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At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CFO’ operating in the Hospitality space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ray Young
Executive Vice President and CFO of Archer Daniels Midland Company
Ray G. Young is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Archer Daniels Midland Company. In his role, he oversees the company’s treasury, tax, accounting, investor relations, financial planning, business development and information technology functions as well as the captive insurance and ADM Investor Services organizations. Young is also responsible for strategic oversight of ADM’s business in Asia. Young joined ADM in 2010 following a 24-year tenure with General Motors Co., during which he held executive leadership positions in finance, general management, planning and operations on four continents. Young served in Shanghai as vice president of GM International Operations, which is responsible for GM’s emerging-market operations. Earlier, he was the CFO of General Motors during 2008 and 2009, when the company went through a significant operational and financial restructuring. Between 2004 and 2007, Young was the president and managing director of GM do Brasil and Mercosur Operations, based in São Paulo. Young graduated in 1984 from The Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. Young serves on the boards of directors of International Paper Company and the U.S.-China Business Council. He is a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society Lakeshore Division and the CFO Advisory Board of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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About Archer Daniels Midland Company: Archer Daniels Midland Company offers food ingredients, animal feeds and feed ingredients, biofuels, and other products.
Ray G. Young
Chief Financial Officer of Archer Daniels Midland Company
Mr. Ray G. Young is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Archer Daniels Midland Co. He served as Senior Vice President of the Company since November 2010, Chief Financial Officer since December 2010, Vice President, International Operations at General Motors from February 2010 to October 2010, Chief Financial Officer at General Motors from March 2008 to January 2010, executive and financial positions at General Motors from 1986 to March 2008.
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About Archer Daniels Midland Company, International Paper: Archer Daniels Midland Company offers food ingredients, animal feeds and feed ingredients, biofuels, and other products.
Hugh Johnston
Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo
Hugh Johnston has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2016. Johnston has been Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo, Inc., a global food and beverage company, since July 2015 and March 2010, respectively. Johnston served as Executive Vice President at PepsiCo from March 2010 to July 2015. He joined PepsiCo in 1987 and has held a number of increasing leadership roles, including Executive Vice President, Global Operations from 2009 to 2010 and President, Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages from 2007 to 2009. Johnston left PepsiCo from August 1999 through March 2002 to pursue a general management role as Vice President, Retail at Merck Medco, leading the company’s retail pharmacy card business. Johnston served on the board of directors of AOL Inc., a global media technology company, from October 2012 to June 2015.Johnston holds a B.S. from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Kevin Ozan
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of McDonald’s
Kevin Ozan works to position McDonald’s for long-term, enduring success. He sets financial direction and develops strategies designed to drive sustained, profitable growth for the company and enhance value for shareholders. He oversees the appropriate allocation of resources throughout the company and, at the same time, effectively manages risk through strong controls and fiscal discipline. In his role, Ozan runs McDonald’s accounting, internal audit, treasury, tax, global business services and investor relations functions. He has broad experience through a variety of financial roles across the global business, including senior-level positions in the company’s finance, investor relations and accounting departments, with assignments in both the U.S. and Europe. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining McDonald’s in 1997, he worked for 11 years in Ernst & Young’s audit and mergers and acquisitions practices. Ozan serves on the Board of Directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and a Master in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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About McDonald’s: McDonald’s is a global foodservice retailer generating revenue through company-owned restaurants, franchise royalties, and licensing pacts.
Sam Singer
CFO of Bio-Reference Laboratories
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About Bio-Reference Laboratories: BioReference is the third largest full service clinical diagnostic laboratory in the U.S. providing testing .
Kevin Jacobs
CFO of Hilton Worldwide
Kevin Jacobs Is The Chief Financial Officer & President, Global Development At Hilton.
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About Hilton Worldwide: Hilton Worldwide is a hospitality company, owns luxury and full-service hotels and resorts, and focused-service hotels.
Randy Hyzak
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Las Vegas Sands
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About Las Vegas Sands: Las Vagas Sand Crop is a developer of mobile applications. They have been developing applications regarding Travel for providing
Frederic Lavoie
CFO of Flaviar
Frederic Lavoie is the CFO at Flaviar.
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About Flaviar: Flaviar, a spirits tasting club, offers a subscription service that helps members discover new liquor products through sample tasting packs.
Jeff Zadoks
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Post Holdings
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About Post Holdings: Post Holdings, Inc. is a consumer goods company currently operating in the center-of-the-store, active nutrition and private label food
Brad Hall
Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurert of Carlson
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About Carlson: Carlson is a family-owned, global hospitality and travel company, operating brands, including Quorvus Collection, Radisson Blu, and more.
Bernard T. Moyle
Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer of Vantage Hospitality Group
Bernard (Bernie) Moyle serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Vantage Hospitality Group. Together with CEO and founder, Roger Bloss, Moyle has overseen Americas Best Value Inn’s exceptional growth and was instrumental in the launch of Lexington by Vantage and the 2015 acquistion of the America’s Best Franchising brands. In addition to the Vantage hotel brands, Bernie is responsible for the operating effectiveness of the hotel real estate holding and management entity, Cal-Vegas, Ltd., and its general partner, Thirty-Eight Street, Inc., and for Vantage’s hotel acquisition and development project. Prior to joining Vantage Hospitality, Moyle practiced commercial law for 18 years and was managing partner at Benson, Moyle, Mucci LLP in Fort Lauderdale. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury University in Maryland and a Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern in Florida. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Alumni of the Year for NSU and is a former treasurer and president of the NSU Law Center Alumni Association and member of the Law Center Board of Governors. Moyle is also an active participant in industry lobbying efforts.
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About Red Lion Hotels, Vantage Hospitality Group: Vantage Hospitality Group, Inc., has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing hotel companies.
Alan Catherall
CFO and President of AirSage
Alan B. Catherall is the President and Chief Financial Officer of AirSage.
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About AirSage: AirSage provides population location, movement, and traffic information based on wireless signaling data.
Larry Lewis
CFO of iVeew
Larry Lewis earned his bachelor’s degree with honors from Wheaton College and obtained his MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Lewis initially worked for Ernst & Ernst in the audit department. He went on to work for CPA firms and with industry clients in the Chicago area. He headed the internal audit department of a publicly held firm and served as the Chief Financial Officer for various organizations. Mr. Lewis is a member of the American Institute, Colorado Society and Illinois Society of CPAs and the Colorado Government Finance Officers Association. Mr. Lewis also serves on the Boards of various business and civic associations.
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About iVeew: SMS 2-way messaging, merchandising platform with over 76,000 local attractions Chatbots & Artificial Intelligence connected to Alexis
James Smith
CFO of InvitedHome
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About InvitedHome, The Club Company, United Neuroscience, YPO: InvitedHome combines the consistency & service of fine hotels with beautiful private homes in amazing destinations.
Mike McManus
CFO of JOINGO
Mr. McManus brings more than 20 years of experience in the field of accounting and finance. He has been responsible for leading the financing efforts for JOINGO, establishing a system of internal controls, developing budgeting and financial projections, as well as leading the Company’s contract, human resources and administration activities.
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About JOINGO: JOINGO is a mobile and social technology company that allows brands to create and deploy a revenue-generating mobile loyalty strategy.
Stephen Bernacki
Chief Financial Officer of Tock
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About Alinea Restaurant, Tock: Tock is a cloud-based platform with flexible data structures that provide comprehensive restaurant and event booking services.
Mike Shapiro
CFO & SVP of Catamaran Corp.
Prior to joining Ballast Point Ventures, Mike worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Investment Banking Group at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey in Atlanta. Mike graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Finance (Dean’s List) and a minor in Real Estate, and from the Hough Graduate School of Business at the University of Florida with a Master of Arts with a major in International Business. Mike was a Florida Blue Key Inductee at the University of Florida and served as the Executive Producer of Gator Growl at the University of Florida from 2009-2010.
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About Catamaran Corp., Major League Baseball, SPORTS TECH TOKYO: Catamaran offers a true alternative to the status quo in pharmacy benefit management.
Rob Levy
CFO of Evolve
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About Evolve: Evolve offers rental services for vacation with modern approach to hospitality and property.
John Muse
Executive Vice President & CFO of Darling Ingredients
John Muse has been with Darling Ingredients since October 1997 and currently serves as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. John has 40 years of agricultural business experience with Central Soya Company, Inc. (grain merchandising and feed manufacturing company), Archer Daniels Midland (ADM, an agricultural food and feed processor) and Darling Ingredients. He has held various financial, operational, management and corporate office positions.
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About Darling Ingredients: Darling Ingredients is global leader in creating sustainable food, feed & fuel solutions from organic by-products.
Mow Wong
CFO/COO of SixPlus
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About SixPlus: SixPlus is an online marketplace for corporate event professionals to book private dining spaces in restaurants and hotels across the US.
Jack Fluor
Chief Financial Officer of StepsAway
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About StepsAway: SA has a cloud-based platform that enables retailers to create and send promotions to smartphones over any mall guest Wi-Fi network
Michael Zechmeister
Chief Financial Officer of United Natural Foods
Michael P. Zechmeister was appointed as our Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in October 2015 after joining the Company as Senior Vice President in September 2015. Mr. Zechmeister joins us from General Mills, Inc. with over 25 years of corporate finance, audit, treasury, operations and merger and acquisition experience. Over his tenure with General Mills, Inc., he served in a variety of senior finance roles, including most recently as Vice President, Finance, Yoplait USA from July 2012 to September 2015. In addition, Mr. Zechmeister was Vice President and Treasurer from December 2010 to June 2012, Vice President, Finance, US Retail Sales, from July 2007 to December 2010 and Vice President, Finance, Pillsbury Division, from December 2005 to July 2007.
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About United Natural Foods: UNFI is the leading independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products.
Gideon Naim
CFO & COO, Co-Founder of CenTrak
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About CenTrak, CenTrak: CenTrak is the Real-Time Location System (RTLS) that provides precise and cost-effective location solutions for healthcare.
Jim Zaferis
CFO of Pegasus Foods
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About Pegasus Foods: Pegasus Foods is a frozen food manufacturer for some of the largest retail and restaurant chains.
Caryn Smith
Interim CFO of Solutionz Innovations, LLC
Caryn Smith is the CFO, Strategic at Greenscreens, Inc.
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About : Flagship product is TripProximity, an event and venue based trip utility, with plug-ins that can be implemented the same day.
Greg Clark
Chief Financial Officer of Remote Medical International
Previously serving RMI as Chief Financial Officer, Greg has over twenty years of financial management and executive leadership in various startups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining RMI, Greg served as Vice President of Finance and Operations at GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a LIMS software vendor specializing in clinical genomics. Greg also has served as CEO, CFO, VP of Marketing, and various executive positions at Safeharbor Knowledge Solutions, Qwest Communications, and SBC, Inc. Greg received his Master’s degree in Finance from Seattle University and has a Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University.
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About Remote Medical International: Remote Medical International provides individuals and corporations with a single-solution to remote medical needs in the world.
Whit Hanks
Co-Founder, CFO of Whim Hospitality
A consummate businessman, entrepreneur, husband, father and true Austin native, Whit’s family history is rooted in the city and state of Texas. A former real estate developer and antique dealer, Whit had fun importing a church from Vietnam on a lark, decided to set it up on his parents’ weekend place in Dripping Springs, met Kim and the rest is history. Whit works for fun, generally about 60 hours a week! He enjoys tennis, hiking, photography, and spending a lot of time with his wife. They love to travel to places they have never been, often gathering inspiration and goods to enhance the company’s offerings. Together the couple has 5 children and four dogs. While Whit has had a long, colorful career, it is this phase of his life in the hospitality industry where he is able to positively impact the lives of so many people — employees and guests–in a positive way, helping make their dreams come true. He’s really enjoying this chapter of his life. Unofficial title – Kim’s Handler.
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About Whim Hospitality: Whim Hospitality offers services which include catering, florals, event rentals, tents, event supply, and venue management.
Paul Welterlen
CFO of TaraVela Resort
Mr. Welterlen attended UC Berkeley and received his undergraduate degree in Pittsburgh at Carnegie-Mellon University and received his MBA from Pepperdine University in California. He has successfully managed his own private fund for more than 12 years and is eager to expand his horizons and surround himself with like minded individuals who enjoy out-sized returns and confidential relationships.
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About TaraVela Resort, Welterlen Equity Partners: TaraVela is a sixteen room luxury boutique hotel situated on 13 pristine acres that embrace the dramatic beauty of the Pacific Coast .
Pasquale Maturo
CFO of Costa Coffee BaristaBot
Pasquale Maturo serves as the Chief Financial Officer at Briggo.
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About Costa Coffee BaristaBot: Costa Coffee BaristaBot is an automatic coffee-dispensing machine developed using robotic technology.
Conley Rollins
CFO of Resy, American Express Global Dining Network
Conley Rollins is the CFO at Resy.
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About Resy, American Express Global Dining Network: Resy is the American Express global dining platform.
Natalie Shtark
Chief Financial Officer of Savta Remedies
Natalie provides both operational and programmatic support to our company, supervises the finances, and is the chief financial spokesperson for the organization. She reports directly to all family members . She is also in charge On all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of new funding.
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About Savta Remedies: Savta Remedies Help Recover, Support, and Boost your Immune System with a new and unique Dietary Supplement, and enhance your energy level.
Charles Murray
CFO of takokat
Charles “Chuck” Murray holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics with an emphasis in Actuarial Science. With over 15 years of experience in the insurance industry, he served for over eight years as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for UHA Health Insurance Company and during that time became the Treasurer and Executive Vice President. Chuck has also served on the Board of the Aloha Council, Boy Scouts of America and the Board and Treasurer of the Autism Society of Hawaii.
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About takokat: Takokat is a mini search engine allowing users to locate nearby restaurants that serve their favorite food.
Valeriu Ciobanu
Co-founder, CFO of Spoty
Valeriu Ciobanu is a CFO and co-founder at Family Vacation, an online travel and tourism platform for family vacations. Ciobanu obtained his bachelors degree in business management and finance from Kent State University. He currently lives in Hume, New York.
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About Spoty: Spoty connects locals with unique experience seekers, bringing to life a new way of traveling!
Brandon Hatfield
Principal & CFO of Valor Hospitality Partners
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About Valor Hospitality Partners: Valor Hospitality Partners is a hospitality management company driven by excellence and achievement.
Allen Cowger
Chief Financial Officer of View and Chew
Allen Cowger is studying finance at the University of Arkansas. Before attending the University in 2007, Allen grew up in the restaurant business. His parents currently own a restaurant that Allan grew up working in.
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About University of Arkansas, View and Chew: Our mission is to provide a unique cinematic and dining experience to the community of Northwest Arkansas in order to be the.
Allen Cowger
Chief Financial Officer of View and Chew
Allen Cowger is studying finance at the University of Arkansas. Before attending the University in 2007, Allen grew up in the restaurant business. His parents currently own a restaurant that Allan grew up working in.
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About University of Arkansas, View and Chew: Our mission is to provide a unique cinematic and dining experience to the community of Northwest Arkansas in order to be the.
Stephen E. Tremblay
CFO of Krispy Kreme
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About : Krispy Kreme is a global retailer of premium-quality sweet treats and is famous for its original glazed doughnut.
