Pete Gibson is the CIO at Friendly’s and Johnny Rockets Restaurants brands where he is leading the technology and digital transformation efforts. He is an executive leader with a solid record of success leveraging technology, improving operations, developing high-performing teams globally, and has earned a reputation during his 28-year career for realigning organizations to increase business profitability, improve value, grow revenue, and drive down costs while improving overall operating efficiency.

He has managed resources for maximum revenue, growth, and productivity in a diverse field of business environments including Fortune 100 companies, start-ups, franchisors, research and development, and government organizations.

Gibson has led organizational change from multiple C-level posts, having directed six large technology organization turnarounds, improving overall company revenue by up to 31 percent, and reducing costs by as much as 30 percent.  

He is known as an approachable and personable leader with a track record of strong employee retention. His business credo is, “Technology in business is as much about motivating employees for optimal performance as it is about creating innovative products that work.”

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