As a managing partner of Dick Wray Executive Search, Bob Gershberg drives the firm with a focus on the highest level of professional standards and service to deliver outstanding results for our clients. Specializing in C-level and top functional officer searches, he has been instrumental in building teams and creating successful human capital strategies for billion-dollar brands as well as emerging growth companies. As a lifelong restaurant-industry veteran, Gershberg is masterful at understanding the various professional disciplines, from operations to development, marketing to culinary, and finance to procurement. Prior to his tenure at Dick Wray Executive Search, Mr. Gershberg founded various successful quick-service and fast-casual chains. He has served as CEO of a dominant multistate bakery café concept, division president of a national quick-service restaurant, president of a regional quick-casual concept and president of a multiunit, multiconcept development group. Gershberg holds a Bachelors of Arts in business administration from the State University of New York and is a frequent guest lecturer at management schools throughout the country. He is an active member of: National Restaurant Association Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance Women's Foodservice Forum Center for Entreprene