John Benedetto

• Instrumental in guiding a multi-brand restaurant hospitality group through a 400% growth phase, transitioning from a single to multi-brand organization within 3 years.

• Oversaw Operations, Finance and Accounting, Growth/Marketing, and Human Resources/Legal Departments, ensuring seamless integration and efficiency.

• Transformed the company’s real estate approach, resulting in a 185% increase in annualized revenue volumes for new stores in 2022 vs 2023.

• Fostered a thriving company culture, promoting the top-performing field operations leader internally and successfully re-recruiting a key District Manager after a year-long hiatus.

• Led the adoption of cutting-edge technologies including a new payroll system, point-of-sale system, financial reporting software, and various operational/administrative tools, enhancing organizational efficiencies and employee satisfaction.

• Initiated and developed a global contractor workforce within the company, successfully expanding it to 8 FTEs across various departments and resulting in 75% labor cost savings while drastically reducing turnover.

• Consistently identified and implemented companywide savings and growth opportunities, including operational improvements, shareholder tax benefits, and new market real estate ventures.

• Successfully introduced and acted as the company’s Integrator for Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) providing organizational clarity and alignment on future goals while maintaining a culture of accountability for established metrics.

• Directed the company's refinancing initiatives and additional loan requests, skillfully negotiating with multiple lenders to secure competitive terms, thereby optimizing the capital structure and enhancing financial liquidity.

• Create, maintain, and hold development team accountable to annual Profit and Loss budgets (Capex/Opex, Revenue, G&A Overhead, Store Open Goals, and Franchisee Incentives)
• Liaise with and present to cross-departmental stakeholders, including CEO and CFO, concerning global development departmental progress, new initiatives, and forward-looking financial projections
• Maintain one of six seats on leadership team for Dominos Global Store Development
• Perform ad hoc analysis as finance lead on various special projects including Walmart alternative store program, corporate buyouts and market takeovers, ghost kitchen opportunities, and new store cannibalization reporting.

• Complete market and ROI analysis including a comprehensive look at service and PL data of franchisees as part of new store siting team
• Maintain relationship with franchisee business owners, third party vendors and internal teams to improve and maintain Store Siting Model and CRM software.

• Perform Financial Advisory and Consulting services for privately held companies in the transportation, manufacturing, retail, and software industries
• Execute sell-side financial due diligence procedures as part of transportation client’s $15M sale of core business operations
• Develop relationship with clients as an advisory role in client’s effort to obtain $11M Senior Debt refinancing.

• Audit the financial statements of SEC and privately held domestic and international clients in manufacturing, real estate, and not-for-profit industries
• Recruit, train and develop staff level associates in preparation for promotion.