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Arlington, Texas, Us

Restaurant Acquisitions, Due Diligence and Strategic Growth Planning Advisement. Restaurant Operations, Development, Finance, Talent Management, and Technology Consulting

Dallas, Texas, Us

Succeeded the founder as Chief Executive Officer. Created strategy to evolve the brand to a more approachable, affordable and hospitable concept. Built a team to improve organizational structure, restaurant leadership, training, financial systems and food safety, establish vendor management and introduce a marketing strategy. During tenure as CEO, social ratings improved across all restaurants, achieving an average rating of 4.7, cost of sales improved by 4%, due to supply chain management and menu strategy. Hourly labor costs improved by 2% in 2022 vs prior year through effective hiring, training, appropriate staffing, schedule management and internal leadership development. Opened the new Shell Shack prototype in January of 2023.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Operations leader for Shell Shack, an innovative, experiential seafood concept. Shell Shack is an emerging brand and is now part of TriSpan’s Rising Star portfolio.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Zalat Pizza is a Dallas based, cloud kitchen start up designed to capture late night, third party delivery with high quality, hand crafted pizza. Zalat has assembled an amazing team and are ready for growth!Advisory Board Member counseling CEO and Founder on long term growth, investment strategy and organizational structure.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Introduced operational leadership structure and talent management to Zalat Pizza, developed internal training manager, recruited new management teams, developed and promoted area director, and recruited and on-boarded COO successor.Implemented organizational structure, training and financial systems, point of sale consolidation, food safety, vendor management and opened new prototypesDuring tenure as COO, Zalat Pizza achieved a 20% comp sales increase in 2019 and social ratings improved across concept, achieving an average rating of 4.5/5 in social channels and delivery platforms.

Irving, Texas, Us

Member of the Executive Management Team and the Operations leader for On The Border Mexican Grill and Cantina, consisting of 130 company restaurants and 25 domestic and international franchise locations, generating over $300 million in annual sales. As the Operations Team leader, responsible for the growth and development of 4 Regional Directors, a Director of Franchise Operations, 18 Area Directors, 130 General Managers, 390 Managers and over 5,000 Team Members.

Tampa, Florida, Us

Led restaurant operations for the Outback Steakhouse in the Northeast Region, consisting of 100 restaurants across New York, Pennsylvania, New England and New Jersey which generated over $320 million in annual sales. As the Regional Vice President, led 12 Joint Venture Partners (Area Directors), a Regional Training Team, 100 Managing Partners, 300 Managers and 6000 Team Members. Had the privilege to develop and promote two Regional Vice Presidents and four Joint Venture Partners.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Entered into a Joint Venture Partnership as a limited owner and operator of the Outback Steakhouse Mountain West market, consisting of 12 restaurants in West Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Consistently achieved sales and profitability plans and successfully improved "turnaround restaurants". As a leader in Key Performance Indicators for the brand, selected as a test market for various brand initiatives. Worked with a highly successful team and developed two Joint Venture Partners and seven Managing Partners. Recognized as "Outbacker of the Year" in 2010 for leadership contribution and promoted to Regional Vice President of Operations in 2011.

Tampa, Fl, Us

Limited partnership owner and operator of the Outback Steakhouse in Wichita, KS. Throughout tenure, the restaurant consistently achieved annual positive sales growth and exceeded profit expectations. A certified training restaurant, earned the responsibility to develop countless managers for the brand and had the privilege to develop and promote four managing partners. Multi-recipient of the Managing Partner of the Year and promoted to Joint Venture Partner in 2003.

Bachelor Of Arts, History

Graduate Work Towards Masters Of Arts, Near And Middle Eastern Studies