JOHNNY AUER

Critical problem solver, visionary big picture thinker, and motivational team leader with a dynamic track record in food


N E W : COVID-19 REPORT

“LEADING FOODSERVICE TO THE NEW FRONTIER”

Operators of all kinds are closing shop and cutting jobs.

The industry is in the midst of a collapse with no sustainable direction forward.

Until now.

 
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RESUME

I’ve worked in food for twenty years with some of the most influential companies, personalities, and manufacturers in the industry.

On this page is a high level view of my experience, but I’d be thrilled for you to click below to download my resume with more of the gritty details:

 
 

CONSULTING

Olam
B2B Strategy

Knob Creek
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Serious Eats
Featured Contributor

Wild Garden
Product Development

Few Spirits
Promotional Video

Restaurant Intelligence Agency
Brand Strategy

HOSPITALITY

Independent

Girl & the Goat

The Elysian Hotel

Restaurant Dante

GT Fish & Oyster

The Gage

The Bedford

Chains

Johnny Rockets

Macaroni Grill

La Colombe

Little Goat Diner

HotChocolate

il casale

Boka

Trenchermen

Carriage House

King’s Fish House

Legal Sea Foods

Julius Meinl

 

EXPERIENCE

Sodexo
Vice President,
North American Food Transformation

Sep 2020 to Present

 

Ruprecht, A Division
of Kilcoy Global Foods
Director of Marketing
Jul 2018 to Jul 2020

Woodland Foods
Director of Marketing
Mar 2014 to Jun 2017

Goat Goods, LLC
by Stephanie Izard

Director of Brand Strategy
Jul 2017 to Jul 2018

Jamco Creative
Founder + Strategy
Sep 2008 to Mar 2014

 

EDUCATION

M.F.A. Creative Writing
Emerson College
Fall 2008

B.A. English
University of Southern Cal
Spring 2005

 

BOARDS + HONORS

Northpointe Resources
Advisory Board     
Present

Taste of the Nation, Chicago
Steering Committee, Comm Chair
2010 to 2013

Share Our Strength
Innovator Award, Nominee     
2011

Auer Family Foundation
Trustee, Communications
2010 to 2016

Green City Market Junior Board
Founding Member, Comm Chair     
2010 to 2012

 

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

 
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CONTACT

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