Atul Sood, Sood Advisory
Managing Director, Sood Advisory Atul has been in the hospitality business – primarily with restaurants – for over a decade. Most recently, as the first employee and Chief Business Officer of Kitchen United, he was responsible for raising over $100 million (from...
Niko Papademetriou, SVP Sales and Business Development, Qu
Niko Papademetriou SVP Sales and Business Development, Qu Niko is a diverse executive with 20 years of experience in finance, tech, and team and company building. He is currently the senior vice president of sales and business development at Qu where he is responsible...
Zack Oates | Founder & CEO, Ovation
Zack Oates Founder & CEO, Ovation Zack is an author, husband, father, entrepreneur, and hot tub aficionado (but not in that order, necessarily). He grew up in restaurants before getting into startups. He was voted Top 100 Entrepreneurs, rang the NASDAQ bell, won...
Rishi Nigam | CEO, Franklin Junction
Rishi Nigam CEO, Franklin Junction Rishi is a Georgia native with over 20 years of hospitality and retail experience. He is the CEO and co-founder of Franklin Junction, a digital platform that allows kitchens to optimize excess infrastructure capacity by serving as a...
Randy Murphy | Founder & CEO, OrderB4
Randy Murphy Founder & CEO, OrderB4 Randy is founder and CEO of FourBurner Technologies, Inc. and the OrderB4 software platform. He has led the company since launch in June 2019 via spin out from his then multi-brand, multi-unit restaurant operating company based...
André Moraes | Digital Marketing Lead, PepsiCo Foodservice
André Moraes Digital Marketing Lead, PepsiCo Foodservice André leads Digital Marketing in PepsiCo’s Foodservice division, across all beverage, snack and food brands. Prior to joining PepsiCo, André worked on both the tech and agency sides of the marketing...
Geoff Madding | Chief Growth Officer, Nextbite
Geoff Madding Chief Growth Officer, Nextbite Geoff oversees all aspects of strategy, development, operations, sales and marketing of one of the fastest growing virtual restaurant companies in the world. Founded with the mission of empowering existing restaurants and...
Alistair Levine | Managing Partner, Vine Solutions
Alistair Levine Chief Revenue Officer, Owner KitchenSync | Vine Hospitality Alistair is the Chief Revenue Officer of KitchenSync. He was born into the restaurant industry and invested in his first restaurant when he was eight years old. He is extremely passionate...
Alexis Kukuka | VP Operations, Sous Vide Kitchen
Alexis Kukuka VP Operations, Sous Vide Kitchen – A Virtual Food Hall Alexis holds a dual role as VP of operations for Sous Vide Kitchen as well as director of operations for JBH Advisory Group. With over 20 years of operational experience Alexis, and the JBH...
Outstanding Operators
Food On Demand Outstanding Operators features restaurant brands with innovative operations that are taking creative paths to success with delivery and all things off-premises.