
Speakers
We’re excited to welcome these speakers to the Food On Demand Conference.
Click on their photos to learn more about them.

Travis Kalanick
CEO, City Storage Systems, the parent company of CloudKitchens & Otter

Juan George
Co-Founder & Partner, 858 Partners

Angela Coppler
Head of Development Cousins Maine Lobster

Maria Rivera
Chief Executive Officer, Smalls Holding LLC.

Gregg Majewski
CEO & Founder Craveworthy Brands

Deena DePhilips
SVP Technology, Red Robin

Danielle Porto Parra
SVP of Marketing, GoTo Foods (formerly Focus Brands)

Wade Allen
EVP of Strategic Growth, Costa Vida

Cynthia Hollen
CEO, Mavi.io

Anna Tauzin
Head of Marketing Big Chicken

Michael Montagano
CEO, Dog Haus

Amir Hudda
CEO, Qu

Lindsay Crasnick
Director of Digital Experience + Product, bartaco
ezCater CGF Speaker

Chris Heffernan
CEO & Founder, dlivrd

Jenn Saunders-Haynes
Director of Global Catering, Subway

Andrew Garfrerick
Head of Delivery Strategy, Papa Johns

Michael Boyan
Director of Digital Operations, Shake Shack

Cindy Syracuse
Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, BurgerFi

Kimberly Carducci
Director of Catering, Freebirds World Burrito

Urvi Patel
SVP of Customer Experience & Engagement, GoTo Foods

Markus Pineyro
Co-Founder, oomi Digital Kitchen

Jim Bitticks
President & COO, Dave's Hot Chicken

Jim Gerlock
Director, Catering Sales, Panera Bread
ezCater CGF Speaker

Ruth Isenstadt
Head of US Restaurants, DoorDash

Jessica Jami
Director, Digital Marketing, P.F. Chang's

Gracie Prasanson
VP of Sales, Jason's Deli

Mark Lohmann
CEO, Birdcall

Keith McLellan
Group Director Digital Strategy & Customer Experience, Whataburger

Ashley Elzinga
Director, Sustainability & Outreach, Foodservice Packaging Institute

Molly Catalano
CMO, Five Guys

Tzurit Or
Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Tatte Bakery
ezCater CGF Speaker

Genevieve Babineau
Sr. Marketing Manager, ezCater
ezCater CGF Speaker

Brita Rosenheim
Managing Partner, Vita Vera Ventures

Vishal Agarwal
Founder & CEO Itsacheckmate.com

Jeff Rinke
Vice President of Marketing & Product Development, Hungry Howie's Pizza

Perse Faily
CEO, Tillster

Eric Tucker
Director of Operations Services, Salad and Go
ezCater CGF Speaker

Andrew Custage
Head of Research Insights, Medallia

Nancy Luna
Corresponding Writer, Food On Demand

Shelly Rupel
CEO, Devour

Peter Backman
Founder, theDelivery.World

Joe Reinstein
Executive Director, Digital Restaurant Association

Erle Dardick
Sr. Partner, Off-Premises Growth Academy

David Azose
Head of Merchant Engineering, DoorDash

Mahmoud Ghulman
Co-Founder & CEO, Nash

Chris Munz
VP of Growth, Voosh

Meredith Sandland
CEO, Empower Delivery

Steven M. Elinson
Director, AWS for Travel & Hospitality, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Mike Provencher
Head of Customer Success, Brizo FoodMetrics

Alistair Levine
Partner & Managing Director, KitchenSync & Vine Hospitality

David Meiselman
CMO, ezCater
ezCater CGF Speaker

Michelle Smart
Chief Customer Care Officer, ezCater
ezCater CGF Speaker

Steve Puchala
SVP of Restaurant Network, Grubhub

Sean Thompson
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Yassie Entekhabi
Sr. Director Off-Premise Delivery & Catering, CAVA
ezCater CGF Speaker

Rob Grimes
CEO, IFBTA

Brandi Villarreal
Head of Online Food Delivery, Uber Direct

Jeff Barney
VP of Franchise Development, Nékter Juice Bar

Kristin Howe Cole
Director of Client Success, Grubhub

Nick Kiouftis
California Grill

Jess Shuraleff
Director, Head of US/C Restaurant Partnerships, Uber Advertising, Uber

Yariv Bash
CEO, Flytrex

Jewelressa Dunbar
Luxury Retail
ezCater CGF Speaker

Fred LeFranc
Chaos Strategist & CEO, Results thru Strategy

Carl Orsbourn
Principal, Deliver the Dish

Ryan Palmer
Partner, Lathrop GPM

Emily Egan
Executive Assistant, Salesforce
ezCater CGF Speaker

Ashwin Kamlani
Co-Founder & CEO, Juicer

Vlad Ivanov
Sr. Operations Manager, Amazon
ezCater CGF Speaker

Erik Frederick

Dave Pavelko
Travel & Food BD Director, Google

Sterling Douglass
Co-Founder & CEO, Chowly

Andrew Nakkache
CEO, FIRST

Courtney Smith
Catering Software Partnership Manager, ezCater
ezCater CGF Speaker

Jim Rand
Founder & CEO, Rand Parker Group

Paul Barron
CEO, Rever Networks

Aaron Hoffman
Head of Strategy DeliverThat

Erin Pettygrove
Santa Clara University
ezCater CGF Speaker

Natalie Wild
Chief Customer Officer, Bite

Brian Lichorowic
CMO, Vistry

Erin Murdock
Boston University
ezCater CGF Speaker

Sam Stanovich
SVP, Big Chicken

Laura Michaels
Editor-in-Chief Franchise Times

Emilee Wentland
Managing Editor Franchise Times

Jared Pfeifer
Publisher, Food On Demand

Bernadette Heier
Managing Editor, Food On Demand