Our team
We are an extremely passionate group dedicated to changing the world of restaurants. Maybe that sounds crazy but we've amassed a team capable of making it happen.
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Nick Kokonas
Founder and CEO
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Brian Fitzpatrick
Founder and CTO
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Steve Bernacki
CFO
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Robin Anil
Director of Engineering
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JJ Lueck
Senior Staff Software Engineer
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Jacob Matthews
Senior Staff Software Engineer
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Yonatan Kogan
Staff Software Engineer
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Michael Vo
Senior Software Engineer
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Leah Neustadt
Software Engineer
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Eileen Duffner
Software Engineer
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Nick Nieman
Director of Product
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Dan Nelson
Director of Design
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Elise Pescheret
Senior Product Designer
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Kristin Smith
Senior Product Designer
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Geoff Balasi
Product Designer
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Kyle Welter
Director of Marketing
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Andy Schwegler
Design Lead
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Benjamin Miles
Interactive Design Lead
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Katie Dolara Olsen
Director of Account Management
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Dantee Arias
Hospitality Manager
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Emily Samoska
Hospitality Manager
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Huong Pham
Hospitality Manager
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James McHale
Hospitality Manager
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Todd Jones
Outreach Manager
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Eric Chmiel
Outreach - Midwest
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Tek Chung
Outreach - Midwest
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Jessica Dietrich
Outreach
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Kate Lowe
Executive Assistant
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Emily Groden
General Counsel
Hospitality advisors and investors
Tock’s mission is to provide amazing, innovative software to the restaurant and hospitality industries. We’re proud that some of the best chefs, restaurateurs, and industry professionals have chosen to not only work with us to make Tock great, but also invest personally in our efforts.
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Chef Grant Achatz
Chef and Co-owner, The Alinea Group
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Chef Thomas Keller
Chef and Proprietor, Thomas Keller Restaurant Group
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The Melman Family
Owners, Lettuce Entertain You
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Chef Ming Tsai
Restaurateur and Host, Simply Ming
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Chef Andrew Zimmern
Restaurateur and Host, Bizarre Foods
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Gavin Kaysen
Chef and Owner, Spoon and Stable
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Phil Rosenthal
Host, I’ll Have What Phil's Having
Institutional investors
Tock is proud to be working with innovative venture organizations.
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Origin Ventures
Venture Capital Firm
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Chicago Ventures
Venture Capital Firm
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Hyde Park Venture Partners
Venture Capital Firm
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Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Venture Capital Firm
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Salesforce Ventures
Venture Fund
Individual investors
We are pleased to have an amazing group of individual investors that we rely on for critical ideas, advice and feedback.
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Richard Thaler
Professor, University of Chicago
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Jason Fried
Founder and CEO, Basecamp
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Keith Shapiro
Chairman, Greenberg Traurig Chicago
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Amanda Lannert
CEO, The Jellyvision Lab
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Dick Costolo
Former CEO, Twitter
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James L Brooks
Director, Producer, and Screenwriter
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Howard Tullman
CEO, 1871
Managing Partner, High-Tech Investment Partners
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Kimbal Musk
Co-Founder, The Kitchen Community
Board Member, Tesla, SpaceX, and Chipotle Mexican Grill