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Mr. Gay has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer, and as a director, since July 2006. Previously, Mr. Gay served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2004 until his promotion in 2006. From March 2000 until he joined Grill Concepts in July 2004, Mr. Gay served as Managing Director of Triple Enterprises, a business advisory firm that assisted mid-cap sized companies with financing, mergers and acquisitions, franchising and strategic planning. From March 2000 to November 2001, Mr. Gay served as an independent consultant with El Paso Energy. Previously he served as Chief Financial Officer for California Pizza Kitchen (1987 to 1994), Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer for Wolfgang Puck Food Company (1994 to 1996), Chief Executive Officer for Color Me Mine and held various Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer positions with Diversified Food Group from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Gay is also on the Board of Motor Car Parts of America, a publicly traded company that remanufactures starters and alternators, and on the Board of The California Restaurant Association. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a former audit manager at Laventhol and Horwath and a graduate of the London School of Economics. | 