Leon Davoyan, EMBA

Chief Technology Officer at Dave's Hot Chicken

Glendale, California, United States

About Leon Davoyan, EMBA

Leon Davoyan, EMBA is Chief Technology Officer at Dave's Hot Chicken. Location: Glendale, California, United States.

Executive Milestones 2022, Provided Hyper Store Growth Model Initiative, a key turnaround strategy emphasizing on-budget, on-time, and error-free objectives resulting in 5 new kitchen center openings on budget, 4 more in July, and 11 by the end of year (Kitchen United). 2018 - 2021, Migrated antiquated loyalty and gift card platforms to world-class systems with zero downtime, completely revamped web and mobile ordering to a custom-built solution, and implemented the company’s first-ever enterprise network security program whilst nearly doubling store growth (Blaze Pizza). 2017- 2018, Transformed Universal Studios Hollywood's failing Revenue Operations department and successfully upgraded the POS infrastructure after his predecessor failed to complete after three attempts. Set a new gold standard for the department and was congratulated by Universal Studio Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Bill McCorey (Universal Studio Hollywood). About Leon As an IT Key Influencer, Leon is an innovative and strategic leader with over 20 years of experience in the technology field for the hospitality industry. Leon has held multiple leadership positions at several major companies with a successful track record of designing and implementing growth strategies for organizations, designing business plans, completing large and complex software implementations, assembling strategic IT teams, fixing broken processes, and motivating departments. Leon has implemented industry best practices and standardized IT processes and procedures executed all aspects of strategic IT planning, implementation, and expansion, as well as global/national deployment as an integral part of company strategy, and is a sought-after expert on IT strategy and transformation.

Skills

  • Analytics
  • Management Consulting
  • SQL

Additional experience

  • Consultant

    BabsoCo

    Started June 2015

Education

  • Executive Master of Business Administration (E.M.B.A.), American University of Beirut
  • BS, California State University, Northridge