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title: "QDOBA Announces Appointment of Jeremy Vitaro as Chief Development Officer and Head of International Business"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/77af3533-8536-42b7-ab41-5a46ea46b30f
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20240318_qdoba_announces_appointment_of_jeremy_vitaro_as_chief_development_officer_a.html
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2024-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T17:30:32.033Z
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# QDOBA Announces Appointment of Jeremy Vitaro as Chief Development Officer and Head of International Business

**TL;DR:** QDOBA has appointed Jeremy Vitaro as Chief Development Officer and Head of International, bringing over 20 years of development experience. Vitaro previously served as Chief Development Officer for Little Caesars Pizza and held various roles at Dunkin' Brands.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-03-18. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20240318_qdoba_announces_appointment_of_jeremy_vitaro_as_chief_development_officer_a.html).*

## Story

SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2024 // PRNewswire // - QDOBA today announced that Jeremy Vitaro has joined the company as Chief Development Officer and Head of International. Vitaro brings more than 20 years of development experience and is responsible for QDOBA's asset light development strategy, including new restaurant growth, system remodeling, refranchising, acquisition, prototype design, and real estate and construction.

"We are thrilled with Jeremy's decision to join the QDOBA leadership team," said John Cywinski, CEO of QDOBA and Modern Market Eatery.

"I am extremely excited to help QDOBA drive strong, healthy growth by partnering with our franchise partners," said Vitaro.

Vitaro's track record of success speaks for itself. Prior to joining QDOBA, Vitaro served as Chief Development Officer for Little Caesars Pizza, opening hundreds of new units over the past three years.

Before Little Caesars, Vitaro was a highly regarded executive with Dunkin' Brands for 18 years. From 2018 through 2020, as Vice President of U.S. Development, Vitaro opened Dunkin' restaurants. From 2012 through 2017, he held the position of Vice President of International Development, where he opened new Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins units.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Dunkin' Brands (company)
- Baskin-Robbins (company)
- Qdoba (company)
- Modern Market Eatery (company)
- Little Caesars Pizza (company)
- Jeremy Vitaro (person)
- development strategy (topic)
- John Cywinski (person)
- international business (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20240318_qdoba_announces_appointment_of_jeremy_vitaro_as_chief_development_officer_a.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/77af3533-8536-42b7-ab41-5a46ea46b30f).