Contributors
Cali Gitlin
My name is Cali Gitlin and I am a lifelong foodie, pizza enthusiast and born and raised New Yorker - so I KNOW good pizza. Coming from a family of chefs/bakers led me to develop my own passions for baking and food photography/styling, which influenced my education in Food Science and Nutrition. I have spent both my personal and professional lives engrossed in the food world, always looking for the most exciting innovation. When it comes to pizza, I always say I could eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner - I can't ever get enough. So follow along!
Zach Goldstein
Prior to earning his MBA from Stanford, Goldstein honed his experience in the customer loyalty space at Bain & Company, helping companies perfect their retention and reward strategies as early as 2005. Goldstein was recognized by Nation's Restaurant News on it's 2020 Restaurant Power List and has earned a reputation as a vocal thought leader in the restaurant-tech space through his Food Fighters podcast and authorship such as the widely-revered "Four Horsemen of the Restaurant Apocalypse?". The San Francisco resident is an avid cyclist and die-hard Sacramento Kings fan.
Ric Gruber
Ric Gruber is the CEO at Billy Bricks Restaurant Group which created, owns, and operates the Billy Bricks and Moo Joe's brands. Ric is a former creative director and an attorney licensed in CA and IL, and was Named as a Top 25 Pizza Industry Executive by Pizza Marketplace.
Hannah Hambleton
Hannah Hambleton is the Content Manager for Beambox.com and writes about marketing and social media trends for small businesses and the hospitality industry.
Merissa Hayes
Merissa has been in the restaurant industry since her teens, working roles from BOH to FOH. Since 2018, she’s focused on restaurant tech, combining hands-on experience with a passion for helping operators thrive through innovative solutions.
Hillary Holmes
With nearly two decades of hospitality experience, Hillary Holmes leads strategic partnerships at SpotOn, where she focuses on the best integrations and partnerships to provide top-of-the-line offerings to those we serve in the hospitality industry. After 18 years in restaurants, Holmes made the decision to jump from restaurant operations to restaurant technology so that she could expand her impact on those working in this field.
Brandon Hull
NoneDan Hyman
Dan is a freelance journalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has written articles for publications including Rolling Stone, New York Times, Esquire, Playboy, ELLE, GQ, Men's Journal, NY Mag's Vulture, The Chicago Tribune and many more.
Amit Jain
Sameer is the Chief Product Officer at Manthan responsible for product vision, adoption, and revenue growth across product lines and driving the next generation of industry-leading products, technology, and innovation.
Michael Jaszczyk
Michael Jaszczyk is CEO of GK Americas, where he works to maintain and enhance the company’s global reputation as the supplier of one of the most innovative and complete retail software platforms and suite of services.
Richard Jones
Richard Jones is the CMO at Cheetah Digital, where he oversees a global team that is responsible for all aspects of the brand, demand generation, digital marketing, corporate communications, and sales development.Angelin Joy
Angelin Joy is an editor, writer, and content alchemist who’s obsessed with words and storytelling. When she’s not editing or mentoring interns, you’ll find her dancing in her room, recording podcast monologues, or plotting the perfect sentence over a cup of tea.
Saleem Khatri
Saleem S. Khatri is CEO of Lavu Inc, a global restaurant management platform. Lavu's world-class products include mobile point of sale, payment processing and back of the house software. Before joining Lavu, Mr. Khatri was Co-Founder and CEO of Instavest, Inc., an software-based investment manager backed by Y Combinator. Prior thereto, Mr. Khatri was an executive member of the Office of Financial Stability at the United States Department of the Treasury.
Robert Kim
Robert Kim is a Co-Founder of Ritual, the mobile pickup app connecting restaurants with customers to offer a simple time-saving way to, pay for and pick up lunch and coffee orders for themselves and colleagues On the platform, restaurants have seen 3-4x growth in repeat customers & order sizes.
John Krebs
NoneDana Krook
Content Marketing Manager/ Touchbistro
Mark Lee
Mark Lee is a Risk Consultant at HUB International. Mark has over 6 years of experience in risk control consulting. In this role, he develops and implements solutions in the areas of risk mitigation, employee and customer safety, emergency management and response, and regulatory compliance.
Bob Leonard
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