Michael Chen
Observer · DISC type icMichael Chen is the co-founder and president of Pokéworks, leveraging his engineering background from Cornell and UCLA to scale the brand nationally. He specializes in franchising and using technology for growth in the restaurant industry. He also advises robotics company Crave Robotics and co-founded Nexus Brands Group.
A graduate of UCLA and Cornell, Michael was a member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He is passionate about food concepts discovered through travel and stays informed on business by following publications like The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
He was inspired to co-found Pokéworks, now the largest poke brand in the U. S. , after tasting a poke bowl for the first time on a trip to Hawaii.
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