Roman Maliszewski is the co-founder and CEO of Tapster and the Tapster Franchise. Roman grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago and then graduated from Princeton in 2000 with a BA in American History. After graduation he went to San Francisco, where he worked at the first all-digital advertising agency. Roman remained in digital advertising, on both the buy-side and the sell-side, for 13 years - 10 of which were in San Francisco.
In 2014 Roman decided to leave the digital advertising world and dedicate a full year of his life to traveling, which took him all through South America, Europe, Africa, and a road trip across the entire United States. On the road trip Roman realized his dream of opening a unique and different type of bar/restaurant experience. From there he worked at PourMyBeer, the leading self-pour drinks company, before founding Tapster, the self-pour bar franchise that offers a variety of beverages on tap, including beer, wine, cider, cocktails, kombucha, cold brew, etc. Roman started the franchise in Chicago, and has since expanded to 5 Tapster locations: 2 in Seattle, 1 in Chicago, 1 in Cleveland, & 1 in Philadelphia, with the newest location opening in Bellevue, WA in early May 2024.