The Restaurant Finance & Development Conference | Restaurant Finance Monitor | 12 November 2018 | Encore Las Vegas, 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

The Restaurant Finance & Development Conference is all about the “business” side of the restaurant business and is a must attend event for restaurant company owners and executives. The conference is known as the restaurant “dealmakers” event—you will find the best networking in the industry there.

There are so many reasons to attend the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference, but here are just a few:

Attendees have the opportunity to meet with representatives of banks, finance companies, investment banks, private equity firms, merger and acquisition specialists, real estate developers, business brokers and other financial intermediaries to find financing, make deals, and locate new business opportunities.

Conference goers attend important educational programs, which feature practical financial, operational and development topics presented by restaurant industry experts. Attendees will hear from the most innovative restaurant operators and finance experts in the industry.

Attendees will find accurate and up-to-date financial, economic and operating information, which will help them operate and finance their own companies.

2018 Speakers

Dr. Arthur Laffer
Member, Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board

Rick Steves

Ron Shaich
Founder and chairman of Panera Bread Company

Bo Burlingham
Author of Finish Big, How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top

Paul Wahlberg
Chef, Wahlburgers

Guy Adami
Financial Analyst, CNBC

Gene Baldwin
Partner, CR3 Partners

Keenan Baldwin
Co-Founder, SiteZeus

Sanjay Banker
Partner, TPG Growth

Joshua Benn
Managing Director, Duff & Phelps Securities

John Berg
Shareholder, Monroe Moxness Berg

Bob Bielinski
Managing Director, AB Private Credit Investors

Brandy Blackwell
Director of Off Premise, McAlister’s Deli

Ben Cattoor
Founder & CEO, Foodsby

Mike Church
Managing Director, Deloitte

John Clark
Managing Director, JPMorgan

Mitch Cohen
Franchisee, Jersey Mike’s Subs

Roger Cohen
Founder and Managing Director, Strategic Legal Advisory

Stephen Cohen
Attorney, Stephen Cohen, ESQ

Nick Cole
Executive Vice President, Wells Fargo Restaurant Finance

Guy Constant
Chief Financial Officer, Red Robin

Robert Cornog, Jr.
CFO | Principal, Punch Bowl Social

Chris Cramer
CEO & Co-Founder, Karl Strauss Brewing Company

Neil Culbertson
President, Growth Partners

Robert Daniel
Managing Director, Regions Bank

Scott Davis
President, CoreLife Eatery

Greg Delks
VP of Global & Non-Traditional Development, Firehouse Subs

Randy Dewitt
CEO, Front Burner Restaurants

Steve DiFillippo
CEO, Davio’s Restaurants

Ron DiNella
CFO, Dob B’s Fresh Kitchen

Michael Dixon
Chief Financial Officer, FOCUS Brands Inc.

Don Duffy
President, ICR

Jeff Eischeid
Managing Partner, Bennett Thrasher

Alice Elliot
CEO, The Elliot Group

David Farkas
Columnist, Restaurant Finance Monitor

Ron Feldman
Chief Development Officer, ApplePie Capital

Chris Fuqua
CEO, b.good

Lewis Gelmon
President, JR Canada Restaurant Group

Richard Gibson
Shareholder, Monroe Moxness Berg

Kenneth Gold
CEO, Skilken|Gold Real Estate Development

Michael Gottlieb
Assurance Partner – Global Leader Restaurant Services, Ernst & Young

Robert Grimes
CEO, The International Food and Beverage Technology Association (IFBTA)

Michael Halen
Consumer Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

Allan Hickok
Senior Advisor–The Boston Consulting Group

George Hiller
CEO, Hiller & Associates

Jack Huang
CEO, Douzo

Tim Hughes
CEO, Falcon Realty Advisors

Jon Jameson
Founding Partner, Bellwether Food Group

Todd Jones
Managing Director, Group Head, First Tennessee Franchise Finance

Mark Kalinowski
Founder, President, and CEO, Kalinowski Equity Research LLC

Lou Katz
Shareholder, Ruberto, Israel & Weiner

Clark Knippers
Founder and CEO, Foremark

Jeff Kolton
Partner, Bird Dog Capital Group

Giovanna Koning
CFO, Falcon Holdings

Jake LaJoie
Partner, Bird Dog Capital Group

Fred LeFranc
CEO, Results thru Strategy

Gary Levy
Partner, Consumer and Industrials Industry Leader, CohnReznick

Bill McClave
Managing Partner, Birchwood Resultants

Cindy McLoughlin
Partner-Hospitality Industry Leader, CohnReznick

Ed Meyette
Partner, Crowe LP

Nicole Miller Regan
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray

Andrew Moger
President & CEO, BCD

Chris Monk
CEO, Your Fare, Inc.

Dennis Monroe
Chair, Monroe Moxness Berg

John Nicolopoulos
National Retail and Restaurant Sector Leader, RSM US

Lina O’Connor
Chief Financial Officer, Tender Greens

Cristin O’Hara
Managing Director & Group Head, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Chris Oliva
Managing Director, Tax Services, Crowe LLP

Ivan Orkin
CEO/Founder, Ivan Ramen

Jeff Owens
CFO, Clyde’s Restaurant Group

Bill Pabst
Principal, The Cypress Group

Armando Pedroza
Managing Director, Citizens Bank – Restaurant Finance

Marie Perry
Former EVP, CFO of Jamba Juice & Board Member of Women’s Leadership Forum

Andy Pforzheimer
Barcelona Restaurant Group

Gunther Plosch
Chief Financial Officer, The Wendy’s Company

Louie Psallidas
President & CEO, UNO Restaurants

Brent Ragsdale
Senior Vice President & CFO, Chick-fil-A

Jim Rand
Catering Practice Leader, ezCater

Larry Reinstein
CEO, LJR Hospitality Ventures

Joe Remsa
CEO, This is It! BBQ & Seafood

Daniel Robinson
President - Creative Purchasing Solutions (CPS)

Scott Roehr
Principal, Restaurant.Biz Valuation & Advisory

Vann Russell
Managing Partner, Arlington Capital Advisors

Mark Saltzgaber
Consultant, Director of Snooze A.M. Eatery and Jack’s Family Restaurants

Ashish Seth
Director, BMO Capital Markets

Ron Shaich
Founder and Chairman, Panera Bread

Gary Shamis
CEO, Winding River Consulting

Mark Shoniker
Vice President North American Industry Sector, BMO Financial Group

Chad Spaulding
Director, CapitalSpring

Russell Stein
Shareholder, Ruberto, Israel & Weiner

David Stiles
Managing Director, Trinity Capital

David Tarantino
Senior Research Analyst, Baird

Jayson Tipp
CEO, Pincho Factory

Anjarae Washington
Caviar for Teams Lead, Caviar/Square

Charles Watson
Chief Development Officer and Interim Chief Executive officer of Tropical Smoothie Café (TSC).

Tim Watt
Partner, Bennett Thrasher

Larry Weinberg
Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell

Andrew Wiederhorn
CEO, FAT Brands

Dave Worroll
CFO, Subway

Charles K. Yorke, CFE
President, Paragon Small Business Capital Group

Jeff Young
Chief Development Officer, Monarch & Misfits

Dana Zukofsky
Director, BDO USA

2018 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Bank of America merrill Lynch
• Citizens Commercial Banking
• WELLS FARGO
• FIRST TENNESSEE

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• AB
• BBVA Compass
• BMO Harris Bank
• CIT Franchise Finance
• capital spring
• FUFTH THIRD BANK
• MONROE MOXNESS BERG
• NORTHERN BANK
• PACIFIC PREMIER BANK
• PNC
• WFF
• Jefferies

FINANCE AND REAL ESTATE SPONSORS:
• ApplePie CAPITAL
• Atlantic Capital
• AUSPEX CAPITAL
• BAIRD
• BciCapital
• BOK FINANCIAL
• BRIDGE FUNDING GROUP
• Brookwod Associates
• C SQUARED ADVISORS LLC
• CADENCE
• CHASE
• CITY NATIONAL BANK
• Deloitte
• EY
• FCPT
• Hilco Global
• Huntington
• JAMES APITAL
• KeyBanc Capital Markets
• M&T Bank
• manufacturers Bank
• MATTHEWS
• REAL ESTATE
• National Franchise Sales
• NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES
• PEAK FRANCHISE CAPITAL
• PINNACLE
• PiperJaffray
• SOLOMON
• REGIONS
• SPIRIT REALTY CAPITAL
• Stephens
• STIFEL
• STORE Capital
• TD Bank
• TEXAS CAPITAL BANK
• TRINITY CAPITAL

SERVICE FIRM SPONSORS:
• AmVenture
• ADAMS KEEGAN
• ALLIANCE PAYROLL SERVICES
• All Mark insurance Services
• Appetize
• BAKER TILLY
• BDO
• Birchwood Resultants
• BOARD
• burr forman
• Buxton
• CASSELL BROCK
• CITRIN COOPERMAN
• COLONY WEST
• COMDATA
• compeat
• CONSOLIDATED CONCEPTS
• COOL SPRINGS
• Crowe
• Elavon
• FORUM ANALYTICS
• fountain
• Fourth
• GRAY PLANT MOOTY
• harri
• HOPKINS
• Hutton
• INFOSYNC
• Intalytics
• intrepid
• IQ Back Office
• lester+company
• LevelUp
• LocateAI
• LOOMIS
• marketing vitals
• MARKS PANETH
• Merchant Centric
• MIRUS
• ORACLE NETSUITE
• PLATE IQ
• Proliant
• PROPERTY Works
• rapid PAYCARD
• Restaurant365
• Restaurant Magic software
• RESULTS STRATEGY
• ROSNET
• RSM
• SALT Payroll Consultants
• SIB
• SiteZeus
• snag.
• TAG ex BRANDS
• talentReef
• Client Rewards
• WRAY
• xtraCHEF
• YORK
• YOOZ

MULTI-UNIT SPONSORS:
• Arbys
• Bar Louie
• Black Bear Diner
• Bojangles
• BUFFALO WILD WINGS
• CAPATAIN Ds
• CORELIFE
• DELTACO
• DUNKIN DONUTS
• East Coast Wings
• freshii
• Jersey Mikes
• la Madeleine
• PANCHEROS
• R TACO
• the Green Turtle
• ZAXBY'S