Tad Wampfler

Current

• SVP at Wendy's International

Past

• SVP Supply Chain at Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.
• SVP Supply Chain at Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.
• SVP Supply Chain at Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.

• CEO and Chairman of the Board at Supply Management Services
• Vice President at Allied Domecq
• Vice President at Dunkin Brands / Allied Domecq QSR
• Vice President at Dunkin Brands
• Vice President at Allied Domecq, Baskin Robbins
• Vice President at Dunkin Donuts
• Director at Pizza Hut

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Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
• University of Toledo

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Industry

Restaurants

Tad Wampfler’s Summary

PRESIDENT / SENIOR EXECUTIVE
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P&L Responsibility, Sales & Marketing Leadership, Operations, Strategic Planning, Turnaround Management, Franchising, Supply Chain

CEO and General Manager: I have worked for and with respected brands including Wendy's International, Pepsico, Pizza Hut, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin Robbins, and Owens-Corning Fiberglas. A well rounded General Manager with direct experience in many functional areas, including; board of directors governance, corporate strategy, new concept development, multi-unit operations, marketing, development, global supply chain, and quality assurance.

Start-up and Turnaround management: Leveraging my broad functional background I have successfully developed or restructured the strategies, tactics, and organizations of 6 different business units. The efforts include aggressive sales growth, major cost cutting initiatives, instilling operating disciplines to enhance customer satisfaction, and strategic reorganizations: always with the objective of increasing shareholder value.

Skills: Highly professional yet friendly approach in concert with respected leadership skills enables me to communicate well at all levels and across functions inside and outside the organization. I strive to build camaraderie, loyalty, and enthusiasm with employees, suppliers, customers, and investors from the entry level up through board of director relations. A team player focused on building shareholder value by developing winning teams and strategies and then applying hands on management to see objectives are accomplished. Proven achievements in franchising, retailing, business-to-business, and food service.

Tad Wampfler’s Specialties:

Retail operations, marketing, corporate strategy, new concept development, sales management, development, global supply chain, and quality assurance. Skilled in appropriately leveraging the legal and relationship aspects of the franchisor/franchisee union.

Tad Wampfler’s Experience

• SVP

  Wendy's International

  (Public Company; WEN; Restaurants industry)

  March 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Reporting directly to the CEO, I am charged with rebuilding the supply chain function in order to maximize value and restore credibility.

• SVP Supply Chain

  Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.

  (Restaurants industry)

  2007 — 2010 (3 years )

• SVP Supply Chain

  Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.

  (Restaurants industry)

  2007 — 2010 (3 years )

• SVP Supply Chain

  Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.

  (Restaurants industry)

  2007 — 2010 (3 years )

• CEO and Chairman of the Board

  Supply Management Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Restaurants industry)

  January 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  Recruited as President and CEO after a year when this $750 million company had lost more than $1 million dollars and had no cash remaining. Restructured the organization, negotiated with creditors, and improved the income stream. Drove cohesive operational and financial structure that in eighteen months turned a profit of $900,000, provided a 400% return on investment to shareholders, and greatly improved customer service.

• Vice President

  Allied Domecq

  (Restaurants industry)

  1995 — 2005 (10 years )

• Vice President

  Dunkin Brands / Allied Domecq QSR

  (Restaurants industry)

  1995 — 2005 (10 years )

• Vice President

  Dunkin Brands

  (Restaurants industry)

  1995 — 2004 (9 years )

• Vice President

  Allied Domecq, Baskin Robbins

  (Restaurants industry)

  1995 — 2004 (9 years )

• Vice President

  Dunkin Donuts

  (Restaurants industry)

  1995 — 2004 (9 years )

• Director

  Pizza Hut

  (Restaurants industry)

  1989 — 1994 (5 years )

Tad Wampfler’s Education

• University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

  1985 — 1986

• University of Toledo

  BA , Business Administration - Marketing , 1978 — 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  “Student Pacemaker of the Year” Award for campus leadership, Academic All-American Football Team, and Mid-American Conference “Scholar Athlete of the Year.”

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Tad Wampfler’s Groups:

•    Franchising World

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