BREAKOUT SESSION / TUESDAY / OCTOBER 15, 2019 / 2:30 PM
How to Deliver a Frictionless Guest Experience
The minute your guests experience any friction in any interaction, the likelihood of them returning plummets.
So, what can you do to reduce friction throughout the guest experience? Make it easy for them to order, pay, earn and redeem loyalty currency, and communicate with your brand. That means relevant, timely communications and reducing interruptions or disruptors. New technology coupled with guest-centric thinking help brands capture even more orders.
This session will feature brand execs who have incorporated new thinking into the guest experience to make it easier than ever for guests.
PANELISTS
Jamie Cohen | COO | Kerbey Lane Cafe
Speaker bio coming soon!
Todd Madlener | COO | Coolgreens
Todd Madlener is an industry veteran with over 25 years of leadership experience building passionate teams and brand culture that drives quality and growth. At Coolgreens, Todd is leading the brand in to its next phase of growth with culture-first programs like “coolstories” and an enhanced training program. He’s also leading key initiatives for the brand including a new prototype, catering program, and updated technologies all aimed at enabling restaurant teams to elevate the guest experience. Todd previously served as Vice President of Operations at MAD Greens and Senior Director of Operations for Red Robin where he spent over 20 years.
Rachel Phillips-Luther | Owner | UP Inspired Kitchen
Former CMO of Zoës Kitchen and Jamba Juice aren’t the only titles familiar to Rachel (Rae) Phillips-Luther. She is also known as a brand strategist, entrepreneur, visionary and mom. As a seasoned CMO and the founder of UP Inspired Kitchen, R Circle and RAEdiate, Rae lives each day with a desire to make the biggest impact possible in the lives of others. During her tenure as a CMO, she led Jamba Juice through a comprehensive brand reposition. She also repositioned Zoës Kitchen as a fast-casual Mediterranean lifestyle brand before leading the brand through a record-setting IPO in 2014. She began her career at the global PR agency Fleishman-Hillard.
MODERATOR
Karl Ruter | Sales, West Coast | Paytronix
Karl Ruter is an energetic leader who listens keenly, tends to details, and solves problems daily in the fast-paced industry of providing technology and services to restaurant brands across the nation. He has been on the Paytronix team for 1.5 years and working in the restaurant industry the past 10 years. When he is not flying around the West Coast, you can try to find him out in the wilderness… biking, hiking, and climbing.
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