I manage change through difficult business challenges and transform them into opportunities for responsible growth with 27 years of strategic leadership, from operating the 39th largest franchisee in the US, with 180 locations generating $265MM in sales, to an in-depth knowledge of machine learning and analytics, cloud computing, and information security.My technology background comes from leading large critical infrastructure projects for Goldman Sachs, ABN AMRO, and Deutsche Bank, during which time, as the COO/CTO for 2 technology consulting firms, I strategically recruited my senior leadership teams to grow each organization. At GfK Market Research, I led the redesign of innovative predictive analytics survey technology and brought it to the cloud.In 2009, I joined the Starboard Group as COO with 63 Wendy’s QSR restaurants generating ~$90MM in annual sales, I initially focused on cash flow and forecasting systems, and integrated Finance, Point of Sale (POS), HR, Recruiting, and Inventory Management platforms into a data warehouse and analytics solution. I led a successful recapitalization effort in 2010 and was promoted to President. In 2012 I created a 3 year strategy called Painted Picture, which guided us through the acquisition of 105 restaurants and exclusive master franchisor rights for Brazil, tripling our size by 2015.In 2016, I took over The Wendy’s Charity Classic an annual charity golf tournament. It raised $3.1MM to benefit foster care adoption programs in Michigan, since then we raise over $640K for the cause. And when I am not working or spending time with my family you will find me in my garage playing with cars.Specialties:Strategic Leadership in SaaS Product Development, SCRUM Agile Software Development, Machine Learning Frameworks, Cybersecurity, Mergers and Acquisitions Business Strategy (M&A), Seed, Venture Capital (VC), Private Equity (PE), and Senior Lender Funding Structures, Franchising, Contract Negotiations, Real Estate Development, Financial Planning, Business Modeling and Long Term Forecasting.