TORONTO — Jason Lowder is the new Chief Marketing Officer at PizzaForno, an automated pizzeria. Previously, Lowder was the vice-president of Local Store Marketing at Marco’s Pizza.
Lowder brings years of sales, marketing and development experience to his new role. With U.S. expansion underway in San Diego, Houston and New Orleans, Lowder will aid in accelerating PizzaForno’s U.S. footprint. At Marco’s Pizza, Lowder and his team took the brand from 250 stores to more than 900.
“Jason joins our team with a proven track record of success when it comes to developing and growing pizza concepts,” says Les Tomlin, co-founder and president of PizzaForno. “As we continue to break into major U.S. markets, we know that Jason’s background in grand openings, franchising and multi-unit ownership will turn our easy-to-scale business model into the next fastest growing pizza brand.”
“It’s good to be in the pizza business as people will always enjoy the shareable food. In fact, I had first inquired about the licensee opportunity for myself with PizzaForno. Upon hearing more about the influx of leads and the accelerated U.S. expansion plans, the opportunity to be a part of it at the leadership level was a cultural fit,” says Lowder, CMO of PizzaForno. “I immediately felt the passion the existing corporate team and licensees have for what they do and when an organization loves what they do, the results will come.”
PizzaForno projects to open a minimum of 50 units in the U.S. by the end of the year.
