Experience

Front Range Holdings - Burger King/Jimmy John's/KFC - Franchisee

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Front Range Holdings is a Quick Service Restaurant operator of Burger King, Jimmy John's, and KFC brands. We have approximately 144 locations in CO, TX, AR, UT, WY, OK, and NV with several currently under development. Front Range Holdings is a Quick Service Restaurant operator of Burger King, Jimmy John's, and KFC brands. We have approximately 144 locations in CO, TX, AR, UT, WY, OK, and NV with several currently under development.


United States Marine Corps
• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee
• Regimental Logistics Officer, 25th Marine Regiment

  • Oct 2022 - Present


MTN King Food Group

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Oct 2022

  MTN King Food Group is a rapidly growing 58 unit Burger King franchise group with locations throughout Colorado. MTN King Food Group is a rapidly growing 58 unit Burger King franchise group with locations throughout Colorado.



Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager, East Division

  • Jan 2020 - Feb 2021

  • General Manager responsible for operations, franchise relations, field marketing, and development across the Eastern United States Market. • Portfolio included ~950+ franchised restaurants, with an additional 170+ in various stages of development throughout the market. Represented nearly 40% of US sales for the brand. • Delivered nearly 20% growth in same store sales despite impact of pandemic. • Managed Division through pivot to COVID operations, focused on rapid training and deployment of Enhanced COVID Procedures throughout all operating restaurants. • Opened 69 restaurants despite COVID impact on active construction projects. Established a 2021 pipeline of 200+ active sites and signed targeted growth deals to deliver 160+ openings across a three year span. Show less



Restaurant Brands International

• Canada
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Development, Tim Hortons

  • Apr 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Responsible for all New Restaurant Development strategy and execution across Canada, to include site prospecting, approval, and construction. Concurrently managed 150+ active construction projects.• Spearheaded strategic effort to reset Tim Hortons Canada development strategy through the establishment of strategic partner development agreements.• Led organization comprised of four teams: Development Strategy and Analytics, Development Execution, Construction Management, and Market Planning. • Managed existing restaurant portfolio Renovation Program. Produced approximately 300 remodel projects; 150% larger than historical program size. • Led pilot of experimental “Super Urban” restaurant format in Toronto area, a critical growth prospect for Tim Hortons brand. Show less

• Lead, Development Execution

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

• Head of People Services

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Chosen to integrate existing People Services Team and Center of Excellence Management to create full spectrum Human Resources back office support. Responsible for 34-person organization and $8.5mm annual budget. • Responsibilities included operational execution of People Finance, Compensation and Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Personnel Administration, Performance Management, and Insurance Claims Processing. Collective responsibilities across 12 Processes comprising 50 Sub-Processes.• Led project to offshore payroll processing support for North American payroll, effectively transitioning payroll team to India while processing six payrolls for approximately 7,000 payments per month. • Owner for People Compensation budget and finance team; largest G&A expenditure across RBI organization at $200mm+.• Improved performance on 4 key operational metrics from lowest measurable service levels to second tier in one year, despite 50% personnel vacancy and 32,000 annual ticket volume. Show less

• Lead, Center of Excellence, Management and Learning

  • Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Director selected to establish a new entity to support the RBI Management and Learning (M&L) team.• Led the transition of personnel into a wholly new organizational structure. Immediately assumed responsibility for workflows across four distinct areas.• Concurrently mapped and drafted a Service Catalog to document all activities required to fully support the M&L team, resulting in 16 Sub-Processes and 206 distinct activities.• Implemented an operational structure comprising routine governance, metric reporting through Tableau dashboards, and the management of routine work through a ticketing system.• Drove process improvements in key support areas that established new management tools, reduced manual actions, and greatly increased client satisfaction. Leveraged these elements to lead a project to establish 7 Centers of Excellence throughout RBI globally. • Drove analysis, design, and successful implementation of a shared services program to manage operational effectiveness and compensate approximately 130 service agents dispersed across Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Singapore, and India. • Successfully completed RBI Green Belt Program. Show less

• Director, Global Business Services

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Led team dispersed between Toronto and Miami in support of shared services Data Management.• Initiated creation of Data Management Tower during creation of shared services entity at Tim Hortons; later consolidated team to one centralized location in Toronto, involving merger, cross-training, and execution of 248 distinct activities.• Led design and implementation of virtual data room to house critical corporate documents in one centralized system utilized by RBI globally.• Improved team performance from last ranked in group of seven to number two in the space of one year.• Successfully completed RBI Yellow Belt Program. Show less

• Sr. Manager, Global Business Services

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

  Tower Lead, Data Management

• Company Commander, Maintenance Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25

  • Sep 2015 - Nov 2018

  • Promoted to Major.• Performed direct oversight of 70 motor transport operators, mechanics, heavy equipment operators, and armorers as the Commanding Officer for a medium and heavy lift motor transport company. Spent approximately 48 days per year directly engaged as a Reservist through a combination of monthly drill periods and two-week annual training exercises in North Carolina, California, and Virginia.• Successfully led Company through dispersed operations during overseas support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercise Saber Strike in Latvia (June 2017). Operation required amphibious offload of 50+ vehicular assets and 300km ground movement, and withdrawal of all assets at completion. Show less

• Detachment Officer in Charge, Maintenance Services Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 25

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2015



Burger King Corporation

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Manager, Global Business Services

  • Sep 2015 - Apr 2016

  Tower Lead, Data Management

• Sr. Manager, Global Operations

  • Jul 2015 - Sep 2015

  Global Learning- Supported cost analysis for $1MM in-restaurant training program roll out across the Burger King global Franchise system.- Evaluated operational feasibility of full system roll out of platform across 55 languages in 101 countries.

• Motor Transport Officer, 3d Battalion, 8th Marines

  • Feb 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Small Unit Commander responsible for the training and operations of a 25-Marine platoon in support of a unit of 800 Marines. Directly responsible for equipment account valued in excess of $4mm. • Supervised all vehicular support, including preventative and corrective maintenance, as well as technical modifications, for approximately 100 vehicles and forecasted internal and external logistical requirements.• Managed all vehicular licensing and certification. Designed and implemented a comprehensive program to license untrained personnel in the maintenance and operation of military tactical vehicles across five separate vehicle platforms. Show less

• Assistant Logistics Officer, 3d Battalion, 8th Marines

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2013

  • Ran all logistics current operations including projecting, securing, and managing logistics assets to support a dispersed unit of approximately 1,500 Marines.• Deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 to oversee all current operations logistics across 3,800 square miles.• Led a direct report staff of five personnel, who collectively supervised approximately 45 Marines below them.• Initiated the implementation of a wholly new support structure across the Southern Helmand Province to cope with a reduction in forces from approximately 4,000 to approximately 1,500. • Managed a responsive and flexible integrated logistics network, utilizing a combination of organic vehicle assets, aerial support, and external trucking, both military and commercial.• Led unit effort to employ experimental unmanned aerial resupply concept, greatly increasing responsiveness throughout theater and markedly reducing the need for dangerous ground movements.• Planned and supervised the withdrawal of over 1,100 pieces of equipment from 11 positions across Southern Afghanistan for eventual redeployment from theater.• Administered life support contracts valued in excess of $1mm and re-bid wasteful contracts, procuring $400,000 in cost savings for the government.• Awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious professional achievement while deployed. Show less


Cheim & Read
• United States
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Archivist Assistant

  • Aug 2008 - May 2010