Peter Backman
Peter Backman FoundertheDelivery.World Peter is an expert on the structure and dynamics of the foodservice market restaurant delivery, dark kitchens and virtual brands in the UK, across Europe, and in other major international regions and countries including the USA...Liz Bosone
Liz Bosone VP, Restaurant SuccessGrubhub Liz Bosone is the vice president, restaurant success at Grubhub. She has more than 20 years of experience working in the hospitality industry, starting her career in restaurant operations before progressing into technology,...Jennifer Layman
Jennifer Layman Director, Marketing Off-Premise & RetailRed Lobster Jennifer is a marketing leader with a successful history of leading strategic work at iconic brands such as Nike, Victoria’s Secret and Red Lobster. In her current role with Red Lobster, she is...Benji Koltai
Benji Koltai Co-Founder & CEOGalley From software engineer to a change agent for the foodservice industry, Benji sees a world where Galley’s recipe-first culinary operating system can play a key role in elevating the daily lives of Chefs and other foodservice...Jim Rand, Founder & CEO, Rand Parker Group
Jim Rand Founder | CEO, Rand Parker Group Jim is a 40-year restaurant industry veteran, having served in multiple operations leadership roles over the past 4 decades. He is passionate about helping restaurants of all sizes to be successful, and to that end, focuses...Audrey Pukash Bilsborrow
Audrey Pukash Bilsborrow SVP, Strategy & OperationsBrizo FoodMetrics Audrey left the traditional corporate world for the dotcom boom in 1998. Her first start-up was Koz, which was Facebook before Facebook – so naturally, people were appalled at the idea of sharing...Zach Woodburn
Zach Woodburn VP of Franchise ServicesFreddy’s Zach Woodburn is Vice President of Franchise Services for the fast-casual restaurant franchise Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. He oversees a team of franchise business coaches who work directly with...Ray Sassaman
Ray Sassaman Regional ManagerBenchwarmers Bar & Grill 2005-Started working in the restaurant industry in while going to school. I ended up enjoying it and decided to continue. 2006-Was promoted to GM where I took over a restaurant that had struggled some. While I...Marianne Radley
Marianne Radley Chief Marketing OfficerSmoothie King Marianne Radley is the Chief Marketing Officer for Smoothie King Inc. joining the company in October 2022. As a member of the company’s executive team, Marianne leads all brand marketing, advertising, sales...
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.