A founding member and MonkeyMedia shareholder, Erle is the visionary behind the company. Using his entrepreneurial experience and his expertise in turning around food businesses, he used his Deli as a launch pad to capture the intellectual property of the food business into the software. Erle is an expert at shaping troubled food businesses and has built a global network of experts in the industry. Erle is also our Product Manager for Catering.

Mo joined MonkeyMedia in 2007, bringing 18 years of software development and management experience. He is a specialist in attracting and retaining talented resources of different skill-sets in building dynamic teams in a variety of environments; defining and implementing technical and operational processes to help those teams be highly effective. Mo has a BSc in Computer Science degree and is a MonkeyMedia shareholder.

A founding member and MonkeyMedia shareholder, Min is an analyst, developer and food industry workflow expert. As our chief client solutions architect, Min performs business requirements analysis, and translates of those requirements into Monkey functionality.

Mark has 20 years experience as a Client Services specialist in the technology sector. He started his career in Sales and marketing, and quickly found his niche in helping clients succeed in the implementation of complex technology solutions. Mark was previously Vice President of Client Services in a Vancouver SAAS company and is now part of the MonkeyMedia executive team.

Dan is a professional baker who has gone on to become an international bakery consultant for franchises, commissaries, and industrial wholesale operations. His retail clients have ranged from Lender’s bagels to Burger King; institutional clients have included the US Department of Agriculture, the American Institute of Baking and the Retailers Baker Association of America.

Jay brings more than 15 years of sales experience in the hospitality industry to MonkeyMedia Software, spending the majority of his career with MICROS and NCR. His life prior to sales was on the demand side, as a chef running successful restaurants and catering companies. Jay’s unique blend of operational experience and a strong background in technology sales make him a valuable resource to us, and to our customers.

Johanna joined MonkeyMedia Software with over 15 years of strategic marketing experience in the space where foodservice and technology meet. She was hire number eight at Cooking.com, an Idealab company and has held positions including Vice President of Marketing for Leading Brands and Senior Vice President of SoMedia Networks. Prior to her move to marketing, Johanna was the Test Kitchen Director at the Center for Culinary Development and holds a B.A. in English from Oberlin College as
well as a degree from The California Culinary Academy.

Lisa DeFeo is a Business Analyst at MonkeyMedia Software with a focus on Multi-Unit Restaurant Catering Operations. As Head of MonkeyCateringEducation she is responsible for sharing the company’s catering expertise with the community. Since 1990 Lisa worked for Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Boston Market where her roles included Regional Operations Training Manager, Senior Sales Consultant and National Accounts Manager. In her current role, Lisa acts as an advisor to multi-unit restaurant operators who are developing a catering program or have a catering program that could be improved.