{"id":11105,"date":"2024-04-16T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=11105"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T21:49:18","slug":"roger-drake","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/profile\/roger-drake\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Drake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;31a73b21-73a6-4831-bf9f-099de4c7cfb2|7&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;Default&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;Default&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,469777844,&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,469769226,&quot;Helvetica Neue,Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335551500,&quot;0&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469777843,&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;,335559704,&quot;1025&quot;,335559705,&quot;1033&quot;,335551547,&quot;1033&quot;]}\">Roger Drake currently serves as PR &amp; Marketing Executive and previously Interim Chief Marketing Officer, Condado Tacos: Condado<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> Tacos is a brand that Celebrates Individuality in an Original Art environment; Come as You Are, Be Who You Are. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">Since day one, the brand has been laser-focused on Craveable, Clean &amp; Innovative Tacos, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">Margs,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> and more.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> It is maniacal about speed in the delivery of food and operational efficiency. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">It\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> a fun, edgy brand that refers to itself as a &#8220;taco joint&#8221; and has brand characters such as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">Peezler<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">, Moon Man, and Ghost Pepper, with suggested tacos that include Blue Dream, Sweet <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">Lucy,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> and Juju. Condado is expanding <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">beyond its current 49 restaurants in 10 states, primarily in the Midwest and Southeast, and expanding its footprint further within the Southeast and Atlantic corridor over the next 3-5 years. Roger is formerly Senior Vice President of Sales &amp; Marketing Morton\u2019s The Steakhouse and Smokey Bones Bar &amp; Fire Grill, and previously has executed and hosted major <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">fund-raising<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> events with professional athletes and not for profits such as Make-A-Wish and Feeding America. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">Drake b<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">egan his career in video and film production a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">nd earned an Emmy <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW108746568 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">award for his broadcast television work at Major League Baseball, in collaboration with NBC Sports.<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW108746568 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW108746568 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">He has previously served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers University for their Executive MBA program and has spoken on a variety of marketing &amp; media topics, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\">panels,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108746568 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Default\"> and podcasts.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rdrake\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/11105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/11105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11218,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/11105\/revisions\/11218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bhr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}