Troy Hooper joined Pepper Lunch as one of the three global business unit CEO’s for the brand, and oversees Pepper Lunch’s parent company in North America, Hot Palette America. Troy brings 31 years of unparalleled experience in hospitality, operations management, […]
Brian Howenstein is the Chief Product Officer of Empower Delivery. Empower Delivery offers a delivery management system that enables any restaurant to have its own dedicated, on-demand gig-working delivery fleet as well as a full end-to-end order-to-fulfillment tech stack. These […]
Graham Humphreys, Chief Executive Officer of The Culinary Edge Graham has spent the last 20 years designing experiences to delight our senses, fulfill our needs, and build our businesses. Working with diverse teams has taught him an empathic, human-centered approach […]
Van Ingram is the Vice President, Franchise Development for Del Taco and Jack in the Box restaurants. Ingram previously worked for Wingstop and served as the VP of Franchise Sales for Golden Corral and Taco John’s. Prior to Taco John’s, […]
Alexander, who was promoted in September 2022 to Chief Strategy and Supply Chain Officer, expanded his role even further in March 2023 to include Marketing, Real Estate, Business Development, and Franchising — in addition to his current responsibilities for Strategy, Innovation, […]
Ashwin Kamlani is the Co-Founder & CEO of JUICER. A serial hospitality tech entrepreneur, he has combined his passions for travel, technology, language and culture throughout his career over the last 25 years. Ashwin led e-commerce for the largest Spanish […]
Mike Kehoe joined Subway in May 2020 and is the Chief Development Officer. In this role, he is focused on setting the global strategy for traditional and nontraditional development. Mike previously served as President of Subway Europe, Middle East and […]
Michael is currently serving as CEO/President of Jeremiah’s Italian Ice of Orlando Florida, a role he has been in since May, 2023. Prior to joining Jeremiah’s, Michael was the Business Development & Marketing Leader for Pinnacle Performance Group, a change […]
Jenifer Kern is a four-time CMO, a renowned tech influencer, content publisher, and podcast personality in the restaurant community. In 2019 she joined Qu and got “bit by the hospitality bug.” Raised by a gourmet cook (and Julia Child on […]
