Alex is a restaurant industry innovator, in-demand speaker, and passionate advocate for restaurant operators and workers. He was raised in the kitchen of the world-famous Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles, where he and his team invented Ordermark. A fourth-generation restaurateur, the restaurant business has been in Alex’s blood for over 90 years. In addition to being the visionary and leader of Ordermark, Alex is active with the Techstars network and enjoys mentoring other restaurant technology entrepreneurs and occasional angel investing. He is a 2019 recipient of the Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fast Casual Executive's Top 25. Alex previously led several technology ventures and most recently, Ordermark announced the close of its $120M Series C funding round led by Softbank.

Paul is a seasoned business leader and entrepreneur with over 25 years experience spanning technology sales, marketing, and product development with teams at Intel, Motorola, Adobe, Autodesk, the States of Connecticut, Colorado, Ohio and dozens of technology startups. He has been a founder, investor, and board member of numerous venture-backed technology companies and led two tech startup accelerators, including one backed by Dan Gilbert, founder, and chairman of Quicken Loans.

Geoff oversees all aspects of strategy, development, operations, sales and marketing of one of the fastest growing virtual restaurant companies in the world. Founded with the mission of empowering existing restaurants and commercial kitchens to survive and thrive in the new take away economy, Nextbite partners with outstanding operators to bring multiple virtual restaurant brands to life; including CraveBurger, Firebelly Wings, Ghost Grille, Grilled Cheese Society, Monster Mac, Mother Clucker, Outlaw Burger, The Big Melt, The Wing Dynasty, and Wild Wild Wings.

Geoff began his career in the restaurant industry working for Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. where he held several roles, including Finance, Development, and Head of Real Estate. In his time at Rock Bottom, he discovered a passion for pairing culinary creativity with technology to deliver sustainable results.

Johnny is a goal-oriented, technical leader with over 20 years of operational experience with deep understanding in software and product development. He has successfully managed software, business, and operational projects from ideation through implementation. Johnny has proven experience in executive roles, leading teams through change and building data-driven business strategy.

An experienced software and product leader with 20+ years of experience in technology, Arpan has worked for technology giants such as Microsoft and Nokia. Most recently, Arpan was the CTO of Razorgator, where he ran the engineering teams responsible for Razorgator’s e-commerce division and their enterprise SaaS solution, which serviced Fortune 500 companies including Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and PepsiCo.

With nearly 25 years experience working at celebrated online consumer brands, Lara has helped grow digital businesses from start-ups to publicly traded companies. As Ordermark/Nextbite’s Chief Concept Officer, she is leading the company in its next phase of growth in the exploding delivery-optimized virtual restaurant category. Prior to joining Nextbite, she held key marketing and product leadership roles spanning ecommerce, subscription services, and ad-supported content publishing for companies including Study.com and Shutterfly, where she was most recently Vice President and General Manager, Photo Books, Calendars and Print. A consumer brand expert, Lara is passionate about working cross-functionally, using data for insights, developing sustainable differentiation for brands, and building deep customer relationships.