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I am an award-winning C-Suite leader, having the time of my professional life by focusing on a simple goal: sharing my wisdom while partnering with good humans on work that matters. Partnering with multiple brands and leaders, the output of that simple focus has been and continues to be a simple result -- GROWTH. Throughout my career I have been honored to hold multiple impactful leadership roles that have delivered consistent growth. Among these have been President at Denny's, where I led a dynamic team overseeing operations, marketing, HR, training, finance, and communications for a $2.9B systemwide revenue brand. Overseeing a franchise system of over 40,000 team members across nearly 1,600 restaurants and collaborating with 210 franchise owners to revitalize the brand was an incredible opportunity that yielded demonstrated growth in sales, innovation, operating revenue and EBITDA within my President and other C-suite tenure. I've also achieved decorated success rejuvenating growth with roles as EVP, Chief Brand Officer and EVP, Chief Brand Officer, leveraging my expertise to forge customer-driven differentiation, cross-system collaboration, and drive sustainable P&L performance. Other results include dramatically elevating guest experience metrics, defining and amplifying brand positionings, launching innovative products and partnerships, leading digital transformation, and championing impactful community initiatives. These successes are consistently indicative of my tenure at Denny's and other cross-industry organizations including Ivybrook Academy, the NBA's Houston Rockets, Yum! Brands, Pizza Hut, Omnicom, and Fidelity Investments. My commitment to building collaborative relationships extends beyond my teams to encompass partnerships with all levels of the organization, diverse franchisees, industry boards, and esteemed entities like the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), where I had the privilege of serving on the Board of Directors and Chair for ANA's AIMM, among others, and had the honor of multiple recognitions in various national and global "Top Leader", "Top 50", or "Power 50" lists by national organizations including Forbes, Adweek, Business Insider, PR Week, Advertising Age and Nation's Restaurant News.