Pieology Pizzeria in Rancho Santa Margarita named Michael Nolan president. Founder and Chief Executive Carl Chang had been handling the president’s duties for about two years.
The build-your-own pizza chain in July 2014 named restaurant veteran Bob Baker to the post, but Baker didn’t assume formal duties in OC and Chang took them on in early 2015.
Nolan was most recently president and chief executive of Denver-based fast-casual burger chain Smashburger for about eight months.
He has also held executive roles at Corner Bakery Cafe, Bloomin’ Brands Inc. and Panera Bread Co.
Pieology in September named Clay Sanger, also a Panera veteran, chief operating officer. He reports to Nolan.
Franchise filings show the pizza chain had 130 locations at the end of last year, including 96 franchised restaurants, and average unit volume for units open at least two years of $1.1 million to $1.25 million.
–Paul Hughes
