Helping restaurants and retailers strategize for growth. I use analytics and data based approaches to help come up with the best strategies, set up broker relationships and networks to help effectuate those strategies, vet out opportunities, negotiate opportunities, lead design and construction if needed. We can fulfill any arm of a real estate department without the costs associated internally.Partial list of clients:Buddy's PizzaConnor's Steak & SeafoodChophouseDistrict TacoPotbelly

Portfolio Oversight - Oversaw a portfolio of 400+ locations with a $50M+ per year occupancy cost and led on all efforts related to renewals, renegotiations, lease restructuring and relocations leading to cumulatively centuries of additional term for Potbelly’s existing locations and millions of dollars in savings.Real Estate Committee - Refined and led the Real Estate Committee process, analysis, discussion and approvals for all company and franchise real estate related decisionsCompany Real Estate Development - Led all efforts related to nationwide company strategic development in key identified markets contributing more than 50% of total company development targets between company and franchise developmentRefranchising - Successfully led the refranchising effort for the company portfolio for over a year leading to the two most valuable refranchising transactions in the company’s historyAnalytics Modeling - Pitched, brought in and built a highly sophisticated analytics model to force more data-centric decision making processes and implemented the model which subsequently supported all real estate decision making, refined target markets and trade areas for corporate and franchisee development and created a new process by which the Franchise Sales team was able to strategically sell markets and determine how many development commitments to sell in a given territory.Non-Traditional Development - Led all efforts related to non-traditional development in airports, hospital, universities and military bases. Individually sought opportunities at military bases writing and winning RFP’s and opened an entirely new business channel for the company which has significant plans for growth.Awards – recipient of the 2023 CEO award for companywide employee performance

Oversee the strategy, acquisitions, construction, design, legal and facilities functions of the real estate development arm of the business.

Oversee and lead 5-year pipeline strategy, acquisitions and development of restaurant real estate for Midwest and East Coast growth

Oversaw all aspects of the Property function including pipeline strategy creation, asset identification, site negotiation, site analysis, board presentation, lease negotiation, construction budgeting, feasibility studies, market studies, market development, restaurant design, layout plans, restaurant construction and restaurant maintenance

Combined all aspects of the real estate arm of the company by leading the acquisitions, project management, construction and facilities teams and developed and implemented the national and localized strategic growth plans.