Our Leadership

Greg Majewski

Gregg Majewski

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

  • 23+ years in the food & beverage industry in founder and senior executive roles
  • Founder of Wildcat Investments

Former CEO of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

  • Grew restaurants from 33 to 300 with another 600 sold‍
  • Implemented and restructured company-wide operational standards‍
  • Shifted marketing strategies to “Freaky Fast” delivery

Established a resounding executive career focused on:

  • Conceptualizing and growing emerging brands
  • Revitalizing legacy brands
Greg Creed

Greg Creed

Advisory Board Member

  • Greg Creed was Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands, Inc. from January 2015 to December 2019 and served as a Director of the Board from November 2014 to May 2020. Greg retired after a successful 25-year career with the Company.
  • Previously, served as head of Taco Bell, the nation’s leading Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Taco Bell in early 2011 after serving as President and Chief Concept Officer
  • Greg has recently founded Creed UnCo, an "unconventional" consulting business focused on his three passions: culture & leadership, brand building, and franchising.
  • Greg serves on the Board of Directors of the Whirlpool Corporation, Aramark Corporation and Girls Inc. He is also a member of the American Society of Corporate Executives (ASCE).
Neil Quinn

Neil Quinn

Chief Financial Officer

  • Over 30 years of experience advising businesses in all financial areas including franchising, banking, restaurant valuations and business strategy.
  • Known as a cross functional leader collaborating across all disciplines such as Operations, Franchising, Real Estate, Construction, Supply Chain, Marketing, Human Resources and Corporate Management.
  • More than two decades of leadership and executive experience with McDonald’s Corporation as Assistant Treasurer and Business Unit CFO; negotiated hundreds of restaurant acquisitions/spins and added billions of dollars in additional capital for franchisees through partner banks.
  • Former Chief Financial Officer for Mazzetta Company, one of the largest importers and producers of frozen seafood.
Jeremy Theisen

Jeremy Theisen

Chief Growth and Development Officer

  • Over 20 years of experience increasing the revenue stream for high-growth start-ups in the restaurant sector.
  • Served as Chief Growth Officer at FAT Brands where he led franchise development as well as various digital projects focused on driving revenue for franchisees.  
  • Chief Revenue Officer of PathSpot, a hygiene management system geared towards the foodservice industry, where he grew the company’s contracted revenue by 15x in 24 months including overseas expansion.
  • Chief Sales Officer of Punchh, the restaurant industry leader in loyalty and engagement programs, where he saw the company through its launch to generating $50 million in revenue prior to being acquired by Par Technology Corporation.
Chef Robert Kabakoff

Robert Kabakoff

Craveworthy Creator Chef

  • 10+ years as corporate executive chef and director of culinary training for Houston’s Hillstone Restaurant Group.
  • Responsible for the cutting edge menu innovation and collection of flavor profiles featured in every Craveworthy Brands menu.
  • Co-creator of both Krafted Burger Bar + Tap and Lucky Cat Poke Company.
  • Master of efficiency, consulting with restaurants around the globe to develop more efficient kitchen and contract management models.
  • Winner of the prestigious American Culinary Federation’s National Championship and Wild Game National Championship.
Becca McIntyre

Becca McIntyre

VP, Culinary & Supply Chain

  • Decades of experience leading the culinary and supply chain management strategy for multi-unit brands.
  • Has held leadership roles with Genghis Grill for 7 years, previously with TGI Fridays and Ignite Restaurant Group supporting Brickhouse Tavern + Tap.
  • Head of Ideation for all Craveworthy Brands' menus - creating and operationalizing recipes for a variety of core menus and LTOs.
  • Lead Supply Chain efforts by executing all sourcing, contracting, inventory mgt, and vendor management strategies that best benefit the Craveworthy system.
  • Position new concepts for successful market entry, taking them from ideation to fully operational brands optimizing menus, branding, storytelling and food styling.
Cassie Miller

Cassie Miller

VP, Training

  • Over a decade of experience leading and executing training initiatives for all restaurant positions from support staff to management, all the way up to senior leadership roles.
  • Developed strategy, content and implementation across multiple brands and multiple locations for new restaurant openings and system-wide roll outs related to restaurant tech, operations, menu changes, LTO's, rebranding efforts and more.
  • Active member of CHART - Council of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers
  • Previously led operations, training and marketing for Flat Top Grill and Stir Crazy concepts, before their Craveworthy acquisitions
Kristin Albert

Kristin Albert

VP, Operations

  • Nearly two decades of leadership spearheading and running large-scale, high-volume hospitality establishments in major metropolitan areas across the United States
  • Former Director of Operations for the Bottleneck Operations portfolio of brands
  • Currently leads Genghis Grill's nationwide operations (50+ locations), as well as the Lucky Cat and Krafted concepts
  • A unique ability to foster and develop personnel across the entire restaurant ecosystem
  • A passion for instilling and cultivating the paramount role of culture as the foundation for any thriving organization
Matt Ensero

Matt Ensero

President, Wing It On!

  • Founder and President of the Wing It On! brand overseeing all facets of growth including top line revenue, operations, marketing and franchising.
  • Seasoned entrepreneur, transformational leader and visionary. He's spent over a decade focused on creating value through a diverse menu of truly unique flavors, and strong, repeatable franchise operations.
  • A thought leader with an impressive background in finance, operations, entrepreneurship and leadership.
Warwick McLaren

Warwick McLaren

VP, Digital Technology

  • 10+ years of Leadership in Sales and Digital Marketing roles for both consumer brands and fast casual franchise restaurants.
  • Most recently VP of Digital Marketing at Fat Brands where he managed strategies for all digital aspects, including e-commerce, loyalty, CRM, off-premise delivery, and media content.
  • Prior to that, he led the digital transformation of Round Table Pizza, wining the 2022 News Weekly's top pizza loyalty program in America.
Kim DeCoralis

Kim DeCarolis

SVP of Strategic Growth

  • 10+ years of experience driving organizational growth through sales leadership in the restaurant ops and tech industry
  • First woman named to the Executive team as Vice President of Sales at Punchh - playing a pivotal role in scaling revenue to $50M
  • Director of Strategic Franchise Sales for FAT brands where she leveraged her expertise to foster high-growth partnerships
  • Member of the Women's Food Service Forum contributing to the advancement of women in the restaurant industry
Justin Egan

Justin Egan

VP, Marketing - Franchise Development

  • Co-founder and creative force behind Wing It On!'s award-winning brand and creator of "Chicken Like a Champ!" brand strategy.
  • Expertise includes consumer-focused branding, brand story building, digital guest experiences, franchise development and restaurant/marketing tech.
  • Supports the Franchise Development efforts and brand narrative for Craveworthy Brands including the industry-focused media and content strategy.

FG Merchant Banking Leadership

Joe Moglia

Joe Moglia

Co-Founder & Partner

  • Former Chairman and CEO of TD Ameritrade and former executive at Merrill Lynch
  • Grew TD Ameritrade from $700 million market cap to $20billion+ market cap and sold to Charles Schwab
  • Co-Founder of Fundamental Global
  • Chair of Athletics and Former Head Football Coach at Coastal Carolina University
  • Entered the MBA Training Program at Merrill Lynch, where there were 26 people—25 MBAs and one football coach and by 1988, he was Merrill Lynch's No. 1 producer in the world
Kyle Cerminara, CFA

Kyle Cerminara, CFA

Co-Founder & Partner

  • Over 25 years of financial services experience including investment management, insurance and merchant banking
  • Co-Founder of Fundamental Global
  • Executive and/or director roles at several public companies including as Chairman of FG Group Holdings
  • Former Buyside at T. Rowe Price, Point72 and Highside
  • Institutional Investor Magazine “Best of the Buy Side” for the financial services sector in 2006
Jeremy Theisen

Larry Swets, CFA

Co-Founder & Partner

  • Over 25 years of financial services experience including investment management, insurance and merchant banking​
  • Executive and/or director roles at several public companies including FG Financial Group, GreenFirst Forest Products and Kingsway Financial​
  • Founded Itasca Financial and Itasca ​
    Golf Managers ​
  • Over a decade of reverse merger experience including with United Insurance Holdings, Limbach Holdings, and Aldel Financial’s merger with Hagerty​

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