Ravi Thanawala adds EVP, International to his Chief Financial Officer position
Papa John’s International has announced the appointment of Kevin Vasconi as Chief Digital and Technology Officer, effective immediately. Vasconi brings proven enterprise technology leadership to the company. He most recently served as Chief Information Officer for The Wendy’s Company, where he led their transformation and tripled its e-commerce business in three years through a consumer-centric approach, leveraging technology to build loyalty with Wendy’s customers.
In this new role, Vasconi will be responsible for guiding the development and execution of Papa John’s long-term strategy across the entire digital and technology ecosystem, including customer-facing, restaurant, and corporate technology. This includes enterprise architecture, engineering, data analytics, enterprise technology, and information security, as well as advancing scalable, cost-effective technology capabilities for the franchise system globally. Working closely with the marketing organization and restaurant operations, he will develop innovative solutions for customers and team members that enable the delivery of superior-quality pizza to Papa John’s customers around the world.
Vasconi will report to Penegor and serve on the Papa John’s Executive Leadership Team. Additionally, current Executive Leadership team members, Ravi Thanawala and Joe Sieve will assume expanded roles, effective immediately.
Thanawala, Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and EVP, International. In this new position, he will now manage the Company’s international business, which includes markets outside of the United States and Canada, along with his CFO responsibilities.
Sieve has been appointed Chief Restaurant and Global Development Officer. In this new position, he will now oversee all global development, as well as corporate and franchise restaurant operations.