Speakers

Steve Wazny’s career includes more than three decades of executive management and leadership in the restaurant industry. He has leveraged his broad knowledge and experience to effectively create, develop and lead successful restaurant operations throughout

 Washington, Oregon, California, and Utah. During his 35-year career, Wazny has opened and developed 28 restaurants and complete multiple company acquisitions. Wazny finds that powerful mentoring, skilled training practices and high expectations bring out the

 best in his employees, helping them enhance their individual strengths to produce results and maximize team performance. Wazny has been able to attract and recruit high performance managers. His restaurants’ outstanding customer service and operational distinctions

 reflect his unique ability to guide individuals to take pride and ownership in their work and achieve their full potential. In fact, many employees who have worked under Wazny’s leadership have gone on to attain high-level management positions.   Wazny maintains

 a vast knowledge of all aspects of the restaurant industry and knows how to create successful business models in diverse and competitive markets. His enthusiastic and pioneering business practices have resulted in significant financial gains, outstanding customer

 service and quality performance for the businesses in which he leads. Wazny’s career started as an hourly employee at Bob’s Big Boy restaurant at the early age of 16 and worked his way up through the ranks to District manager before becoming a franchisee.