MURTEC Content Council members are innovative restaurant operators, consultants, academics, and solution providers who help steer our content vision and priorities. The council assists in brainstorming hot topics and collaborative ideation to inform our MURTEC and MURTEC Executive Summit agendas.

Ajay Aluri 
Associate Professor, Hospitality & Tourism Management
John Chambers College of Business & Economics
West Virginia University

Geoff Alexander
President & CEO
Wow Bao

Kevin Bentley
VP of Technology & Automation
Papa Gino’s Pizzeria & D’Angelo’s Sandwiches

Michelle Campbell
Sr. Director, Marketing
U.S. Bank Payment Solutions
(Formerly Elavon)

Susan Carroll-Boser
CIO
White Castle
RTN BOG

Natasa Christodoulidou 
Professor, Department of Management and Marketing
College of Business Administration and Public Policy
California State University Dominguez Hills

Cihan Cobanoglu
McKibbon Endowed Chair Professor
Dean, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Muma College of Business
University of South Florida

Daniel J. Connolly
Professor of Management
College of Business and Public Administration 
Drake University

Sash Dias
COO
Incentivio

Flavio Diomede
Director Retail Platform Technology
Starbucks

Tamy Duplantis
CIO, Digital Architect
Return on Information Consulting
RTN BOG

Mehmet Erdem
Associate Professor of Hotel Operations & Technology
William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lee Holman
Lead Retail Analyst
IHL Group

Jungsun (Sunny) Kim
Associate Professor
William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Skip Kimpel
Principal of Independent & SMB Consulting
ConStrata Consulting
RTN BOG

Corey Kline
EVP, Technology
Noodles & Company

Fred LeFranc
CEO
Results Thru Strategy
RTN BOG

Hanson Li
CEO
Lazy Susan

Chris Lybeer
Chief Strategy Officer
Revel Systems

Toby W. Malbec
Managing Director
ConStrata Consulting

Vadim Parizher
VP, Technology
Taco Bell
RTN BOG

Zerrick Pearson
CIO
Five Guys
RTN BOG

Robin Schweitzer
Marketing Director Close Team
Paytronix

Tom Seeker
Chief Information Officer
Earl Enterprises
RTN BOG

Justin Skelton
CIO
Dine Brands

Joe Tenczar
CIO
Restaurant CIOs
RTN BOG

Jon Tryzbiak
VP, IT
Checkers & Rally’s