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ABOUT THE HOST<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Ashish is a serial entrepreneur and serves as the CEO & <\/span>Co- Founder of Restroworks.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>He is one of the entrepreneurs who has mastered the art of bootstrapping startups to scale. Ashish is a prolific angel investor and mentors budding entrepreneurs and startups in Silicon Valley and India.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE GUEST<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#29cb8b” divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”3.2″ max_width=”50px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/restroworks.com\/restrocast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/About-Chad-Mackay.webp” alt=”David Bloom” title_text=”About Chad Mackay” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-20px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” min_height=”105.6px” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|15px||15px|false|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]Chad Mackay, CEO of Fire & Vine Hospitality, joined El Gaucho in 2003, working alongside his father and founder, Paul Mackay. He became CEO in 2013 and went on to launch the evolution of Fire & Vine Hospitality in 2017, supporting iconic Pacific Northwest properties such as El Gaucho and AQUA by El Gaucho. He served as Board Chair of the Washington State Hospitality Association, Finance Chair for Visit Seattle, and in 2018, co-founded the Third Door Coalition to address homelessness through Housing First and Permanent Supportive Housing solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Speakers<\/p>\n

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