• 1980 - Started delivering pizzas for Domino's in college
• 1981 - Promoted to General Manager of one of the highest volume Domino's in the country
• 1983 - Promoted to run 30 Domino's in NC, Atlanta and San Diego
• 1985 - Started my own franchise with Domino's
• Won virtually every award for excellence Domino's gives, including 15 IFA Gold "Frannies"
• Sold 17 locations at end of 2012
• 2013 and 14 - consulted in various businesses including a frozen yogurt chain, a Jersey Mike's Area Developer for all of Baltimore and DC DMAs (which currently has over 40 locations), a business telephone company and two technology companies
• In late summer 2014, decided to start our own fast casual pizza chain to do it better than the others
• Teamed up with my long time operating partner, Dave Baer, and opened first location in March 2015

• Started as a driver for Domino’s Pizza while in college 1991
• Worked in Business Finance after college (missed pizza)
• Managed Domino’s Pizza store in 1991 Rookie manager of the year
• From 1992-1998 held positions of Supervisor, Senior Supervisor and Training Director of Corporate operations Domino’s Pizza
• November 1998 started working for Dave Wood a Domino’s Franchisee
• 1998-2012 Became VP of Operation and grew Dave Wood’s company to 17 stores and won every award in Domino’s Pizza including Supervisor of the year
• From 2013-2014 Director of Operations Zinga Franchise group and multi-store franchisee
• From 2014 to present President of Firenza Pizza

• Co-Founded Persona in 2012 and has held positions as CEO, COO, and Executive Chef
• Has nearly 125 culinary awards won both nationally and internationally
• Over 25 years of experience owning multiple restaurants and consulting on over 50 different restaurant concepts
• Voted World Pizza Champion Member of the year in 2009
• Graduated from the Scuola Italiana Pizzaioli in Naples, Italy
• Seminar speaker and columnist for Pizza Today Magazine
• Instructor at Pizza Today’s School of Pizzeria Management at the Int’l Pizza Expo each year
• Provides live culinary demonstrations and emcees at the World Pizza Games and Int’l Pizza Expo
• Developed the Thin Crust Delight pizza crust for Papa Murphy’s in 2006
• Appeared on the Food Network’s Glutton for Punishment
• Provides chef demonstrations at the Sonoma-Marin Fair
• Founding member of the non-profit Chefs Feeding Kids

• Initial investor in first Persona store in 2012
• Initial investor in Persona franchising business in 2014
• Began as CFO in 2014 and started co-managing day-to-day operations of Persona franchising in 2015 including finance, marketing, compliance, and support
• 10 years experience working in all aspects of restaurants
• Previously worked in strategic corporate finance and business development managerial roles focused on helping business clients become successful for Constant Contact and BigCommerce
• Developed business success programs used by thousands of small to medium businesses including restaurants
• Extensive experience guiding new and mature businesses through periods of exponential growth
• Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Information Systems from Boston University’s School of Management

• Was an Assistant Manager for Dave Wood's Domino's franchise for several years
• Joined Old Country Buffet and ran the store in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Moved to New York to open a full service Montana themed steak house with a close friend and joined in the management team of his family's nine multi-themed restaurants
• Operated each different restaurant in the group and expanded my knowledge of the food industry exponentially
• Returned to work at Domino's with Dave Wood and Dave Baer in 1999
• Was a nominee for Rookie Manager of the year and Manager of the year several times
• Was the manager of one of the highest volume stores in the Nation
• Became a Area Supervisor in 2010 and oversaw 8-10 restaurants until the end of 2014
• Rejoined Dave and Dave in January of 2015 to develop Firenza with them
• Opened our first 2 restaurants in 2015

• Co-Founded Persona in 2012
• Works in all aspects of the day-to-day in the original Persona Pizzeria in Santa Barbara, California
• Ran first delivery pilot for Persona in 2016
• Has served as CEO and as the Director of Quality control providing support and training to Persona franchises since 2014
• Graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Napa, California
• Has worked as a chef and cook in a variety of restaurants in Northern California
• Graduated from Brandeis University

Christopher began his career in business at the age of 18 when he launched a successful clothing company. He studied Communication Design at Universities in New York and Sydney, Australia before taking his experience to Denver, CO where he has been helping fast-casual brands grow for almost 10 years.

Stacey has more than 20 years of experience working with multi-unit restaurant chains including East Coast Wings & Grill, Subway, California Tortilla and AmRest. She has served on several boards including the National Restaurant Association’s Marketing Executive Group. In 2012 & 2013 she was named a Top 20 Movers and Shakers by Fast Casual Magazine.

Jennifer has over 20 years of experience as brand builder for Fortune 100 brands. Jennifer's greatest strengths are her creativity, drive and leadership. She thrives on building brands and refreshing existing brands. Her most recent project she served as the Vice President of Brand Management for the ML Food Group.  

Previous brand leadership roles were held at AT&T and MTV Networks.