Cait combines founder-led product direction, restaurant operating leadership and technical accountability with advisors who have built AI businesses, led restaurant portfolios, shaped people strategy and helped operators adopt technology.
Christina Coyle
Founder & CEO
Christina brings more than 20 years at the intersection of workforce strategy, operational performance and technology, with experience spanning McDonald’s, Marriott International, Delta Air Lines, Walmart and AT&T.
She led the ideation, design, build and rollout of McHire alongside Paradox and the McDonald’s Franchisee Owner/Operator organization. Amp11 grew from the question of what happens next: how technology can create greater capacity for the manager to lead the people already on the team.
Perspective for CaitFounder-market fit, frontline workforce strategy, operator relationships and product direction.
Jason Taliaferro
Head of Operations
Jason brings 30 years in restaurant operations, from dishwasher to senior vice president. At Darden’s LongHorn Steakhouse, his operating scope included 91 restaurants, approximately $350 million in revenue and 5,500 team members. His experience also includes leadership across 31 Raising Cane’s restaurants.
At Amp11, Jason leads operating readiness and execution as Cait moves into live restaurant environments.
Perspective for CaitRestaurant operations, multi-unit leadership, practical operator relevance and execution at scale.
Kyle Tuffentsamer
Head of Engineering & AI
Kyle brings production engineering experience across enterprise identity systems, integrations, data pipelines, troubleshooting tools and incident response.
At Amp11, he owns Cait’s day-to-day engineering and technical execution, including platform architecture, infrastructure, AI integration, security, development standards and deployment.
Perspective for CaitTechnical architecture, AI execution, reliability, security and production deployment.
Marc Chesley
Founding Advisor
TechnologyProductScaling
Marc is a technology executive, attorney and operator with experience building and scaling software businesses. As COO of Paradox, he led product, engineering and global operations for its conversational AI platform. His earlier leadership includes Offerpad and Infusionsoft, now Keap. He currently serves as COO of Fuse Ventures and as a Partner, General Counsel and Investment Committee member at Connected Capital.
Perspective for CaitAI product strategy, software company building, capital, governance and disciplined operating foundations.
Sheri Miksa
Strategic Advisor
Restaurant OperationsFranchiseBoard
Sheri is a five-time restaurant chain CEO/President, including Mazzio’s — a three-brand franchisor with 130+ locations and $100M+ system sales — and Boneheads. She advises private-equity firms on restaurant chain acquisitions and serves on the Vitamix board.
Perspective for CaitRestaurant operating strategy, franchise growth, unit economics, leadership and commercial adoption.
Katie Cefalu
Strategic Advisor
Customer SuccessRestaurant TechGrowth
Katie is Head of Client Success at diner and previously served as VP of Client Success at Paradox, where she built the customer success organization from inception. She brings deep experience helping restaurant and enterprise customers adopt technology and expand sustained value.
Perspective for CaitCustomer success, operator adoption, implementation experience and account expansion.
Kirstan Terlet
Strategic Advisor
PeopleLeadershipWorkforce
Kirstan brings 17 years across operations, training, HR and learning. She is Co-Founder and Fractional Chief People Officer at JumpStart People and previously served as Chief People Officer at FreshRealm, with leadership roles at Brinker International, Chili’s, ISS Facility Services and Guckenheimer.
Perspective for CaitRestaurant people strategy, manager capability, leadership development, retention and culture transformation.
Staci Drilling
Strategic Advisor
People StrategyMulti-UnitCulture
Staci is Co-Founder and Fractional Chief People Officer at JumpStart People. She previously served as Chief People Officer of Dhanani Group, a multi-brand restaurant organization with 1,000+ locations, and as VP of People and Performance at Hopdoddy Burger Bar.
Perspective for CaitPeople strategy for complex restaurant organizations, manager capability, culture and multi-unit scale.
Kelly Robinson
Strategic Advisor
Exited FounderRecruitment TechAI Analytics
Kelly is the exited founder of Broadbean, which pioneered one-click global job distribution for thousands of organizations across 180 countries. Today he is Founder & CEO of RedDot Media, focused on precision-targeted recruitment advertising with practical automation, integrations and AI-powered analytics.
Perspective for CaitFounder-scale experience, recruitment technology, practical automation, data visibility, commercialization and platform growth.
Bill Kalamaris
Strategic Advisor
Restaurant TechnologyDigital StrategyEnterprise
Bill is VP of Digital Strategy & Innovation at Vital Neuro and serves on the UCCS AI Advisory Board. He spent more than two decades at McDonald’s across point-of-sale technology, restaurant technology deployment, supplier management, global digital solutions and global technology vendor management.
Perspective for CaitEnterprise restaurant technology, implementation at scale, vendor partnerships, digital strategy and applied AI.
Founder-market fit, reinforced by operator and technology experience.
Christina’s work on McHire brings direct experience turning an enterprise technology idea into franchisee adoption. Jason brings restaurant operating accountability. Kyle provides internal engineering ownership. The advisory group adds complementary experience in AI company building, restaurant operations, people leadership, customer success, recruitment technology, enterprise restaurant technology and scaling.
Together, those perspectives inform a focused question: does Cait make the manager’s shift better, and can that usefulness translate into durable operator value?
