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Top 100: People – Erle Dardick, MonkeyMedia Software

Erle Dardick, CEO of MonkeyMedia Software, is number seven on our list of the 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers: People.

October 31, 2014

Erle Dardick, CEO of MonkeyMedia Software, is number seven on our list of the 2014 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers & Shakers: People.

Dardick has had a busy couple of years. The MonkeyMedia Software CEO is not only leading his successful catering software company, which has more than 4,000 restaurant brands as clients, but he's also involved in a documentary film project called "Back to Basics," a call-to-action film inspired by Dardick's essay, "The Ghost in the Wall."

The documentary will attempt to show the restaurant industry's impact on the nation, both economically and culturally. Panera Bread CEO Ron Shaich had the idea for bringing the documentary to the big screen after reading Dardick's essay.

Last year, Dardick's team at Monkey launched the MMS Catering Institute, headed by Wayne Alexander, former Einstein Noah Restaurant Group catering director. The institute's goal is to "help operators grow sales and increase profits by educating them to become experts at feeding their customers where they live, work and play," Dardick said.

The company also hosts regional catering certification programs to certify restaurant operators, consultants, vendors and service providers in the company's "Five Pillars of Successful Restaurant Catering."