Justin Shoener has been appointed as Director of Restaurant Financial Operations at The Indigo Road Hospitality Group

Like Indigo Road founder, Steve Palmer, Shoener's hospitality career began as a dishwasher and touched upon all integral roles within the restaurant, from server to general manager, allowing him an expansive understanding of the granular specifics of the operations. Previously a general manager for the Charlotte locations of IRHG restaurants O-Ku and Oak Steakhouse, Shoener moved to the Carolinas from Orlando, FL to join the Indigo Road team. Prior to that, he spent 11 years as the director of operations for a restaurant group in Orlando. During this time with the group, he opened several restaurants and oversaw a variety of concepts. As a senior leader responsible for financial operations, Shoener works with restaurants on the back-end financials regarding cost of goods, P&L reviews, and efficient reporting. It's not all about the numbers for him, however, as he thrives on mentoring employees to develop and grow in their hospitality careers as he experienced firsthand.