FSTEC 2023 | Winsight | 13 September 2023 | Hilton Anatole, 2201 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75207, USA

Technology has a larger-than-ever role in restaurants today, so having the right tools and expertise is critical to the success of your business. Join the top foodservice technology conference to learn about the latest innovations and connect with your peers and potential partners.

2023 Speakers

SESSION SPEAKERS:

Jim Bitticks
President and COO, Dave's Hot Chicken

Jeff Caplan
Chief Information Officer, Hooter’s of America

Jeff Chandler
Chief Executive Officer, Hopdoddy Burger Bar

David "Rev" Ciancio
Hospitality Marketing Executive, Yeah! Management

Phil Crawford
Chief Technology Officer, CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc

Carissa De Santis
Chief Technology Officer, BRIX Holdings

Joe Guszkowski
Senior Editor, Restaurant Business

Chris Keating
Head of Conferences

Abbey Lewis
Vice President of Content Strategy, Restaurant Business

Mark Lohmann
Chief Executive Officer, Birdcall

Gregg Majewski
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Craveworthy Brands

Jonathan Maze
Editor-in-Chief, Restaurant Business

Jason McEachern
Chief Information Officer, Big Chicken

Sherif Mityas
Chief Executive Officer, BRIX Holdings

Pankaj Patra
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Brinker International

Denise Pedini
Chief Marketing Officer, Newk’s Eatery

John Peyton
Chief Executive Officer, Dine Brands Global, Inc.

CJ Ramirez
Executive Vice President of Marketing, Dog Haus Worldwide

Peter Romeo
Editor-at-Large and Vice President of Content Innovation, Restaurant Business

Juan Salas
Chief Information Officer, Smoothie King

Scott Scherer
Chief Information Officer, Jersey Mike’s

Rich Shank
Senior Principal and VP of Innovation, Technomic

Savneet Singh
CEO, PAR Technology

Justin Skelton
SVP, Chief Information Officer, Dine Brands Global

Emily Williams Knight
President and CEO, Texas Restaurant Association

Venecia Willis
Director of Culinary, Velvet Taco

Brian Wise
Chief Operating Officer, Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers

INNOVATION FORUM SPEAKERS:

Larry Fiel
Vice President of Marketing, PDQ Signature Systems, Inc.

Jay Alitzer
Chief Operations Officer, Fourth

Clinton Anderson
Chief Executive Officer, Fourth

Roy Baharav
Chief Executive Officer, Hi Auto

Kevin Bentley
Vice President Technology & Automation, New England Authentic Eats LLC

Dave Blankenship
Chief Technology Officer, Subway

Donovan Brady
Director of Solutions Architecture, Logicworks, a Cox Business Company

Prashant Budhale
Chief Technology Officer, Modern Restaurant Concepts

Jeff Caplan
Chief Information Officer, Hooter’s of America

Alonso Castañeda
Vice President of Brand Development & Strategy, Savory Fund

Lokesh Chawla
Director, Global Sales, Strategy & Execution, Capgemini North America

Jeff Cobb
Vice President of Brand Experience & Category Management, Jimmy John's

Kelly Cooke
Chief Marketing Officer, Salsarita's

Richard Del Valle
Chief Information Officer, Bojangles

Sash Dias
Chief Operating Officer, Incentivio

Trey Dyer
President and Chief Executive Officer, Mesero Group

Kelly Esten
SVP and General Manager, Enterprise, Toast

James Fessenden
Partner, Fisher & Phillips LLP

Lee Field
Managing Director, Verizon Business Global Solutions, Verizon

Adam Fish
Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder, Ditto

Jimmy Frischling
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Branded Hospitality Ventures

Ray Gallagher
General Manager, Olo Engage

Jonathan Gillespie
Partner, Adalina

Ben Gliner
Director of Strategic Accounts, SpotOn

Emily Hargreaves
Senior Director of Marketing, First Watch

Brian Hassan
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Kickfin

Ashley Helkenn
Director of Training, Bonchon

Drew Holst
Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Powerhouse Dynamics

Chip Klose
Restaurant Coach, Restaurant Strategy

Hal Lawlor
President and Chief Operating Officer, Smokey Bones

Robby Loyed
Vice President of Technology, Carlisle Corporation

Raju Malhotra
Chief Product & Technology Officer, PAR

Mike Manley
Senior Director of Store Systems, Information Technology, Dave & Buster's

Ken McGarrie
Co-Founder, Korgen Hospitality

Kit Mitchell
Director of Marketing, Good Times Restaurants, Inc.

Isaac Morton
Vice President of Technology, Sizzling Platter

Carl Nank
Former Vice President of Corporate Operations, Advisory Board, Hi Auto

Garrett Nicholson
Global Business Development, Google

Andy O'Dell
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Clutch

Eric Parkin
Digital Business Leader, Cargill Digital Business Studio

Jerry Phillips
Vice President of Technology, Whataburger

Sundar Pillai
Chief Administrative Officer, Falcons Group

Joanne Polott
Vice President of Strategy, Insights & Activation, Bounteous

Mike Reinecker
Vice President of Sales, PDQ Signature Systems, Inc.

Joe Reinstein
Executive Director, Digital Restaurant Association

Pat Riley
Vice President, DataDelivers

Trevor Sainsbury
Vice President of Business Intelligence, St. Louis Franchise Limited

Michael Schatzberg
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Branded Hospitality Ventures

Rob Shell
Vice President of Sales, Crunchtime

Sean Thompson
Vice President of Information Technology, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Gina Tohme
Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Nestle Professional

Flip van den Bosch
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Spont

John Weigman
Vice President, Global Experience & Loyalty Practice Leader, NCR Corporation

Ryan Wilkinson
Vice President of Marketing, Primanti Bros

MJ Worsham
Director Restaurant Technology, Five Guys

John Yozzo
Client Director, Yoobic

2023 Sponsors

TITLE SPONSORS:
• Ncr
• Par

MARQUEE SPONSOR:
• Revel
• Branded

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Amazon One
• COX Business
• Crunchtime
• Ditto
• Dtiq
• Marigold
• Olo
• Oracle
• Prioritu Pos
• Qu
• StickyPos
• Tabit
• Toast
• Uber Eats

GOLD SPONSORS:
• 7Shifts
• Acumera
• Agot AI
• Altametrics
• Apex
• Bixolon
• Branch
• Briz
• Constrata
• Data Delivers
• Fingermark
• Freedompay
• Gotab
• Harri
• Hp
• Hughes
• HungerRush
• Incentivo
• Infor
• Interface
• Ifbta
• IQ BackOffice
• Kickfin
• Leasecake
• Level IO
• Linga
• Marqii
• Newbold Technologies
• Panasonic
• Partner
• Pathspot
• Pdq
• Plate IQ
• Posiflex
• Presto
• Qsr
• Flybuy
• Ready
• Restaurant 365
• Rds
• Rosnet
• Sagenet
• Sparkfly
• SpotOn
• SynergySuite
• Tattle
• Thanx
• Transact
• Tray
• Xenial

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Bikky
• Bite
• Bluedot
• Botrista
• Comcast
• Cusi Tech
• Delphi
• Eigen
• Envysion
• Esper
• Fourth
• ItsaCheckmate
• Kitchen Armor
• Opus
• Ovation
• Playerync
• Proliant
• Radar
• Retroworks
• Sabretooth
• Simply Nuc
• Soundhound
• Valyantai
• Verifone
• Yoobic
• Zeroin

GROWTH SPONSORS:
• Converse Now
• Galley
• Order.Co
• Spendgo
• Workstream