
Speakers
We’re excited to welcome these speakers to the Food On Demand Conference.
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Charlie Morrison
CEO, Salad and Go

Noah Glass
Founder | CEO, Olo

Stefania Mallett
CEO, ezCater

Steph So
Head of Digital Experience, Shake Shack

Michael Montagano
CEO, Kitchen United

Marianne Radley
Chief Marketing Officer, Smoothie King

Kevin King
President, Donatos Pizza

Nancy Combs
VP Digital, Papa John's International

Dino Northway
Director Off-Premise Dining, Portillo's Hot Dogs

Gracie Prasanson
VP of Sales, Jason's Deli

Eric Ferguson
COO, Grubhub

Anna Williams
Sr. Director of Ops Excellence, Maggiano's Little Italy

Vishal Agarwal
Founder | CEO, ItsaCheckmate.com Inc

David "Rev" Ciancio
Co-Founder & CMO, Handcraft Burgers & Brew

Garrett Fadden
VP of Retail Systems, Focus Brands

Ashwin Kamlani
Co-Founder | CEO, JUICER

Ruston Hicks
CEO, Let's Do Delivery

Sherri Kimes
Professor, Cornell University

Rob Ertmann
CEO, Mo' Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food

Chris Neider
VP Business Development, Starship

Scott Nelson
President, SAVRpak

Nick Petrocci
Director, Digital Off Premise, Zaxby's

James McGehee
CFO, Dave's Hot Chicken

Zach Woodburn
VP of Franchise Services, Freddy's

Scott Landers
President, Figure 8

Fred LeFranc
Chaos Strategist | CEO, Results thru Strategy

Sean Kennedy
CEO, Cowboy Chicken
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Jane McPherson
SVP of Marketing, Capriotti's and Wing Zone

Brita Rosenheim
Managing Partner, Vita Vera Ventures

Adam Herbert
Sr. Director of Campus Partnerships, Grubhub

Brandon Barton
CEO, Bite

Steve Vincent
Director of Business Transformation, Red Robin

Otto Othman
CEO, PINCHO

Geoff Alexander
President & CEO, Wow Bao

Jane Hong
Head of Partnerships for F&B, Square

Savneet Singh
President | CEO PAR Technology

Stephanie Sollers
CEO, Virtual Dining Concepts

Luke Pipkin
Sr. Principal Team Leader, Innovation & New Ventures, Chick-fil-A

Katie Francis
Sr. Manager, Culture & Engagement, HelloFresh
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Jennifer Layman
Director, Marketing Off-Premise & Retail, Red Lobster

Audrey Pukash Bilsborrow
SVP, Strategy & Operations, Brizo FoodMetrics

Colin Webb
CEO, Sauce Pricing

Ryan Palmer
Partner, Lathrop GPM

Jenn Saunders-Haynes
Director of Off-Premises, North America, Subway
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Niko Papademetriou
Co-Founder & SVP of Sales & BD, Qu

Andrew Custage
Head of Insights - Medallia Market Research, Medallia

Jim Rand
Principal, CaterStrat

Ray Sassaman
Regional Manager, Benchwarmers Bar & Grill

Jessica Jami
Director, Off Premises Dining Operations, P.F. Chang's

Benji Koltai
Co-Founder & CEO, Galley

John Simms
Founder | President Home Valet

Abby Wheeler
Sr. Operations Manager for Autonomous Mobility and Delivery, Uber

Jimmy Frischling
Managing Partner, Branded Hospitality Ventures

Rob Elliott
EVP Marketing, Hungry Howie's Pizza

Cole Robillard
Chief Marketing Officer, Smokey Bones
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Yadavan Mahendraraj
Head of Merchant Operations- US & Canada, Uber Eats

Andrew Peskoe
Partner, Golenbock

Michael O'Hanlon
Chief Customer Care & Operations Officer, ezCater
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Darien Bates
CEO, Fourtop Solutions

Peter Backman
Founder, theDelivery.World

Romina Gupta
Head of Strategy, Nimbus

Michael Gormley
Head of Partnerships, Cartken

Teresa Salazar
Administrative Coordinator, BioNTech
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Beth Hardy
VP of Marketing, Modern Market Eatery & Lemonade

Mike Lukianoff
CEO, Extropy 360

Erik Herrmann
Partner, Head of Investment Group, CapitalSpring

Carl Orsbourn
COO, JUICER

Sal Nazir
GM of Payments, PAR Technology

Kelly Esten
SVP | GM of Enterprise, Toast

Gwen Bialas
President, Carter-Hoffmann

Alexis DePietro
Chief Innovation Officer, SVK Food Hall

Diane Swint
Chief Revenue Officer, ezCater
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Tyler Kraemer
Director of Franchise Services, Penn Station East Coast Subs

Elena Chavez
IQVIA
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Alan Hickey
Co-Founder | Chief Commercial Officer, VROMO

Brandi Villarreal
Head of Uber Direct-Online Food Delivery, Uber

Adam Armeland
CEO, Kitchen Hub

Amir Hudda
CEO, Qu

Hanson Li
CEO, Lazy Susan

Jon Register
Founder | CEO VIRTURANT

Meredith Sandland
CEO, Empower Delivery

David Meiselman
Chief Marketing Officer, ezCater
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Zack Oates
Founder & CEO, Ovation

Avi Goren
Co-Founder & CEO, Marqii

Amy Cheng
Partner, Cheng Cohen

Tor Opedal
SVP | GM of Payments, Olo

George Etre
Etre Restaurant Group | Chomp Delivery

Jon Sewell
CEO, LoCo Franchising

Zach Goldstein
Founder & CEO, Thanx

Dan Mosher
President, Presto

Lauren Bugeja
User Experience Design Lead, Google

John Hart
Facilities Manager, CarGurus
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Teni Tashjian
Sr. Specialist, Workplace Services, Moderna
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Laura Michaels
Editor in Chief, Franchise Times

Rajat Bhakhri
CEO, Incentivio

Courtney Smith
Catering Strategy & Off-Premises Sales Consultant, Independent Consultant

Moin Islam
CEO, ShipDay

Marty Hahnfeld
Co-Founder & Partner, 858 Partners

Carl Bachmann
President & CEO, Smashburger
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Robert Grimes
CEO, IFBTA

Jared Pfiefer
Publisher, Food On Demand
Adam Terranova
Sr. Director of Growth, WOWorks
ezCater Catering Growth Forum

Bernadette Heier
Associate Editor, Food On Demand

Tom Kaiser
Editor, Food On Demand