MICHAEL L. ATKINSON
Michael L. Atkinson
Professional Biography
About Me
Restaurant Technology Innovator, Investor and Entrepreneur
A multi-hyphenate living in Silicon Valley, Michael is a restaurant technology investor, entrepreneur and strategic advisor to brands, investors, investment banks and technology innovators worldwide. Michael is a serial entrepreneur, investment banker, restaurant operator and former restaurant chain CFO. He founded FohBoh.com, inFOH.com, Resttech, and most recently, Orderscape.com, a voice technology software company that has built a voice search platform to enable food and restaurant discovery using digital assistants and mobile voice platforms.
Michael is a business accelerator mentor at bluestartups.com and foodandcity.org and former advisor to Creator. As a former restaurant operator and current advocate for transformative food and restaurant technologies, Michael helps restaurant brands and technology companies on matters relating to conversational commerce, automation, analytics, restaurant technology and strategy. Michael and is a frequent writer and speaker on restaurant automation, conversational commerce and data integration topics.
Personal
Michael is happily married to Kim, has two amazing and successful adult children, is an amateur chef, avid skier, diver, beachcomber, backpacker and wine collector.
Speaking
Michael speaks on topic relating to transformative technologies affecting the global restaurant industry. Specifically, restaurant automation, voice technology, restaurant delivery and off-premise foodservice, and the changing nature of customer engagement using data and analytics. See Speaking gigs below.
More information:
Mentor
Decades of experience in the entrepreneurial space and have worked with numerous food, beverage, restaurant, food and technology companies.
Y-Food
London
YFood creates opportunities for Food Tech startups, investors and brands to connect globally.
Blue Startups
Honolulu
A top 20 accelerator for promising startups. Blue is Paradise for food, travel and related tech companies.
Food+City
Austin
F+C provokes fresh perspectives on the realities of how we feed cities, and inspire action.
Speaking Engagements
Food • Tech • Restaurants
Food Tech Week - London
October 30 - November 3
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to commerce, food-maker robots and chatbots for voice ordering and guest engagement.
Restaurant Innovation Summit - Austin
October 25 - October 27
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to commerce, food-maker robots and chatbots for voice ordering and guest engagement.
IFBTA Chapter Meeting - DC
April 24, 2018
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to commerce, voice ordering, robotics, labor, delivery and guest engagement.
IFBTA Chapter Meeting - Orlando, FL
April 26, 2018
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to commerce, voice ordering, robotics, labor, delivery and guest engagement.
UCLA Restaurant Industry Conference - LA
May 2, 2018
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to commerce, voice ordering, labor, delivery and guest engagement.
IFBTA Chapter Meeting - LA, CA
May 3, 2018
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to commerce, voice ordering, robotics, labor, delivery and guest engagement.
Restaurant Takeout, Delivery & Catering Symposium - Denver, CO
June 19, 2018
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to conversational commerce, voice ordering, food maker robotics and guest engagement.
CGA Insight 2018, London, UK
April 19, 2018
I am speaking on the transformative effects of restaurant automation as it relates to conversational commerce, voice ordering, food maker robotics and guest engagement.
VOICE Summit, Newark, NJ
July 24-26, 2018
I am speaking on voice commerce at scale, with Orderscape's conversational commerce and voice search technology and platform.
Restaurant Technology Summit, DC
September 27, 2018
I am speaking on voice commerce, robotics and automation.
Voice of Hospitality Summit, Dallas, TX
June 4, 2019
I am speaking on restaurant automation, voice search, discovery and conversational commerce for the restaurant and hospitality industries.
2019 Voice Summit, Newark, NJ
July 22-25, 2019
I am speaking on voice search, conversational commerce and automation for the restaurant and hospitality industries.
