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Ray La Placa

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Corporate Food & Beverage Director at The Sports Facilities Companies
📍 Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States

Ray La Placa is a senior hospitality executive and board director who specializes in scaling multi-unit brands through operational and capital strategy. With a foundation in the culinary arts from The French Culinary Institute, he excels at bridging the gap between product vision and financial reality, focusing on governance and growth.

Based on his writings, Ray appears to be a highly disciplined individual who values structured routines and protocols, not just in business but in his personal life, to maintain peak performance and avoid burnout. He advocates for clear boundaries between work and rest.

Unique fact: He successfully restructured a distressed P. F. Changs asset, taking it to a #3 regional ranking in profitability within just 12 months.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Corporate Food & Beverage Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States
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Operational Excellence
A core theme in his professional history, focused on transforming chaotic environments into disciplined, scalable businesses using systems like EOS®.
AI & Labor Optimization
He advocates for viewing AI as a tool for labor optimization to multiply efficiency, rather than simply as a method for cost reduction.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Corporate Food & Beverage Director
The Sports Facilities Companies
1-2020
Strategic Advisor
Independent Consultancy
2-2020 - 11-2025
Operating Partner
PF Chang's
4-2017 - 2-2020
Director of Operations
10 High Country Corporation
1-2014 - 4-2017
General Manager
Yard House Restaurants
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Education
Culinary
The French Culinary Institute
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Curry College
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