Episode Summary For the past 3 years we’ve come together to talk about Reinventing Restaurants Together. It’s been a collective journey that’s taken us down a windy path of interviewing the most innovative, enlightened restaurant leaders in our space. While these three years have been filled with challenges, triumphs, and invaluable lessons – we’ve discussed it […]
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Episode Summary In this episode, we’re joined by another CTO trailblazer and change-maker, Kelly MacPherson from Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). Kelly shares her unique journey through the hospitality and retail worlds, from growing up in a restaurant family to configuring her first POS network and rising as one of the very first female CIO/CTOs
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Episode Summary In this episode of Restaurants Reinvented, host Jen Kern is joined by two-time authors and Digital Restaurant gurus, Meredith Sandland and Carl Orsbourn. We discuss their new book “The Path to Digital Maturity” and their prediction about the next big restaurant concept that will emerge > the digitally native restaurant. Both guests share
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Episode Summary In this episode of Restaurants Reinvented, host Jen Kern from Qu invites Andrew Glantz, the founder of GiftAMeal, and Dan Sokolik, Vice President of Marketing at Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, to discuss their partnership that aims to fight hunger and support local communities. GiftAMeal is a mobile app that enables users to provide
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Episode Summary More than befitting of “CTO Trailblazer” status, join the man, the myth, the legend – Phil Crawford, CTO of CKE Restaurants. We talk about how he’s using AI today at CKE and what the store of the future tomorrow will operate like.Phil & Jen discuss how restaurants can harness technology more efficiently
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Episode Summary Josh Boshard, the COO for Savory, leads the Operations & Technology teams for their 10-brand portfolio. Since their first location in 2008, Josh + Savory have amassed a wealth of best practices that he shares openly in this episode. Josh is a born and bred entrepreneur who was tapped at an early age
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Episode Summary Modern-day operations revolve around data, and restaurants that want to win stomach share must become more data-driven. But that’s easier said than done, especially since restaurants haven’t had to organize and synthesize massive amounts of data like today. Enter Darien Bates and Fourtop Solutions! Darien founded Fourtop after being CTO at &Pizza and
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Michael Chachula, CIO of Fat Brands brings the heat to the third episode of our CTO/CIO Trailblazer series. With a background in the tech, finance, and hospitality industries, Michael exemplifies well-rounded expertise that’s critical to running tech for a 16-brand restaurant portfolio. Michael and Jen cover all the hot topics in restaurant tech, from how the mega
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Restaurant CTO Justin Keenen uses his agile, start-up mentality & deep tech chops to build a best of breed tech stack from the ground up.
Burn it Down & Fail Forward Fast – Justin Keenen of Hart House Read More »
