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Joining the Raving Brands team as vice president and brand leader for Flying Biscuit, John Amend oversees all aspects and operations of the Flying Biscuit brand and system, and plays an active role in daily operations. He leads all areas of the Flying Biscuit business including corporate strategy, marketing, finance, franchise support, training and customer service. Amend spent the last two years as chief financial officer of The Flying Biscuit, where he successfully negotiated the sale of the company to Raving Brands. He brings 18 years of progressive experience in strategic, operational and financial leadership to his new role with Raving Brands. Before joining the Flying Biscuit, Amend was a management consultant for Morningside Advisors, providing executive management consulting services to small and middle market companies such as ITC Financial Services, where he functioned as general manager for a start-up venture launching a debit card program in Jamaica. Prior to that, Amend was a strategic account manager for Oracle Corporation where he was responsible for complex software application and technology transactions for $1 billion+ companies in the telecom and utilities industries. Amend began his career working in various financial positions for British Telecom and GTE, and also spent six years as Director of Finance and Business Development for TechForce Corporation. Amend holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Finance, both from St. Louis University. | 