Mr. David J. Deno, also known as Dave has been Chief Executive Officer at Bloomin' Brands, Inc. since 2019 and was its Chief Financial & Administrative Officer since November 2013 until 2019 and was its Executive Vice President since May 7, 2012 until 2019. Mr. Deno served as Principal Accounting Officer of Bloomin' Brands, Inc. Mr. Deno has been Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC since May 07, 2012. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Bloomin' Brands, Inc., since May 7, 2012. Mr. Deno served as the Chief Financial Officer of the International Division at Best Buy Co., Inc. He served as a Secretary of Macalester College. He served as the Principal Accounting Officer of Bloomin' Brands, Inc. He served as the President of The Quizno's Corporation (now QCE Finance LLC) and Quiznos LLC from January 2008 to February 2009 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from September 2008 to February 2009. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of QIP Holder, LLC until February 2009 and from January 2008 to February 2009 respectively. He served as an Other Professional at Pepsico, Inc. Mr. Deno served as Managing Director of CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC from August 2006 to December 2007. He spent more than 15 years with YUM Brands and PepsiCo, Inc. He served as the Chief Operating and Multibranding Officer of Yum! Brands Inc., from October 18, 2004 to February 2006 and also its Chief Financial Officer from November 1999 to October 2004. He was employed at Restaurant Brands International Inc. He has 27 years of restaurant experience in North America. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Yum! Restaurants International, one of Yum! Brands Inc.'s top operators from August 1997 to November 1999. From August 1996 to August 1997, Mr. Deno served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Pizza Hut, one of Yum! Brands Inc.'s top operators. From 1994 to August 1996, he also served as Division Vice President for the Florida Division of Pizza Hut. Mr. Deno joined Pizza Hut in 1991 as Vice President and Controller. He is a 21-year restaurant industry veteran, with proven operating and leadership skills. Prior to YUM! he held various finance and operations positions with The Pillsbury Company and Burger King Corporation (Alternatively, Burger King Holdings Inc.) for 8 years. He served as Vice Chairman and Director of Priszm Inc. Administrator of Priszm Income Fund since February 1, 2010. He has been a Director at Bloomin' Brands, Inc. since April 1, 2019. He has been a Director of NXT Nutritionals Holdings Inc. since March 30, 2009. He served as Director of Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. since August 22, 2006 until October 29, 2012. He served as Director of Brinker International Inc. from April 11, 2011 to May 04, 2012. He serves as a Trustee of Macalester College. He served as a Board Member of Quiznos Corporation. Mr. Deno holds a BA from Macalester College and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
The company was founded in August 1987 as Multi-Venture Partners, Inc. in Florida by Tim Gannon, Bob Basham, and Chris Sullivan. In 1988 the first Outback Steakhouse was opened in Tampa, Florida. The company went public in 1991 as a 49-restaurant chain and changed its name to Outback Steakhouse, Inc. The Carrabba's Italian Grill was launched in 1993. The company's international expansion began with the first Outback Steakhouse to open in Canada. Revenues for the company exceed $1 billion for the first time. In 1998 the first units of Roy's Restaurant, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse Wine Bar, and Lee Roy Selmon's open. Cheeseburger in Paradise was launched several years later in 2002. The Wall Street Journal reported on November 7, 2006 that Bain Capital, Catterton Partners and founders Sullivan, Basham, and Gannon (collectively referred to as Kangaroo Holdings, Inc.), had reached an agreement to buy OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. for about $3 billion. [2][3][4]
