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TECHNOLOGY: TONY SMITH

CO-FOUNDER, CEO, RESTAURANTS365

WHY: Heads restaurant-specific accounting and back-office software platform that has topped $70M+ in annual sales. Helps restaurants perform back-of-the-house functions, now has a customer base topping 30K.

IN THE NEWS: Launched a new business line, R365 Workforce, which will help clients “manage payroll, HR, hiring, and we have other things bundled in there to help employees, like being able to offer daily pay.”

NOTABLE: Last year, won a Business Journal Innovator of the Year award; was keynote speaker at this year’s event.

QUOTABLE: Pandemic “accelerated the adoption of (digital) systems by four years.”

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