On Monday, November 08, 2021 @ 6:00PM-7:00PM ET, come virtually listen to Stephen Bernacki (UM '06 BA Art History, UM '05 BBA Finance and Marketing; former Bain hospitality industry consultant, Chief Financial Officer of The Alinea Group restaurant company, and Chief Financial Officer of Tock software company) discuss high-end restauranteering, all-in-one reservation software, financial planning, and mergers & acquisitions.

The Alinea Group is a restaurant company led by the world-famous chef, author, molecular gastronomist, tongue cancer survivor (and ageusia patient), and "The Final Table" culinary judge Grant Achatz and named the Best Restaurant in the World by Elite Traveler, the Best Restaurant in North America by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, the Best Restaurant in the U.S. by Gourmet and Business Insider, and a Michelin 3-Star restaurant (only 14 restaurants in the U.S. are rated so). Learn more at https://www.thealineagroup.com/alinea/.

Tock, Inc. is an e-commerce company focused on its reservation system spearheaded by hospitality industry experts with the aim to reduce no-shows, customize users entertainment experiences, offer reliable takeout and delivery, and provide event services with an all-in-one management solution. Tock has processed over $1 billion prepaid experiences in addition to millions of standard reservations across 200 cities around the world and was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2021. Learn more at https://www.exploretock.com/ .

This event is co-hosted by two student organizations: business-focused Bio-Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Coding Organization ("BECO") and engineering-focused Food Industry Student Association ("FISA"). Please navigate to BECO's and FISA's respective homepages linked on this post to learn more and join their email lists. The event concludes with an open Q&A session.