![]() ![]() Vacation! Sweepstakes promotion will give away a VIP vacation for a family of five to Hollywood, California. Television’s popular situation comedy, The Middle, airing five times a week in syndication. For more information, visit SC ( ) Ryan’s ®, HomeTown ® Buffet, and Old Country Buffet ® are helping families start the new year with some humor by partnering with Warner Bros. Corporate headquarters are based in Greer, SC with a Corporate Support Center located in Eagan, MN. Ovation employs over 17,000 team members and serves approximately 100 million customers annually. The restaurants are principally operated under the Old Country Buffet, HomeTown Buffet and Ryan’s brands. ![]() Ovation Brands currently operates 334 restaurants in 35 states, comprised of 324 steak-buffet restaurants and 10 Tahoe Joe’s Famous Steakhouse restaurants. This multi-day event is one of the most prestigious gatherings for cutting edge technology in the country. In addition to his requisite technology skills, Benson possesses a deep business, operations, and consumer focus to delivering IT solutions.īenson will be presenting on behalf of Ovation at the 2014 Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. ![]() “These new solutions provide our enterprise with the enhanced technology and control needed to better operate our business.”īenson’s career as an Information Technology Executive spans world-class consumer product and retail organizations, including multiple senior IT roles across the PepsiCo global business, as CIO of Lighthouse International in New York City, as Americas Vice-President for Cadbury, and as Vice-President of Enterprise IT for Supervalu in Minneapolis. “The new systems that we have incorporated at Ovation enable our management and staff to spend more time focusing on the business and guest experience,” said Benson. He will continue to cultivate these programs in his new role. Since joining Ovation, Benson has developed an enterprise-wide business application and infrastructure roadmap that includes the following key projects: transformation of Ovation’s headquarters systems leveraging Oracle ERP Cloud solutions upgrading the entire Point-of-Sale environment through MICROS Simphony Point of Sale, iCare Loyalty, Mobile POS, and enhanced PCI Security and restaurant food production, team management and supply chain solutions powered by CrunchTime Information Systems. “In his new role as CIO, he will work hand in hand with teams across Ovation Brands to deliver top-notch information systems solutions for the company that will allow us to maintain a competitive edge.” “Throughout Patrick’s career, he has built a reputation for delivering innovative IT solutions,” said Anthony Wedo, CEO for Ovation Brands. Benson has spearheaded a number of new initiatives for Ovation as part of its reinvention, including the introduction of a new POS system that will roll out to the entire enterprise by Fall 2014. Ovation Brands – parent company to steak-buffet style restaurants Ryan’s, HomeTown Buffet, Old Country Buffet, Country Buffet, and Fire Mountain – recently announced the promotion of SVP of Information Technology Patrick Benson to Chief Information Officer. Development of leadership signals the brand’s focus on innovation Patrick Benson ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |