Contributors
Andrew Steele
Andrew has more than 25 years of operational and leadership experience, previously serving as CEO of Breezing, a spinout from Arizona State University formed to commercialize chemical sensor technology for healthcare applications. He also co-founded and served as the CEO of BeckonCall, a mobile-SaaS communication platform for healthcare providers. He previously co-founded two other enterprise SaaS technology startups and held global leadership roles in sales, marketing and business development for high-growth technology businesses acquired by Motorola, Comcast and Microsoft.
Steele is an active member of the Arizona technology community, serving as a judge, panelist and mentor in the Venture Ready Program. He also serves on the Board of Stewards of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West.
Gary Stonell
Gary Stonell, SVP of Sales and Operations, Opterus, has 20 years of sales management and business development experience in CPG and SaaS. Beginning his career in CPG, he worked for Kraft Foods, Philips Electronics, then SunRype Products fostering partnerships with retailers and managing various aspects of the sales and marketing processes. More recently at Sysomos/Meltwater, Gary led the enterprise sales team responsible for managing existing clients and new logo acquisition.
William Stutzman
William is Vice President Strategic Initiatives for Ventus.Andreas Suma
Andreas Suma is passionate about how technology and consumer behavior drive innovative customer experiences. He is instrumental in introducing new chat channels at Clickatell that change the way customers engage with brands. Having lived and worked in over 26 countries, today he focuses on core markets, including the US, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico, and works with large enterprises.Catherine Tabor
For the past 10 years, Catherine has served as the founder and CEO of Sparkfly, an offer management platform that helps restaurant and retail marketers improve customer acquisition and loyalty programs by connecting real-time consumer behavior with online and in-store sales. She has worked with more than 65 brands, powering more than 10,000 locations with more than 100 million transactions. The company's growth trajectory has increased dramatically over the past year, with record quarter over quarter revenue and bookings growth that is leading to the largest hiring demand the company has faced.
Catherine has deep expertise in the technology and digital/mobile and offline programs that power customer loyalty and acquisition, including digital wallet, providing intelligence to in-store and above store point-of-sale transactional data, offer management and point-of-sale systems.
Angie Terrell
With over 20 years of experience in the tech industry, Angie Terrell is the Group Design Director at Stellar Elements, where she leads a dedicated team of designers and directors in their mission to enhance the digital experiences of Fortune 500 clients. Angie's unwavering commitment to excellence has established her as a visionary leader in the realm of experience design.
Megan Tevrizian
Vlad Rikhter is the founder and CEO of Zenput, a top-ranked operations execution platform for multi-unit restaurants, convenience stores, and grocers. Zenput is used in over 60,000 locations in more than 100 countries by top brands, including Domino's, Chipotle, P.F. Chang's, Five Guys, KFC, Smart & Final, and Global.
Mark Tina
Delivering best-in-class employee development and learning programs for all levels of the organization, Mark has created and implemented a wide range of mentorship, coaching, and leadership development programs to build strong culture and positive employee engagement in all locations.
George Tinsley Sr.
George Tinsley Sr. is the award-winning author of Catch as Catch Can: Building a Legacy By Finding Opportunity in Every Obstacle. Tinsley is co-founder, vice president, and managing partner of Tinsley Family Concessions, Inc. Tinsley also was the founder and president of PenGeo Inc., dba KFC, which has been sold. He is president and CEO of GW Tinsley Consulting, Inc. Tinsley played professional basketball in the American Basketball Association and was a two-time college basketball All-American at Kentucky Wesleyan College. He is also a nine-time Hall of Famer in both business and athletics.
Antonio Tomarchio
Antonio Tomarchio is the founder and CEO of Cuebiq. An impressive entrepreneur, he has founded several companies since the age of 19. Antonio holds an M.S. in Mathematical Engineering from Polytechnic University of Milan and a double degree in Engineering Science from the Ecole Centrale de Paris.
Erick Tu
Erick Tu, Founder & CEO of BLogic Systems, is a trusted leader in restaurant technology. His firsthand experience in restaurants revealed inefficient POS systems, inspiring him to establish BLogic in 2010. He leverages deep industry insight to deliver human-centric, reliable POS solutions that drive efficiency and profitability for businesses in food service, retail and hospitality industries.
Carl Udler
With over 25 years of professional experience,15 of which has focused on the franchise industry, Carl Udler possesses a rare blend of technology expertise combined with Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) and Certified Foodservice Technology Professional (CFTP) industry credentials. As a senior director at Hughes, Carl provides valuable guidance to Franchisors and retailers on a broad range of technologies, processes, networking best practices, and cybersecurity solutions, enabling them to solve the types of concrete challenges that impact business, customers and ROI.
Lisa van Kesteren
Lisa van Kesteren is the founder and CEO of SeeLevel HX, a leading mystery shopping market research agency. The company is best known for its hallmark mystery shopping programs, including for seven of the top 10 national QSR brands.
Jarrett Wagner
Jarrett Wagner is a risk control representative at Society Insurance. He began his career at Society Insurance in 2008 in the property, auto and liability claims department. During his tenure at Society Insurance, he earned his AIC and AIS designations and has spent the past three years in risk control. Wagner has a B.A. degree in criminal justice from Illinois State University.
Vivian Wang
Vivian Wang is the Founder & CEO of LANDED, an AI-driven hiring platform that helps restaurants and hospitality employers quickly hire top talent. A Princeton graduate in Public and International Affairs, Vivian has advised European central banks on financial strategy at BlackRock, launched Asia and EMEA markets for Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR), and led C-suite projects at Gap, Inc. Her diverse experience fuels LANDED’s mission to support career and financial growth for blue-collar workers.
Dave Wiens
Dave is the CEO and co-founder of Pulsa, the award-winning platform that offers the most sophisticated and affordable gas monitoring solution. He is a licensed mechanical engineer, a sensor expert and has spent his career building systems to solve physical world problems across multiple industries, including aerospace, steel manufacturing, energy, logistics, and retail. Dave holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC San Diego.
Steven Wiideman
With over 15 years of specializing in multi-location SEO, Steve Wiideman has pioneered advanced areas of multi-listing presence within blended Map and Web search results, helping franchises scale SEO. He is Author of the textbook SEO: Strategy & Skills and teaches at UCSD and CSUF when not running his consultancy in the Los Angeles Area.
Lise Wilson
Lise Wilson is a strategy architect with 25+ years of experience in consumer packaged goods, retail design, and shopper marketing. At Miller Zell, she focuses on the shopper journey and experience with a concentration on what shoppers need at every step in the process.
Zhong Xu
As the CEO of Deliverect, which was founded in September 2018, Zhong is connecting food delivery platforms with restaurants’ POS systems.
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