Victor Salamone is an accomplished executive with decades of experience in the franchise restaurant and hospitality sectors domestically and internationally. Throughout his career, he has delivered profitable growth for numerous brands, directed over 200 franchise units, and optimized operations and infrastructure for franchisees, ensuring their maximum ROI. With a reputation for increasing sales, improving the bottom line, and spearheading operations to drive productivity and reduce expenses, Victor has launched multi-million dollar restaurant and hotel brands in new markets and strategically positioned them for maximum revenue success. His expertise in complex, matrixed environments, strong client retention and team-building skills, and solid success guiding and developing people have been invaluable in cultivating strategic relationships, building a customer focus, and leading organizational change and innovation. Victor is also a dynamic public speaker, and his high energy and passion for work make him a valuable asset to any organization. His expertise in hospitality consulting, franchise sales and consulting, strategic market planning, real estate planning and analysis, construction leadership, new store development, hotel operations management, and revenue growth are highly sought after in the industry.