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Hospitality Industry News |
Thursday December 4th, 2008 |
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Rubio's Adds Restaurant Industry Veterans to Senior Leadership Team |
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Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:RUBO) announced today the appointment of two restaurant industry veterans to its Senior Leadership Team. Marc S. Simon was named Senior Vice President of Operations, and Ken C. Hull was named Senior Vice President of Development. |
Marc S. Simon joined Rubio's on November 28, 2007 as Senior Vice President of Operations and brings an extensive business and operations background to the company. Most recently, he served as CEO for America's Incredible Pizza Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma. From 1994 to 1998, Simon worked for McDonald's Corporation as Vice President for Corporate Development. He led the team that brought Chipotle Mexican Grill into McDonald's and later served as Regional Director for Chipotle. Simon has a Masters in Fine Arts and a Masters in Library and Informational Science from Case Western Reserve University and a BA from Ohio University.
Ken C. Hull joined Rubio's on December 3, 2007 as Senior Vice President of Development. Most recently, Hull was Vice President of Development and Franchising for Frisch's Restaurants, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Frisch's is an operator of Big Boy and Golden Corral restaurants. Prior to joining Frisch's in 1999, he worked for McDonald's Corporation as Director of International Development and Director of International Real Estate. Earlier in his career, he worked for Hardee's and KFC in Real Estate management positions. Hull has a BS degree in Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning from Iowa State University.
"Both Marc and Ken have proven track records of operational success in the restaurant industry and round out our outstanding senior executive management team," said Daniel E. Pittard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rubio's.
In addition to these two executive hires, Rubio's announced the title change designation for corporate officers from Vice President to Senior Vice President. A. Gerald Leneweaver (People Services), Lawrence A. Rusinko (Marketing & Product Development), and Frank E. Henigman (Finance) will now carry the title of Senior Vice President of their respective functions. Henigman will continue to carry the designation of CFO.
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