6425TechDan Lewis

Dan Lewis

Open to Director-track roles

Executing Technology initiatives,
at scale.

12+ years in food and beverage IT, including 4+ years leading restaurant technology at national scale. I have run complex platform operations across QSR and full-service restaurants and major stadium and convention center venues at scale. I also build practical software to improve reliability, speed, and guest experience.

Focused on restaurant groups, live-event venues, and e-commerce environments where uptime, speed, and operational consistency are non-negotiable.

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Cleared & governed

DoD ClearedCFIUS Governance

300+

Wendy's restaurant locations

Kansas

City Royals and Chiefs NFL/MLB Stadium venues

12+

years in food and beverage IT

4+

years national leadership

PCI-DSS

ownership across distributed environments

01 / Featured Experience

Where the work has happened.

01

Feb 2024 - Present

Hospitality / Live Events

Aramark Sports + Entertainment

District IT Manager

Aramark Sports + Entertainment is the food, retail, and hospitality partner for major-league venues across North America - including operations tied to the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium and the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.

Impact

Improved operational consistency during high-profile events while reducing outage risk and strengthening security posture for revenue-critical windows.

  • Own technology operations...
  • Lead live-event escalation...
  • Design segmented venue...
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02

Jan 2023 - Feb 2024

QSR / Multi-Brand Franchise

Flynn Restaurant Group (Wendy's)

National Restaurant Technology Manager

Flynn Group is the world's largest restaurant franchise operator, with multi-brand operations spanning Wendy's, Applebee's, Taco Bell, Panera, and others at national scale.

Impact

Supported 300+ locations with stronger reliability, more consistent standards, and faster response to enterprise-wide incidents.

  • Directed national restaurant...
  • Led Tier III...
  • Owned PCI controls...
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03

Jun 2014 - Jun 2021

Full-Service Restaurant / E-Commerce

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue

Systems Administrator

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue is a Premier Kansas City restaurant group with multiple dine-in locations, a high-volume catering operation, and a nationwide e-commerce shipping business.

Impact

Built a more resilient technology foundation across both in-store operations and e-commerce fulfillment workflows.

  • Sole technology owner...
  • Led Azure migration...
  • Modernized POS, kitchen,...
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All experience ->

02 / Restaurant Tech Coverage

The operational
moat.

Hands-on ownership across the full restaurant technology stack - from POS and payments to networks, compliance, and digital commerce.

Explore full stack ->

POS Platforms

Aloha/Toast/Par Brink/Micros/Simphony 2/Clover Sport

Payments and Checkout

Shift4/Tapin2/Mashgin/Card-present payment integrations

Kiosk and Kitchen

Mashgin/Tapin2/Self-service kiosk rollouts/Aloha Kitchen/Micros Kitchen/QSR

Restaurant Operations

Rosnet/NBO/Shiftnote/HotSchedules/Redbook/ItsaCheckmate

Networking and Venue Infrastructure

Cisco/Meraki/Fortinet/Ubiquiti/VLAN segmentation/Firewall policy

03 / AI & Development Lab

A strong leader. A strong developer.

Lab work focused on practical AI capabilities that improve restaurant and venue operations - without adding unnecessary complexity.

Visit the lab ->

Live demo

Game-Day Runbook Generator

Concept

Vendor Invoice Extractor

Concept

POS Ops Copilot