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title: "Ryan Lulow named Mountain Mike’s CFO"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/888bb82a-31b4-4f0e-9079-7d044f738fef
source: "Nation's Restaurant News"
original_url: https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-executives/ryan-lulow-named-mountain-mike-s-cfo
author: "Alicia Kelso"
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2026-04-28T15:28:18.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:18:29.837Z
image: https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea7aee2fca050a19/blte946a04704c0c193/69f0d255bc7f587fd88415c0/Mountain-Mike_s-Exterior-1716.jpg?width=1280&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale
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# Ryan Lulow named Mountain Mike’s CFO

**TL;DR:** Mountain Mike's Pizza has promoted Ryan Lulow to Chief Financial Officer, tasked with driving franchisee profitability and systemwide growth. He previously served as the company's vice president of finance and has been instrumental in the chain's nationwide growth.

*By Alicia Kelso, originally published in Nation's Restaurant News on 2026-04-28. [Read the original](https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-executives/ryan-lulow-named-mountain-mike-s-cfo).*

## Story

Mountain Mike’s has named Ryan Lulow as its new chief financial officer. He is tasked with driving franchisee profitability and sustainable systemwide growth.

Throughout the next year, Lulow’s key focus areas are improving unit-level economics, refining promotional and loyalty strategies to better balance traffic and margin, identifying cost-saving supply chain opportunities without compromising product quality, and supporting strategic regional expansion.

He previously served as the chain’s controller and was promoted to vice president of finance in 2021. Prior to joining Mountain Mike's, he served as a consultant for two years, corporate controller for Patriot Environmental Services for two years, and in several progressive roles at Hyundai Capital, according to his LinkedIn account.

"Since joining Mountain Mike’s, Ryan has been instrumental to our nationwide growth, optimizing profitability across supply chains, operations, marketing and beyond,” CEO Jim Metevier said in a statement “As Mountain Mike’s continues to surpass growth objectives, Ryan’s business acumen and ambition will help to maintain our financial momentum by identifying cost-saving opportunities, enhancing operations and cultivating interest among potential franchisees.”

"I’m honored to grow alongside the well-respected Mountain Mike’s Pizza brand, and I’m excited by the opportunities ahead as chief financial officer to invest in promotional, operational and unit progression that support franchisee wins,” Lulow said in a statement. “Mountain Mike’s deep and unrelenting commitment to product quality, franchisee success and guest satisfaction is a cornerstone of the brand’s identity, and I look forward to building on that legacy with financial transparency, discipline and innovation.”

California-based Mountain Mikes finished 2025 with 321 units, marking a 7.4% year-over-year increase, according to Technomic. The chain’s sales were $368.2 million, for a 2% increase year-over-year, outpacing many of its peers. Total pizza chain category sales fell by 0.3% in 2025.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- Technomic (company)
- Mountain Mike's Pizza (company)
- executive promotion (topic)
- Alicia Kelso (person)
- Jim Metevier (person)
- financial strategy (topic)

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Originally reported by Alicia Kelso, Nation's Restaurant News (https://www.nrn.com/restaurant-executives/ryan-lulow-named-mountain-mike-s-cfo). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/888bb82a-31b4-4f0e-9079-7d044f738fef).