Juan Salas has been named Chief Information Officer for Smoothie King, the world’s largest smoothie chain and the first health and fitness QSR brand of its kind. He will lead effective, cross-functional teams to achieve the company’s strategic business goals. Moreover, Salas will support advancing the digital customer experience and store technology to help optimize operations for Smoothie King.
Salas has over 20 years of leadership experience implementing next-generation technology for hospitality and food service organizations. Most recently, Salas served as Chief Technology Officer at Gordon Ramsay North America. He has also worked with Popeye’s, Church’s Chicken Brands, Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, and Romano’s Macaroni Grill. He holds a degree in information systems from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Salas’s experience bringing strategic, technological, and tactical skills to ensure that solutions and processes are developed to serve guests and drive operational efficiencies to enhance revenue will serve Smoothie King well as he takes the reigns of their technology department.
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