Dunkin' Brands, the Canton, Mass.-based parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, has appointed Ken Chaisson to the newly created position of vp, IT, retail technology deployment and support services.
Chaisson will be responsible for the company's information technology communications, retail technology deployment, support and centralized p-o-s menu and item management.
“I am very excited to be joining Dunkin' Brands, a premier quick service restaurant company that is on the forefront of leveraging technology to help improve company systems and store-level systems to drive franchisee profitability,” says Chaisson.
He most recently served as vp, IT for Legal Sea Foods. Prior to that, he held a variety of IT management roles at ZOOTS, Reebok Intl. Ltd. and Staples.
Dunkin' Brands operates more than 9000 Dunkin' Donuts franchised restaurants and 6200 Baskin-Robbins franchised restaurants.