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about matt burden

At Chrane, we're all about relationships, so meet our Director of Strategic Relationships Matt Burden! Matt joins the Chrane team with over 20 years of professional experience leading teams and working with multi-unit chains in the Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Industry. But you could say he's been a foodservice fanatic his whole life! That's right. Did you know that Matt's dad is a foodservice dealer and his brother works in service? As a former teacher, Matt has carried his passion for education to his field today. He feels that the most important part of his job is to find operators "hot buttons," or pain points, to then educate teams on game changing product solutions. More casually, Matt is our relationship guy. You could say that to know Matt is to know a genuine and trusting industry confidant. Matt strongly believes that it's important to "get to know everyone from customer service, to engineering, to the people on the factory floor!" If you don't know Matt, give him a shout!

Catch him outside: Playing soccer when his knees allow it... most likely, he's cheering on his kiddos in their soccer games instead!

His Biggest Piece of Advice: "You can put sprinkles on a turd, but that doesn't make it a cupcake."