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Head of Food & Beverage at Square

Two weeks ago, in Chicago, that was a blast! Got a chance to share my thoughts. It was my first NRA show since 2019 and it was fabulous to be in the mix with our industry in one place. Not to mention, Chicago is already the food capital of the world (coming from a biased Chicago native).  But seriously, the city was buzzing with people (not just attendees) going out with family, friends, co-workers and just having a good time. Great to see hospitality at its best putting smiles on people’s faces. As for the event itself, it was busy busy … I am representing Square this year and probably playing catch up with all the people that I haven’t seen in a while plus the media reporters covering restaurant technology. It was packed from start to finish (yeah, I closed out the show on Tuesday!) with meaningful conversations with new and existing customers, prospective and established partners and industry insiders. Huge shout out to my team members for bringing the best of Square to Chicago for the industry to take notice - we’re pretty serious about restaurants. We demoed our newest product, Square Kiosk and totally redesigned restaurants POS.  Of course we have payments, KDS, online ordering, banking and partner integrations (we have over 700!). For a panel about growth, I got to share the stage with Chris Tompkins Broad Street Oyster Co. and Amelia Lucas CNBC and talk about my restaurant group Cambridge Street Hospitality Group opening a 7th location in July powered by Square. Got some good questions, as an operator, the answer is often, “you figure it out”. Thanks to the partners who worked with us this year: Illinois Restaurant Association, Restaurant365, 7shifts, Popmenu, Raydiant, Chowly, ActiveCampaign, DAVO by Avalara and Mastercard. Great discussions with media & trade: The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, FSR, Restaurant Business Magazine, Restaurant Dive, Shawn P. Walchef, and Hospitality Technology. Notable friends (new & old) that I broke bread with: Adam Ochstein Jordan Boesch John Moody Bobby Marhamat 🌶 Brendan Sweeney Anthony (Tony) S. Roy Susan Lee Sterling Douglass Raymond Howard Jimmy Frischling Michael Schatzberg Bo Davis Jake Kalick Nagesh Koganti Joe Finizio Tammy K. Billings, MBA Li-ran N. Zachary Goldstein 🍽️Zack Oates🍕 Julio Arevalo and ran out of links!!! Uh, also, you have to eat, it’s a food show after all. Photo of me enjoying an Art Smith fried chicken sando in the West Loop. Excited for the rest of the year for Square and restaurants. We’re thinking and doing things bigger. Think Bigger: https://lnkd.in/eCbv3jpF Join us, we have open sales, account mgmt, product, engineering roles! Careers Page: https://lnkd.in/eJ-vyhr9

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We love working with the team at Square! Looking forward to continued partnership 🤝 ❤️

Jamie from Illinois

Chief Executive Officer at AirMaxx Heating and Air Conditioning services Inc.

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I have no one to turn to, my identity has been compromised by Square and they have associated me with a delinquent account. Square has remove funds from a sale that I processed incorrectly and I am not able to solve this throught the Square channels of support. I called twice have a case number and have submitted sensitive corporate information to prove I have no affiliation withbthis imposter. I am begging for help. Jamie Gonzalez Airmaxx Heating and Air Conditioning Services, Inc.

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Sharif Virani

Techstars '23 | Dragon's Den '23 | CFIN FoodTech Next | Fresh Founders

1mo

I would love to chat about your new restaurant solutions and some potential applications across our upcoming robot delivery deployments?

Li-ran N.

CEO & Founder @ Sauce

1mo

Ming-Tai Huh super excited to see you back to our industry and for what the future entails for Square restaurants 💪🏻🚀 They are lucky to have you!

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Matt Troutman

Quality Assurance Engineer with over 10 years of experience

1mo

Might want to specify the context of NRA. Had I not read on, I thought you attended a completely different kind of trade show.

Zachary Goldstein

CEO & Founder @ Thanx | Loyalty, CRM, Customer Lifetime Value

1mo

Glad to have gotten a quick hug in but look forward to catching up more soon. Excited to see all you're up to at Square

Lucas DiGia

Broker Channel AE @ Rippling, Ex-Toast

1mo

Sounds like a homecoming Ming! Congrats on this full-circle moment. It was always a pleasure to work with you, and I love following your journey.

Sterling Douglass

Co Founder & CEO at Chowly

1mo

See you at that tiki bar for the 9th time next year!

It was great to catch up and hear what you’re up to at Square in restaurants. Exciting stuff. Look forward to reconnecting soon!

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Ming-Tai Huh great catching up and spending time with you and the team!!

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