Leadership Team
Experience, Innovation, Dedication
Milagro’s Leadership Advantage
From startup roots to global vision, Milagro CEO Hamed Mazrouei leads a team driven by experience, ingenuity, and a passion for restaurant innovation.
Hamed Mazrouei
CEO & Founder
Chief Executive Officer at Vivant Corporation | Chief Executive Officer at Utiliko
Fostering Synergy: Collaborative Approach
At the helm of Vivant, Hamed champions a culture of collaboration and synergy. This collaborative approach ensures that Vivant remains at the forefront of industry trends and poised for continued success.
Milagro: Revolutionizing Restaurant Operations
Under Hamed’s leadership, Milagro is pioneering a restaurant commerce platform providing small and medium-sized multi-unit restaurants with the tools they need to thrive in a competitive landscape. By harnessing actionable, transactional, and personalized data of every customer, Milagro empowers restaurants to stand toe-to-toe with industry giants, leveling the playing field.
Hamed’s Journey and Expertise
Hamed holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M University, underscoring his diverse skill set and deep understanding of technology and business. Beyond his entrepreneurial ventures, Hamed is an astute investor across multiple fields, bringing strategic insight and acumen to each endeavor.
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Driving Excellence: Hamed’s Vision and Passion
Driven by a vision to empower clients with cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights, Hamed is committed to delivering excellence in everything he does. His passion for value creation and innovation sets the standard for leadership, inspiring teams to push boundaries and achieve greatness.
Leadership Strategies
- Do what you can with what you have before you overcomplicate it.
- Dream 10x bigger but don’t fool yourself. Find your market and create your unicorn.
- Surround yourself with incredible people. Having amazing people who see what you see, work alongside you, and never give up on you, goes a very long way.
- Share the success with those who were there when you needed them, not those who showed up when you made it.
Kiani Muhammad
Chief Technology Officer
Kiani Muhammad drives technological transformation at Vivant. With over a decade of experience in IT operations and infrastructure, Kiani simplifies processes, implements automation, maximizes efficiency, and sets strategic goals.
His expertise in Linux environments ensures 24/7 availability and peak system performance. Proactive maintenance, automated alerts, robust and scalable infrastructural solutions are the hallmarks of Kiani’s work.
His passion for open-source tools is evident in a history of leading migrations, implementing cutting-edge solutions, and training others in network security.
Board of Advisors
Wade Allen
Board Member
Experienced Hospitality Executive | Innovative Marketer | Digital transformational Leader | Strategic Growth | CMO | CIO | CDO
Wade Allen is a seasoned restaurant and retail executive and has extensive knowledge in digital innovation with 22+ years of experience driving transformative business strategy and solutions. Wade is currently the President of Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill and leads their Marketing, IT, and off-premise initiatives, among other strategic initiatives.
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Prior to his executive role with Costa Vida, Wade served as an executive officer in several different senior leadership roles for almost a decade with Brinker International including CDO, CIO, Head of Innovation, and VP of Marketing.
Wade is recognized for building innovative digital and mobile customer experiences using integrated marketing, data, and emerging technologies.
Wade specializes in restaurant and retail innovation, information technology, data security, customer loyalty, digital transformation, mobility, digital strategy, and advanced analytics.
Kendall Ware
Board Member
Former COO of Walk-On’s | Former COO of In-Shape | Former President of Cinnabon | Franchise Leader | Speaker | Leadership Coach | Brand Builder
Kendall Ware is an IFA-certified franchise executive. As the first external Board Member, Kendall works closely with the founder and executive team to help Milagro achieve its long-term strategy and goals.
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Kendall Ware has already spent more than half of his life as a strategic business and franchise leader establishing his leadership skills in expanding brands, building great teams, and improving operations.
Kendall is currently the COO of Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux. He was previously the President and Chief Brand Officer of Cinnabon and Carvel. As part of his role, Kendall was in charge of all aspects of brand management for the two specialty brands and their 1,300+ locations across North America. His areas of focus included strategic expansion, innovation, franchise operations, and marketing.
Pankaj Patra
Board Member
EVP / Chief Digital & Technology Officer
Pankaj Patra is the Chief Technology Officer at Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers.
Prior to this role, he was the EVP and Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Denny’s, overseeing the Digital Transformation and Technology stack for all Denny’s and KeKe’s.
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Pankaj Patra also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Brinker International, Inc., one of the world’s leading casual dining companies and home of Chili’s® Grill & Bar and Maggiano’s Little Italy®.
Pankaj oversaw information technology and data security for Brinker and its brands, which are known leaders of technology and convenience for the casual dining industry. Being a technologist at heart, he and his team focus on the balance between business and tech needs, while implementing solutions to improve the Team Member and Guest experience and drive key results.
Mo Asgari
Board Member
President of ByteLeap Software Ltd. dba PokerLab | Former President of MonkeySoft Solutions Inc.
With over 25 years of experience in technology leadership and senior management, Mo is an expert at aligning technology and operations with corporate strategy to shape and lead an organization for major market trends.
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Most recently, under Mo’s leadership and direction, MonkeySoft Solutions Inc. (MSI) grew its business by serving many of the most notable Restaurant Brands in the US. With customer success as a priority, Mo set the groundwork for a customer-centric culture, designed to help customers grow sales and achieve high levels of operational efficiency by using the Company’s services and solutions.