Wade Allen
Brinker International
SVP / Chief Digital Officer & Head of Off Premise

Brian Anderson
Modern Restaurant Concepts
Director of Technology

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Smoothie King
CIO

Nikki Barua
BeyondCurious
Co-Founder and CEO

Karen Bird
Hooters of America
Chief Information Officer

Alex Birnbaum
Results Thru Strategy
Partner

Maryann Byrdak
Potbelly Sandwich Works
SVP, Information Technology

Benjamin Calleja
Livit Design
CEO

Daniel Connolly
Drake University
Professor

Doug Cook
Sonic Drive-In
Vice President & Chief Architect

Dorothy Creamer
Hospitality Technology
Editor-in-Chief

Scott Curry
Craft​W​orks Restaurants & Breweries
VP of IT

Chris Demery
Bloomin' Brands, Inc
GVP & General Manager, Off-Premises Dining

Flavio Diomede
Starbucks Coffee Co
Director, Customer & Retail Technology

Sterling Douglass
Chowly
Co-Founder & CEO

Joseph Essas
OpenTable
Chief Technology Officer

Lou Grande
Red Lobster
SVP IT

John Huddle
Silver Diner Inc.
Director of Information Technology

Todd Kaufman
SSP America
Vice President of Digital and Technology

Skip Kimpel
4R Restaurant Group
CIO

Tom Lindblom
Formerly of CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc.
Chief Technology Officer

Abigail Lorden
Hospitality Technology
VP

Veronica Luna
Taco Bell
Sr. Digital Innovation Manager

James Lux
Papa Gino's
Vice President, Information Technology

Toby Malbec
TWM Insights LLC
Principal

Michael Marino
Caesar's Entertainment
Chief Experience Officer

Carlo Martinez
La Torta Plaza
Director of Restaurant Operations

Jim Melvin
Intelligent Transactions
CEO

John Miller
CaliBurger/Cali Group
CEO

Sherif Mityas
TGI Fridays
Chief Information Officer and VP Strategy & Brand Initiatives

Ryan Nowlin
Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.
Chief Information Officer

Pankaj Patra
Brinker International
SVP/CIO

Zerrick Pearson
Five Guys Enterprises, LLC
CIO

Chris Ray
Taco Mac Restaurant Group
Vice President, Information Technology

Seth Robinson
CompTIA
Senior Director, Technology Analysis

Jason Scoggins
TGI Fridays
Sr. Director, Customer Strategy

Gail Seanor
TGI Fridays
Sr. Director, Marketing Technology

Jason Siska
CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries
Sr. Manager of Loyalty and CRM

Steve Smyth
Taco John's
Director of Restaurant Technology

Robert Stephens
The Geek Squad
Founder

Randy Vanderhoof
U.S Payments Forum
Executive ​Director

Mark Wayne
NuArx
Executive Vice President

MJ Worsham
Roy Rogers Restaurants
Corporate IT Manager

Tim Young
eatsa
Co-founder & CEO