Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
, Khanh Nguyen, Zalat Call Sign: “MORPHEUS”Founder & CEO, Board MemberChief visionary. Serial entrepreneur, software startup COO with sale/IPO exit, 29+ years general business experience, corporate lawyer 12+ years, BS Biology from The University of Houston, J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law, accidental restaurateur extraordinaire.
Dennis Minchella, Zalat Call Sign: “Mr. Wolf”Chief Operating OfficerOperations & New Store Development. 40+ years restaurant management, executive management positions at Ruby Tuesday, Chi-Chi’s, Bennigan’s, Boston Market (IPO), CEO of Semolina Restaurant group (NRN Hot Concepts Winner). BBA from Central Michigan University. Mr. Wolf was born into an Italian-American pizza restaurant family and held the lifelong belief that pineapple does not belong on pizza. 3 years ago, he tasted Zalat’s amazing Pineapple Express pizza and immediately decided that he had to join us.
Adrian Saide-Jacaman, Zalat Call Sign: “007”Chief Financial OfficerFinance, Accounting & HR. CFO of EYM Group operating over 350 restaurants, including Pizza Hut, Panera, KFC, Burger King, and Denny’s brands. PepsiCo finance development group. BS Industrial and Systems Engineering from ITESM, MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business.
Al Vo, Zalat Call Sign: “STARK”Chief Technology OfficerHead technology nerd. 20+ years software programming, leading software development teams, Director of Software Development of nThrive, a hospital revenue management software company with 900+ hospital clients and over $100B in annual hospital revenues managed.
Rosalyn MalletBoard of DirectorsCurrent CE0/President of PhaseNext Hospitality. Board member of Black Box Intelligence. Former: President of Caribou Coffee, COO of la Madeliene Bistro/Café, SVP of Applebee’s, TGI Friday’s, and Carlson Companies, and Chair of the Board of the National Restaurant Association. BA from St. Mary’s University.
Song PakBoard of DirectorsCurrent COO Collaborative Fund. Former: EVP of Revolution, a Washington DC-based venture capital/private equity investment firm founded by Steve Case of AOL (investments in CAVA, Sweetgreen, DraftKings, CLEAR, GROUPON, Zipcar). Corporate/Securities attorney for DLA Piper Venture Capital Practice. BA from Southern Methodist University, JD from The University of Texas School of Law.
Erin Mulligan HelgrenBoard of DirectorsCurrent: CEO OfficeSpace Software. Former: Chief Marketing Officer of Dell (computers) SunPower (renewable energy) and Bazaarvoice (social media software). CEO of Bonterra (social good software), Social Solutions (nonprofit and public sector software), and Calytera (government technology software). Corporate strategy for PepsiCo, management consulting for A.T. Kearney, brand management for Procter & Gamble. BBA from The University of Texas at Austin.