Ian Geralds
Business Owner | COO | CCO | Operations Strategy Advisor | Innovation Officer | Restaurant, Retail and Hospitality Executive | Leadership Mentor | Growth and Recovery Partner
- Role
- Principal - Clc Insight, Llc at Clc Insight
- Location
- Nashville, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ian Geralds
I stabilize the backend of multi-unit hospitality groups—when margin, labor, or…
Experience
Principal - Clc Insight, Llc
Oct 2015 — Present · US
Trusted advisor to COOs, VPs, and ownership groups navigating backend complexity across foodservice, restaurants, and hospitality. I started in the kitchen—serving as VP of Culinary and a two-time Chef of the Year—before shifting into backend systems and multi-unit ops leadership.I step in quietly—usually when backend systems, team performance, and margin control start pulling against each other.My work sits behind the scenes: • Realigning operational rhythms • Preserving team flow under scale • Building execution models that move as fast as the business needs toI’m brought in when visibility is low but tension is high—usually by leaders who’ve seen everything and still don’t know what’s breaking.
Education
Oakland University
AAT-Education, Secondary Education and Teaching
1997 — 2000
Odyssey of the Mind
Creative Problem Solving
Skills
- Menu Development
- Sales
- Restaurant Management
- Profit
- P&L Management
- Multi-Unit
- Hiring
- Inventory Management
- Time Management
- Hospitality
- Labor Control
- Restaurants
- Food
- Employee Training
- Labor Management
- Food & Beverage
- Leadership
- Customer Service
- Training
- Catering
- Food Service
- New Restaurant Openings
- P&L
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