Ken Moran has more than 40 years in the restaurant, franchise and hospitality industries, having worked in multi-unit management and leadership positions with some of the country’s most recognizable quick service restaurant and fast casual brands – including KFC, Taco Bell and Sonic, as well as the Busch Entertainment theme park division.
Ken has deep-rooted experience with large, franchised restaurant organizations and large franchisors alike. He has also been a fast-casual franchisee himself, when he owned and operated three Saladworks restaurants in the Philadelphia area from 2005 to 2009. Ken previously served as the Director of Franchise Services and Vice President of Operations at Rita’s Water Ices, a 400-unit frozen dessert chain. There, Ken was responsible for the operations, marketing, distribution and research and development departments, and was a key participant in the concept’s growth from a small regional brand to the national brand it is today. Ken also spent ten years as a Regional Operations Manager with Dunkin Donuts, coaching franchisees and their restaurant teams on operations, execution, how to monitor food safety and procedural compliance, in addition to working with cross-functional partners in real estate development, construction and marketing.
Ken enjoys working with new and emerging franchisees in developing their systems, processes and procedures, and he works to ensure consistency as brands grow. Ken holds a degree in business administration from Rider University and a degree in organizational dynamics from Immaculata University.