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A serial entrepreneur, Mani has spent the past decade at the intersection of food, restaurants, and technology. He started his career in Fintech building payment systems at Citibank and Yahoo. This training laid the groundwork for Mani to conceive and design complex, scalable, transaction-based businesses with a payments element. Mani went on to co-found CAKE, a restaurant POS startup, which was acquired by Sysco (SYY). While at Sysco, Mani helped create a brand new technology organization, Sysco Labs, which he helped grow to a 400+ team.

From his humble beginning working on the farms in his hometown Farmville, Virginia, to his extensive career in finance and technology, Jim brings a wealth of experience and passion to making independent restaurants as competitive as they can be. Jim is a co-founder of CAKE (acquired by Sysco) and began his career in finance, working at Chase Manhattan and Rothschild & Co. He later transitioned to product lead at Yahoo! Finance developing personal finance and investing products.

Kevin has 10+ years of experience working directly with restaurants, understanding their frustrations, and developing solutions to streamline their operations. In his previous role at CAKE (acquired by Sysco), he led the product and design team in developing point-of-sale, waitlist management, payments, and online ordering solutions for restaurants. He began his career in finance working at Citigroup and Yahoo! Finance, where he led the development of charting and investing products. While earning his BS in Industrial Engineering at Stanford, he studied supply chains and continues to apply those learnings today. In his role at Cut+Dry, Kevin leads the product team and works closely with distributors and operators to create a meaningful product strategy.

A veteran of foodservice industry data analytics, Chuck has collected, classified, and analyzed billions of POS transactions and Operator product purchases. As founder and CEO of Restaurant Sciences, Inc., Chuck built the nation’s largest warehouse of POS data, reposing full daily purchase and sales details from over 28,000 restaurants, bars, hotels, and institutions. As Founder and CEO of Foodservice Analytics, Inc., Chuck developed advanced taxonomy and attribution models for foodservice products, providing both coding and consulting services to major industry players such as Nielsen, AB Inbev, and Sysco. Chuck entered the restaurant industry after graduation from Cornell University, spending ten years in both front- and back-of-house roles before joining Gazelle Systems in 2000, the industry’s first POS-integrated analytics platform and data network. It’s his mission to bring high efficiency, and product and price transparency to operators throughout North America.

Shanil is a visionary technology leader with over two decades of global experience, known for his expertise in nurturing and expanding tech startups. His most recent ten years have been dedicated to the intersection of food, restaurants, and technology. His career began as a founding software engineer at the IT consulting firm Virtusa (NASDAQ: VRTU), where he played a pivotal role in the company’s growth, ultimately leading to its listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. After his tenure at Virtusa, Shanil co-founded CAKE, alongside Mani and Jim. At Sysco, Shanil spearheaded the establishment and expansion of Sysco Labs, the company’s innovation arm that drives technological transformation throughout the organization. Notably, Shanil played a key role in establishing an offshore captive center for Sysco, which boasted a workforce of over 950 IT professionals. In his current role at Cut+Dry, Shanil serves as the Chief Technology and AI Officer, leveraging his extensive experience and expertise to drive technological advancements within the food service industry.

Business process improvement, automation of core functions, and focus on data to drive accountability and financial results have been key themes throughout Chris’ career. He spent a number of years with Fortune 500 firms (Procter & Gamble, Western Union, First Data) which led to his current focus on startups, especially in fintech. Chris worked with the Cut+Dry leadership team at CAKE and Sysco. During the pandemic, Chris helped the CAKE team optimize financial results, reduce expenses, and achieve positive cash flow and earnings.

Tati started at Cut+Dry in July 2021 after graduating with Honors from Harvard College. She is a former Division I rower and an accomplished entrepreneur driven by her passion for the food industry. During her time at Harvard, Tati successfully founded and grew her first startup into a self-sustaining business generating over $100K in annual revenue. In her first year at Cut+Dry, Tati worked closely with the SVP of Sales & Marketing and ultimately became the Chief of Staff in June 2022. Tati is now the Director of Business Operations, where she oversees all go-to-market strategy, corporate development, and daily business operations for Cut+Dry.

Chinthana began his career in foodservice technology as an early member of CAKE He established the operations team and processes that were later scaled after CAKE was acquired by Sysco. After the acquisition, Chinthana led a larger operations team that included Customer Support, Supply Chain Management, and warehousing for CAKE. He later joined Cut+Dry to lead the engineering, product, and operations teams located in Sri Lanka.