John Dilazzaro
Chief Financial Officer @Innovative Dining Group
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Financial Officer @Innovative Dining Group
Los Angeles, CA, US
Chief Financial Officer at a multi-brand exceptional group of fine dining restaurants, with 15 locations and over employees. Brands include BOA Steakhouse, Sushi Roku, ROKU and Katana encompassing $100 Million revenue. Organizational environment includes owned and operated venues as well as other reporting structures including licensees and hotels.Primary responsibility for full FP & A cycle, commodity and supply chain, overall company strategic initiatives, all revenue and pricing initiatives and Enterprise Technology (CIO role)Key executive team member and part of most aspects of restaurant operations, HR and marketingSelected and implemented several key IT initiatives including cutting edge technologies for Inventory, Theoretical COGS, OCR Accounts Payable and Cashless Tip Systems.Led full 2019 RFP Process and execution of a new Point of Sale System to a cloud based system to greatly improve business analytics and guest service.Selected and implemented full HRIS system in 2019 to automate all aspects from job listing through payroll and training development in one application for the full organization from paper based and legacy systems to a SAS/app based solution.Lead full annual audit and tax cycle with external Cohn Reznick team for over 25 different LLCsPrimary investor liaison during whole lifecycle of investors from raising to operating agreements, share sales, votes and periodic newsletters
EDUCATION
UCLA Anderson School of Management
MBA, Management
University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business
BS, Finance and Management
ABOUT JOHN DILAZZARO
CFO with 25+ years of experience at prominent global brands driving financial strategy, operational excellence, and transformation across hospitality, restaurants, and consumer experience industries. Skilled at modernizing systems, improving profitability, and building scalable processes in complex, multi unit environments. Innovator of multiple industry first product and pricing transformations. Extensive experience in Founder Led businesses, and experienced in public and private equity readiness, diligence, and capital structure optimization. Passion for mentoring and teaching not just finance team members but eager operators towards their career goals. Extensive experience partnering and communicating at the right level with with founders, executives and operators to turn financial insights into clear actions.
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