Panelist

Mr. David Rutkowski

David currently serves as the CFO for Golden Tree Restaurants and the subsidiaries Golden Chick, The Jalapeno Tree, Fireside Pies, Texadelphia, Heff’s Burgers, JC’s Burgers and State 28 as well as 2 real estate affiliates, with oversight of Finance, Accounting, IT and Risk Management.
 
Prior to his current position, David worked with Showbiz Pizza/Chuck E Cheese from its inception as Controller, HR Director, and in Regional Operations. He started in the hospitality industry with Marriott Theme Parks in Operations and Concept Development.
 
David holds a BS in Economics with Accountancy and Applied Computer Science from Northern Illinois University.