Attending Guest Profiles
Dan Jones
Title
COO
Company
FirstWatch
Channel/Region
MachineQ
Tournament Day
Saturday
djones@firstwatch.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-jones-fwrg
Company Description
First Watch is a high‑growth daytime dining brand specializing in chef‑driven breakfast, brunch, and lunch menu items made from fresh ingredients, supported by strong franchise and corporate expansion nationwide.
Industry
Restaurants
HQ Location
Bradenton, FL
# of Sites
620+
Revenue
$1.17B
Current Solutions & Services
In-footprint broadband connectivitiy via Granite relationship. Actively trialing digital temperature monitoring.
Current Opportunities
First Watch is a strategic acquisition customer for managed broadband, managed security, and IoT. Today they use Granite and manage their own Meraki stack. 641 locations are now open and growing to 1,000. We have built a relationship with Dan Jones, but learned that the CFO, Mel, controls all of the IT spend.
Small Talk Topics
Huge golf fan. No kids, but is a super uncle.
Share of Wallet Monthly Recurring Charges $
$0
Host Alignment
Russ Richardson (MQ)
Sales Rep
thomas_woodbury@comcast.com
Sales Director
russ_richardson@comcast.com
On-Site Updates
Submitted on April 13, 2026 at 11:12 am by Russ Richardson
Dan had a blast and hit it off with all of the other attendees as they all work in the same industry. Dan confirmed that he will be setting up a meeting with his CIO upon our return. Russ needs to lock this down with Chris Munroe.