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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Managing Partner of the Year (2001) - company's highest recognition
★Texas Roadhouse Legends Award (2014)
★2026 Silver Plate honoree from International Foodservice Manufacturers Association
★Nation's Restaurant News 2024 Brand Icon award (for company)
Notable Facts
→CEO of Texas Roadhouse, America's #2 full-service restaurant chain with nearly $5 billion in sales
→28-year veteran who rose from managing partner to CEO
→Hand-picked successor by founder Kent Taylor who died in 2021
→Led company through significant growth, surpassing Applebee's to become #2 casual dining chain
→Board member of Homes For Our Troops nonprofit organization
→Certified John Maxwell Team leadership trainer and speaker
→Managed first Texas Roadhouse location in Texas (Grand Prairie, 1997)
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