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Paul Martino has spent over 45 years in the restaurant business starting as a busboy in high school. He has managed a single restaurant team and an organization with over 200 company owned locations. Paul has spent over 20 years with the A&W brand starting as an area coach in the early 90’s, and is […]

Adam Long is the President of HomeTeam.  He has been with HomeTeam for over 15 years and has an extensive technology and marketing background. Adam is a results-oriented leader that implements the strategic vision for HomeTeam. He is committed to the growth of the company and focuses his efforts on developing new opportunities and strengthening […]

Terri Harof has over 30 years of senior level expertise in sales & marketing and business development. She has worked with local, regional, and national businesses as well as global brands and has extensive franchise experience in the restaurant and health club sector. As Director of Franchise Development Chief Brand Believer, her responsibilities include comprehensive […]

Since joining Givex in 2007, Mo Chaar has helped expand its North American footprint. He began his tenure as a Business Development Manager before becoming Vice President of Sales for North America and then moving to his current role as Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Mo oversees commercial strategy and development worldwide as well […]

Paul Flick has 20 years of leadership and management experience in the franchising industry. He is the founder and CEO of Premium Service Brands, and leads multiple home services franchise systems that operate on an international scale His reputation for success has been earned through realizing and building a proven and effective business structure that […]

Tim Swackhammer is the Founder and CEO of Mold Medics and Mold Medics Franchising. Mold Medics is dedicated to helping people improve the environmental quality of their homes through Mold Remediation, Air Radon Mitigation, Duct Cleaning, and other environmental services. Connect with Tim on LinkedIn.

Michael Wagner was born in California but grew up a military brat who lived in many spots and traveled around the world. Michael graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with degrees in Economics and Spanish. Prior to Pool Scouts he worked as the Corporate Sales Officer for Chartway Federal Credit Union. Before […]

Before his success leading Strategic Franchising, Chris Seman previously served in various senior executive positions, including President of Caring Transitions, and Vice President with Mr. Handyman International. Chris is a firm believer in franchising and the franchise model, having gained this belief through his experience as a franchise executive and by owning his own franchise. […]

Zachary Meade, Vice President – Training and Field Support at SpeedPro, holds more than 25 years of combined experience in executive recruitment, sales, management consulting, and business coaching. Working in the U.S. and Europe for both startup organizations and Fortune 100 companies, he has partnered with clients in industries such as information technology, investment banking, […]

Jeff Salter is the founder and CEO of Caring Senior Service. Caring provides in-home, non-medical homecare services to help seniors maintain their independence and quality of life. While working at a home health care company, Jeff saw that seniors and families were not able to handle the challenges of aging in place. At 20 years […]

Jerry “JDOG” Flanagan is an Army Veteran and CEO/Founder JDog Brands. JDog Brands is a 100 million dollar franchise system including JDOG JUNK REMOVAL AND HAULING AND JDOG CARPET CLEANING & FLOOR CARE servicing customers all around the US. With nearly 300 franchises nationwide, we are the largest Veteran Franchise in the world. We offer […]

Serving as the Director of Onboarding and Training within Footprints Floors, Jon Jarvis takes on much of the onboarding processes for new Franchisees coming in for training. Entering into a new business venture can be intimidating, and that is why Jon places a premium on supporting and adding value to our owners, by arming them […]

John Palumbo is the Sr. Director Franchise Development at A&W. Throughout his 20-year career he has had the great opportunity to work with some remarkable brands and companies in the QSR, Finance and Education categories. Still to this day the most amazing part of what he does remains helping people. The joy of watching new […]

Charles Bonfiglio is an American entrepreneur, franchisor, and president and CEO of Tint World®. After successfully owning and growing a number of Meineke Car Care Centers and starting an automotive e-commerce business, he developed Tint World® to begin franchising in 2006. He built the Tint World® franchise system on proven principles that have been successfully implemented […]

Bob Moore has almost 30 years of experience delivering results in the franchise industry. He spent 13 years with Domino’s Pizza – the last 7 as a multi-unit franchisee, owning multiple Domino’s stores. After selling his stores, Bob went onto work for a couple of “Top 200” Franchise Brands: ServiceMaster and Dunkin’ Brands. At ServiceMaster, […]

Rachel Southard, Brand President: Rachel joined Threshold Brands as the President of Men in Kilts in June of 2021. Prior to joining Threshold, Rachel was a consultant at an Ogilvy company where she led strategy behind digital experience initiatives for brands such as Southwest Airlines, Chick-Fil-A, Christian Brothers Automotive and Caesars. For the ten years […]

DeNita Carani was recently named as Pet Wants Brand President. Carani, a franchising industry veteran and rescue dog mom, can discuss how she was drawn to the whole mission of the brand: promote the health and wellness of pets and how she plans to help grow Pet Wants, the only national provider of pet food […]

Scott Oaks, Vice President of Franchise Development at Scoop Soldiers, is a senior level franchise development professional with over 15 years of experience working within all segments of franchising. He has a proven track record of success in franchise sales. Scott developed franchise development messaging, branding, and recruiting practices that directly impacted in positive franchise […]

Mike Lenard is the founder and CEO of TaKorean, which launched in 2010. From a young age Mike was fascinated by street food vendors & has always loved cooking, which became his inspiration to launch TaKorean, a fast-casual Korean-inspired concept with Latin-American influence. Mike had a vision to bring a fresh twist on Korean flavors […]

Paul Linenberg has been the President of Gotcha Covered since 2010 following a varied career in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Paul excels at being lucky, especially in being able to work with an amazing group of people at Gotcha Covered, and helping provide custom window treatments for people across the US and Canada. Paul grew […]

Steve Heeley is the CEO of the leading premium, fast casual poke concept in the US. Pokeworks, the originators of Poke Your Way, serves poke bowls, poke burritos, and craveable Hawaiian-inspired sides, beverages,and desserts. Pokeworks serves only the freshest, highest-quality, sustainable seafood. Pokeworks is rapidly expanding through-out the US and internationally, and we are seeking […]

Kristen Pechacek is the Chief Growth Officer of MassageLuXe. Kristen is responsible for consumer marketing and franchise growth. Kristen is a Certified Franchise Executive with the International Franchise Association and has been named as one of the Top 100 influential Women in Franchising by Business Woman Magazine. Prior to MassageLuXe, Kristen was with Self Esteem […]

Joshua Tree Experts opened for business in 2005 as a general tree services and plant health care company in the Lehigh Valley, PA. From the early days, the focus was on training, safety, and best practices. Clients quickly began to recognize the “Joshua Tree Way” and how it was different from other companies. There has […]

French-trained chef Grégoire Jacquet had a vision of a local restaurant offering quality fine dining-style food with the convenience of a quick carry-out experience. In 2002, Grégoire opened its doors as the first fine-fast-casual restaurant concept that serves gourmet sandwich and salad dishes, its famous potato puffs and scratch daily fresh-made french fries, all served […]

David Fossas is a growth stage leader with a record of driving revenue and maturity of companies from startup to exit. Currently leading marketing for Restore Hyper Wellness. Prior to Restore, David led global brand for WP Engine, a growth-stage platform for building websites and digital experiences, from 2016 – 2020. He helped define its […]