Performance Food Group
Vice President of Quality Assurance
Session Topic: The Food Traceability Rule 204: Update
Session Time: 8:00 – 8:30am
Session Location: Gaitlin Ballroom A
Keith serves as the Vice President of the Corporate Quality Assurance Department at Performance Food Group (PFG), a role he has held since July 2011. Under his leadership, the department has expanded from a small team of two to a robust, multi-state task force of fourteen, spanning from Virginia to Wyoming. Prior to joining PFG, Keith accumulated 15 years of experience in the foodservice industry with national chain restaurant companies, covering both casual dining and fast casual segments. This background provides him with a deep understanding of the food safety and quality needs of PFG’s diverse customer base.
Data Essentials
Vice President of Customer Experience
Session Topic: The New State of Value – Menu Strategies to Attract Customers
Session Time: 8:45 – 9:15am
Session Location: Gaitlin Ballroom A
Caitlin has 15+ years of market research experience in both custom and syndicated research methodologies. For the last ten years she has partnered with food and beverage manufacturers and foodservice operators to deliver impactful, data-driven insights about the foodservice landscape and consumer restaurant behaviors. Caitlin supports Datassential's strategic accounts on the customer experience team. She holds a master's degree in business management and bachelor's degree in business marketing.
SWIPEBY
CEO and Founder
Session Topic: AI for Restaurants: Win Back Your Time
Session Time: 9:30 – 10:00am
Session Location: Gaitlin Ballroom A
Carl Turner launched SWIPEBY in 2019 in Winston-Salem, NC. SWIPEBY was recognized by the North Carolina Technology Association as a Top 10 Startup to Watch in 2020. Today Carl leads a global SWIPEBY team with key offices in Miami, FL, and Winston-Salem, NC. Carl brings a truly global perspective to SWIPEBY. His experience includes working with Google (Hamburg), A.T. Kearney (Dubai), and The Boston Consulting Group (Kuala Lumpur). Carl also co-founded SEON, a startup based in South Africa focused on democratizing access to fast security response. He holds bachelor’s degrees in finance and computer Science and a minor in Entrepreneurship from Wake Forest University. He also studied International Business at New York University in Shanghai. In 2021, Carl was named among the North Carolina’s Triad Business Journal’s 20 in their 20’s.
Houston Fintech
CEO
Session Topic: Recipe for Growth: How to Fund, Grow, and Scale Restaurant Success
Session Time: 10:15 – 10:45am
Session Location: Gaitlin Ballroom A
Yusef Muhammad has 30+ years as an experienced business and financial services professional. An award-winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker and business strategist, Mr. Muhammed has been a SCORE mentor since 2004, advising small business owners on business planning and funding, and recently served as Southwest Regional Vice President. He was voted SBA Minority Small Business Champion of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
