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Sam Zietz - Bio
Sam Zietz is a lifetime entrepreneur and the CEO of GRUBBRR®, a self-ordering technologies company focused on automating commerce with its award-winning line of hardware and software solutions that is revolutionizing the way commerce is transacted.
Under Sam’s leadership, GRUBBRR has been the recipient of multiple awards and accolades for its self-ordering kiosks and contactless ordering solutions. Sam was the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Regional Award Winner in 2015 and has appeared on the South Florida Business Journal’s list of “Power Leaders” for the last six years, providing GRUBBRR with resolute leadership. Because of this, Sam was recently named one of South Florida’s Ultimate CEOs by the South Florida Business Journal.
Sam sits on the board of several educational and entrepreneur-focused organizations, including the Palm Beach chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Chief Executives Organization (CEO), Florida Council of 100 and the Orange Bowl Committee. He speaks regularly at professional events and universities, has testified before Congress on Entrepreneurship, and has delivered a TED talk on achieving success through the entrepreneurial path.
Sam is also the founder and CEO of TouchSuite since 2003, a financial technology company that provides payment processing services to businesses across North America. Prior to TouchSuite, Sam earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan, succeeded by a JD from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida where he graduated first in his class. Sam earned his LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law, and worked as a corporate attorney specializing in structured finance at the New York based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, LLP. Before Skadden, he worked in the Business Tax Planning Department at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Jonathan Elster - Bio
As the CEO of Next Level Distribution for nearly a decade (and over 25 years in the logistics industry), Jonathan has a proven track record of operational leadership, innovation and conscious capitalism. He pioneered Next Level’s partnership with Els for Autism, hiring adults on the autism spectrum to work in the company’s warehouses. He also initiated the company’s eco-friendly strategies, using innovative environmentally friendly packaging materials and recycling practices. Additionally, he launched Next Level Fulfillment, a B2B logistics platform with $50mm+ of revenue and over 25 retail customers, including HSN, QVC, Walmart.com, Target.com, etc. Under Jonathan’s leadership, Next Level Distribution has experienced significant growth, and has delivered best-in-class logistics and distribution services to more than 3000 channel partners throughout the US. Prior to joining Next Level, Jonathan began his career as a sales representative at SED International (a publicly traded logistics and wholesale distribution company). Over the next 18 years he was promoted from Sales Manager, to VP of Sales & Marketing and ultimately, to President and CEO and a member of their Board of Directors. As CEO of SED, he launched their “Green Campaign” that incorporated recycled printing and packaging materials, high efficiency lighting systems and use of cutting edge “green” technologies. He also had the honor and pleasure of ringing the closing bell on the NYSE in 2011. Elster was named to Dealerscope’s 40 Under 40 in 2008 and CE Leaders Who Rock in 2015. Jonathan is a member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity.
Since 2019, He has served on the leadership committee of Play Your Heart Out, an event that raises money for children around the world with heart disease. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of South Florida and completed The Harvard Business School Senior Executive Leadership Course in 2011. Jonathan is a fitness enthusiast, having completed numerous triathlons (including two Ironman races) and carried the Olympic torch for the Vancouver Olympics. Jonathan lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and twin boys.
Bhavin Asher - Bio
Bhavin Asher is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of GRUBBRR®, a self-ordering technologies company focused on automating commerce with its award-winning line of hardware and software solutions.
A combination of technologist, entrepreneur, consultant, and an all-around problem solver, Bhavin is passionate about democratizing technology for all businesses. He founded GRUBBRR with the mission of changing the way commerce is transacted by automating both the consumer and business experience through artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Bhavin learned grassroots entrepreneurship by trading cotton for his grandfather’s business of buying and selling cotton to garment and textile exporters. After graduating from University of Madras in Chennai, India with a degree in computer science, Bhavin went to work for IBM first in India and then in Germany. At IBM, Bhavin immersed himself in the technologies used by large, multinational corporations. Following IBM, Bhavin was a CRM Strategy Consultant at Deloitte USA.
After nearly four years at Deloitte, Bhavin took a position at Salesforce as a Director/Solutions Architect. In his time at Salesforce, Bhavin was exposed to Fortune 500 companies looking for solutions to automate their businesses, and it was there that Bhavin learned how successful businesses leverage technology to scale and grow. During his stint at Salesforce, Bhavin helped companies innovate by taking existing legacy software and using Salesforce technologies to reengineer existing business processes across numerous vertical markets including healthcare, telecommunications, software, and technology. In addition to the United States, Bhavin has executed projects in Mexico, Italy and Australia.
Parrish Chapman - Bio
Parrish Chapman brings a wealth of technology enterprise sales leadership to GRUBBRR. He was most recently the Senior Director of Enterprise Retail Sales at Samsung Electronics America, where he led a sales team that was focused on providing hardware and software solutions that solved retailers’ core problems. Chapman also designed and implemented Samsung’s B2B display go-to-market strategy. Prior to that, he was the Head of Retail Sales at Panasonic USA. Additionally, Parrish has deep experience in food service, as he was a Dairy Queen franchisee for many years, and worked at Wendy’s corporate office.
Sven Jensen - Bio
Sven Jensen is the Chief Financial Officer of GRUBBRR®, a self-ordering technologies company focused on automating commerce with its award-winning line of hardware and software solutions.
Prior to GRUBBRR, Sven served in numerous executive and founding roles across Wall Street, asset management firms, and technology startups. Sven started his career at Cornell University with a degree in Finance and Business Management. He subsequently spent a number of years working in Manhattan at Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking division, and later at Allen & Company investing in global public opportunities. In 2008 Sven moved to San Francisco, where he was as an Investor in Blum Capital’s $5 billion fund and served on the board for a number of their investments.
Sven has been an executive at various technology startups since 2009. Specifically he founded both reMatch Sports and Bidzy (two digital marketplace businesses). He went on to lead all finance, operations, HR and facility functions at Saildrone (which designed, build and deployed autonomous ocean vehicles to capture proprietary data for government and enterprise clients), and raised over $200 million from investors like Lux, Social Capital, Bond and others. Most recently, Sven was CFO at Nexa3D – a leading designer of 3D printing hardware, software and consumables.
Sven brings more than twenty years of finance experience to the team and leads all fundraising, accounting, M&A and corporate development efforts.
Sam Zietz
Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Elster
President
Bhavin Asher
Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Sven Jensen
Chief Financial Officer
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