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title: "Marco's Pizza Picks Ron Stilwell for Chief Development Officer Role"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f6e7527d-eb09-4a1e-aa6e-38d348ce1074
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/marcos-pizza-picks-ron-stilwell-for-chief-development-officer-role-2708509
category: "Pizza"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Pizza"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2018-11-20T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:34:00.777Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/97e212665aedd575132b562fb91f74ae7096.jpg
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# Marco's Pizza Picks Ron Stilwell for Chief Development Officer Role

**TL;DR:** Marco's Pizza has appointed Ron Stilwell as Chief Development Officer to focus on streamlining development processes and attracting multi-unit owned stores. Stilwell previously worked for brands such as Taco Bell, Peter Piper Pizza, and Red Robin, and was a franchisee with Marco's Pizza.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-11-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/marcos-pizza-picks-ron-stilwell-for-chief-development-officer-role-2708509).*

## Story

Marco’s Pizza has tapped restaurant and franchise industry veteran Ron Stilwell to be its chief development officer, according to a QSR report.

Stilwell previously worked for brands such as Taco Bell, Peter Piper Pizza and Red Robin, and he was most recently an area representative and franchisee with Marco’s Pizza, according to the article.

“Ron knows what it takes to be a part of the Marco’s Pizza family and what our franchisees need in order to see success,” Marco’s Pizza president and COO Tony Libardi said, according to the article. “Ron will help develop a new system to streamline development processes in an effort to attract more multi-unit owned stores, and reduce the cost of build-out so economic models remain strong for the franchisee, while assuring customers have a primo experience.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- Taco Bell (company)
- executive appointment (topic)
- Marco's Pizza (company)
- Red Robin (company)
- Tony Libardi (person)
- Peter Piper Pizza (company)
- Ron Stilwell (person)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/marcos-pizza-picks-ron-stilwell-for-chief-development-officer-role-2708509). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f6e7527d-eb09-4a1e-aa6e-38d348ce1074).