drive-thrus. Handles calls, takes orders & manages bookings—24/7. Boost revenue & cut wait times with Takeorder AI.
Arcady Sosinov
Arcady Sosinov is the Founder and CEO of FreeWire Technologies. Prior to FreeWire, he spent almost a decade in finance and investment management. Arcady holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and an economics degree from Boston University.
Lon Southerland
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