Attending Guest Profiles
Ryles Dodd
Title
CIO
Company
Chicken Salad Chick
Channel/Region
Big South
Tournament Day
Thursday
ryles.dodd@chickensaladchick.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryles-dodd-6341b85/
Company Description
Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only southern-inspired, fast-casual chicken salad restaurant concept, was founded in 2008 in Auburn, Alabama by Stacy and Kevin Brown. What started as a small takeout restaurant has quickly grown through the Southeast and beyond. Our founders instilled a strong culture of hospitality where we pride ourselves on delivering Southern-Style Chicken Salad Served from the Heart. Chicken Salad Chick is uniquely positioned in the fast-casual space in that no other restaurant concept specializes in fresh, house-made chicken salad. The concept truly offers a one-of-a-kind experience. We use the highest-quality ingredients, offering guests a neighborhood restaurant experience, specializing in a wide variety of fresh, house-made chicken salads, soups, sandwiches, and desserts. Approximately 75% of Chicken Salad Chick locations are franchised, with the remaining 25% being company-owned. Our franchise owners are carefully selected, ensuring The Chick’s culture is maintained to the highest degree.
Industry
Restaurants / Casual Dining
HQ Location
Auburn, Alabama
# of Sites
313 Chicken Salad Chick locations in the United States across 22 states
Revenue
$446.4M (estimated)
Current Solutions & Services
BI
Current Opportunities
CBG managed connectivity and UCaaS today. Firewall stack for the future.
Small Talk Topics
Spending time outdoors either boating, camping or fishing. GA Tech grad.
Share of Wallet Monthly Recurring Charges $
$22K
Host Alignment
Wolf Lewis
Sales Rep
steven_wemple@comcast.com
Sales Director
jd_kessenger@cable.comcast.com
On-Site Updates
Submitted on April 13, 2026 at 3:53 pm by Wolf
I spent hours with Ryles, I would say he’s a friend of mine now! CSC is looking at additional expansion and we discussed “store in a box” type solutions, where I shared this is one of our primary strengths. We need to discuss next steps on franchise vs. company owned and how best to partner between GES and BSR. Happy to be hands on with this account, consider me part of the account team for this one.