Paul Barron

         

Paul Barron

Helping restaurant & hospitality prepare for a new era in business

A passionate food and web technology expert, WebTV producer & filmmaker, entrepreneur, speaker, global event creator, author, and mentor for the restaurant and hospitality space. I connect consumers, technology and brands to help invoke the next shift in business for restaurant and hospitality.

Food is a passion shared by many. Technology, Social and Mobile have shifted the business landscape forever, as an industry trend-spotter and founder of FastCasual.com, QSRWeb.com, and DigitalCoCo, I have spent the past 20 years studying restaurants and consumer interactions within the indusry.

In Spetember 2013 we launch FoodableTV.com a new era of food media for operators and foodies alike.

My goal is simple: to connect the new age consumer and restaurant operator with content, and social connectivity to change the hospitality industry.

Additionally, we have created the most expansive Social Media Index for the global restaurant & hospitality business, an industry that represents more than $1.5 trillion in revenue, with digital connections to consumers and trade hovering around the $5 billion mark in 2012. The Restaurant Social Media Index combined with a new model of content, social audience and social science will help to help define our future in hospitality.

As the author of the first book on the Fast Casual Restaurant business and how it connects with this new consumer culture, The Chipotle Effect is about the changing landscape of the American social restaurant consumer. We’re entering a new frontier of social consumers, big data and content that will Change The Way America Eats.

My 2013 Speaking Speaking Gigs

Culinary Institute of America - Flavor Summit

Aspen Food & Wine

Fast Casual Trends & Directions

National Restaurant Association Show

The Foodservice Digtial Marketing Summ

Jessica Verrilli

                  

Jessica Verrilli ~ Corporate Development at Twitter.

Jessica currently focuses on acquisitions at Twitter. She has worked on 20+ acquisitions at Twitter and led processes from deal thesis to negotiation to integration. You can follow her tweets here or read more about her work experience on LinkedIn.

Jessica spent much of 2011 in the UK where she and a colleague, Tony Wang, established the company's first presence in Europe and built the office in London. During this time she lead Business Development for Twitter in the UK and was responsible for establishing relationships and executing partnerships with media partners, government agencies, and the London 2012 Olympics.

Prior to London, Jessica worked on Corporate Development and Business Development from the San Francisco headquarters. Her work has included the Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo partnerships, Series E financing, Chirp developer conference, and ongoing acquisitions.

Jessica joined Twitter in early 2009 as an Associate to the Founders. She met the Twitter team while working, in her previous job, as a venture capital associate at Venrock.

Jessica is a Stanford University graduate, a Mayfield Fellow, and former varsity lacrosse player. Among other things, she has a personal interest in technology and development and participated in a US State Department Tech Delegation to West Africa in 2011.

Sarah Lane

                                 

Producer, host, writer, editor, person familiar with the matter.

Host of daily program "Tech News Today" and weekly programs "iFive for the iPhone", "iPad Today" and "The Social Hour" on the TWiT network. 

Formerly of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV, "Attack of the Show!" on G4,"popSiren" on Revision3, "Current Tech"on Current TV, and "The Grid" on IFC.

Christina Warren

                                       

Genevieve Morton