Panelist

Ms. Emily Rugaber

Emily Rugaber, VP of Marketing at Thanx is an expert in digital transformation, loyalty, and data-driven restaurant marketing. She wrote the definitive guide on Restaurant Digital Maturity and authored the Definitive Guide to Measuring Restaurant Loyalty Performance. Prior to joining Thanx, Emily consulted Fortune 500 clients such as SAP, Nestle, and Target on business intelligence, marketing, and AI projects.

Emily has built an extensive career focused on helping restaurants transform digitally. Having been with Thanx for more than five years, Emily deeply understands the marketing, technology, and business challenges facing restaurants. As the VP of Marketing and Partnerships at Thanx, Emily is at the forefront of helping restaurant businesses understand the technology ecosystem and use data to drive business impact. She is an expert in loyalty strategy, lifecycle marketing, digital transformation, and data-driven marketing.