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CARISSA DE SANTIS

Chief Technology Officer, BRIX Holdings, LLC.

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Carissa is the Chief Technology Officer of BRIX Holdings, LLC.  She also serves as Chief Technology Officer for Friendly’s Restaurants through a shared services arrangement between BRIX and Friendly’s Restaurants.  Prior to joining Friendly’s Restaurants and BRIX Holdings, she spent more than than 15 years as a technology and operational leader for global restaurant organizations and was most recently Chief Information Officer at Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., where she led the technology group driving significant growth across all their channels and brands. Prior to Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, she led all restaurant technology for the global TGI Fridays chain, where she focused on improving and integrating all systems-enabled initiatives for their in-store experiences. Carissa also serves as Co-Chair for the Dallas Chapter of the International Food and Beverage Technology Association (IFBTA)