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Senior Vice President of US Company Restaurants

Founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952, Church's Chicken is a highly recognized brand name in the Quick Service Restaurant industry and is one of the largest quick service chicken concepts in the world. Church's Chicken serves up a rich tradition of gracious Southern hospitality and freshly prepared, high quality, authentic home-style fare, to help people provide affordable, complete meals for their families. Church's menu includes its world famous Original and Spicy chicken, Tender Strips and chicken sandwiches with classic sides and hand-made from scratch honey-butter biscuits. The Church's system consists of more than 1700 locations in 25 countries and system-wide sales of $1.2 billion. Throughout the world the company operates two brands: Church's Chicken and Texas Chicken.

Executive Summary Senior Executive with a proven track record in driving sales, marketing and revenue management in the restaurant and franchise industries. Recognized as an innovative, analytical and collaborative problem solver who maintains a laser focus on the bottom line. Hard working, results oriented individual with a history of selecting, building and leading diverse, customer centric teams and ensuring sound tactical execution of business strategy for multi-million dollar businesses. Key competencies include: *Strategic Planning & Implementation *Business Start Up & Turnaround *Portfolio Management *New Product Implementation *Talent Acquisition/ Development *Franchise Relations/Operations *Extensive P &L Management *Guest Satisfaction/Enhancements Specialties: Strong Leadership, Turnaround and Acquisition specialist, Recruiting and Selecting Great talent, People Development. Excellent Influencing and Relationship skills. Real Estate selection, Financial and Marketing focused.