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Kelsey Smith
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Closing the Compliance Loop: Introducing FranConnect’s Operational Excellence Platform

Managing multiple locations comes with unique challenges. From maintaining consistent standards to tackling operations compliance issues and training lapses, running a successful multi-location business requires seamless operations and real-time visibility. That’s where FranConnect’s Operational Excellence Platform steps in— our all-in-one solution helps brands tackle these challenges head-on so executive leadership can focus on streamlining operations and enhancing collaboration to fuel and foster long-term growth.   

 

Why Operational Excellence Matters   

Today, 72% of customers expect a seamless, high-quality experience across all locations. Failure to meet this expectation risks losing customer loyalty and damaging your brand’s reputation. The traditional approach to managing operations and compliance issues—using fragmented tools for audits, training, and reporting—is no longer enough.   

The FranConnect Operational Excellence Platform “closes the loop” by uniting a quality management solution with audits, employee training, and analytics into one centralized, mobile-friendly solution. This helps brands streamline their processes and foster continuous improvement across all locations.  

 

Key Features of the Operational Excellence Platform  

Automated Workflows  

Automated workflows streamline auditing and task management by eliminating manual processes and reducing errors. With real-time tracking and monitoring, you can assign corrective actions and ensure no issue is overlooked. Gain instant insights to identify problem areas and address them before they escalate, saving time and maintaining control across all locations.  

Mobile-First Onboarding and Training  

Make training simple and engaging with bite-sized modules your team can access anytime, anywhere—whether on the go or in the breakroom. Streamline onboarding to quickly get new hires up to speed while maintaining brand standards. Plus, effortlessly track progress and stay on top of compliance certifications so your team is always prepared and aligned.  

Advanced Analytics  

Get a clear view of your operations with real-time, customizable dashboards that bring all your data together in one place. Spot trends, track key metrics, and make smarter decisions faster using advanced analytics. With AI-powered tools, you can even predict and prevent hiccups before they happen. It’s all about prioritizing your resources and staying ahead effortlessly.  

Scalable and Flexible  

The platform scales with your brand whether you manage five or five hundred locations. Centralized Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) ensure consistency, and updates are easily accessible to maintain compliance and quality across each location. Simplify operations and keep them running smoothly as you grow.  

By integrating these powerful features, FranConnect helps reduce fragmented processes, ensuring you can focus on what matters most—your customers and business growth.  

 

The Benefits You Can Expect  

FranConnect doesn’t just manage compliance and training—it drives business outcomes. With this platform, you can achieve greater efficiency, reduce costs, and maintain brand integrity, regardless of how many locations you manage.  

Here’s how:  

  • Consistency Across Locations: Standardize processes and procedures to deliver the same excellent customer experience, whether in Atlanta or New York.  
  • Time and Cost Savings: Automate repetitive tasks to free up resources and reduce costs, allowing teams to focus on higher-value activities.  
  • Improved Compliance: Proactively monitor audits and training certifications to ensure you meet local and industry regulations.  
  • Team Empowerment: Equip frontline employees and location managers with tools that enhance engagement and decision-making, strengthening workplace confidence and collaboration.  

By automating processes, integrating training and analytics, and providing real-time insights, you can future proof your operations and build a more resilient brand to thrive against competitors.  

 

Real-World Results to Look Forward To  

FranConnect has already delivered measurable success for a range of global brands. For example:  

  • Blaze Pizza: Achieved a 10x improvement in compliance across locations through personalized training and operational updates.  
  • Peco Foods: Improved operational efficiency with real-time tracking, saving time and boosting quality assurance.  

 

A Game-Changer for Multi-Location Brands  

FranConnect’s Operational Excellence Platform redefines how brands approach compliance, training, and analytics. If your goal is to maintain consistent quality, streamline operations, and set your brand apart, this platform is designed for you.     

Don’t let operational inefficiencies hold you back. Schedule a demo today to discover the potential of FranConnect’s Operational Excellence Platform. Closing the compliance loop is the first step on the path to streamlined operations and business growth.  

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Gabby Wong Named as One of Calibre One’s Top 25 Women Leaders in US PE-Backed Software 2025

NEW YORKFeb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Calibre One is proud to announce the 2025 list of “Top 25 Women Leaders in US PE-Backed Software”. The list includes top Chief Executive Officers leading fast-growing software businesses that are backed by prominent private equity firms. They are recognized as some of the highest-caliber leaders in the industry.

The 2025 awardees were selected from nominations made by Calibre One’s extensive network of executives, board members and private equity partners. The list highlights the accomplishments of these successful executives with a demonstrated track record of growth and value creation. We are excited to honor these outstanding leaders and their achievements.

Calibre One Top Women Leaders 2025

The 2025 winners include:

  1. Ashley Andersen Zantop – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Cambium Learning Group
  2. Ann Barnes – Chief Executive Officer, IMO Health
  3. Cassidy Smirnow – Chief Executive Officer, Apryse
  4. Christa Quarles – Chief Executive Officer, Alludo
  5. Christina Kosmowski – Chief Executive Officer, LogicMonitor
  6. Dana Jones – Chief Executive Officer & President, RealPage
  7. Dru Armstrong – Chief Executive Officer, AffiniPay
  8. Erin Mulligan Helgren – Chief Executive Officer, OfficeSpace
  9. Erin Shy – Chief Executive Officer, Watermark
  10. Gabby Wong – Chief Executive Officer, FranConnect
  11. Helen Rosen – Chief Executive Officer, Adlib Software
  12. Jamie Candee – President & Chief Executive Officer, Edmentum
  13. Janine Seebeck – Chief Executive Officer, BeyondTrust
  14. Jennifer Sun – Chief Executive Officer, StarCompliance
  15. Kate Eberle Walker – Chief Executive Officer, Presence
  16. Kendall Pretzer – Chief Executive Officer, Grace Hill
  17. Kendra Tucker – Chief Executive Officer, Truckstop
  18. Kim Crawford Goodman – Chief Executive Officer, Smarsh
  19. Laura Ipsen – President & Chief Executive Officer, Ellucian
  20. Leagh Turner – Chief Executive Officer, Coupa
  21. Marne Martin – Chief Executive Officer, Emburse
  22. Michelle Abbey – President & Chief Executive Officer, Radancy
  23. Pamela Joseph – Chief Executive Officer & Executive Chair, Xplor
  24. Soumya Nettimi – Chief Executive Officer, Paradigm
  25. Tina Vatanka Murphy – President & Chief Executive Officer, GHX

For more information, please visit: https://www.calibreone.com/Top25Women2025

About Calibre One

Calibre One works with the builders of great companies, helping them to create diverse and high-performing leadership teams. We provide Executive Search services to public companies, venture capital and private equity firms, and their portfolio companies within the technology, financial services, life sciences and healthcare, industrial and consumer sectors. For over 20 years we have operated from three principal hubs: San FranciscoNew York and London. We are one of very few firms with a truly well-developed transatlantic presence. We pride ourselves as being small enough to provide a high-touch, partner-led service but as a well-established global firm, we are also experts at helping companies to grow beyond their domestic markets and access leadership talent across the world.

Media Contact: Victoria Lakers, Partner, Calibre One, victoria.lakers@calibreone.com

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FranConnect Launches Optik IQ™, an Intelligent Operational Excellence Platform, to Boost Compliance and Operational Effectiveness for Corporate-Owned Businesses

FranConnect Launches Optik IQ™, an Intelligent Operational Excellence Platform, to Boost Compliance and Operational Effectiveness for Corporate-Owned Businesses 

Herndon, VA – February 5, 2024 – FranConnect, a market-leading provider of sales, operations, and marketing solutions for franchise and multi-location businesses, has unveiled Optik IQ™, its Operational Excellence platform, transforming how corporate-owned businesses close the loop between identifying operational issues and implementing lasting solutions. The platform converts compliance insights into verified improvements, enabling businesses to transition from audit findings to measurable results in hours instead of weeks. 

“FranConnect understands the complexities of managing multi-location businesses—whether franchised or corporate-owned. These businesses face the same operational challenges, yet most compliance tools stop at simply identifying issues, leaving brands trapped in a cycle of recurring problems,” said Gabby Wong, CEO of FranConnect. “Our platform breaks this cycle by automating the entire resolution journey, reducing correction time by 60%, and virtually eliminating repeat compliance issues. Customers have seen a 25% improvement in compliance scores through this systematic approach.” 

 The platform introduces three breakthrough capabilities for closing the operational loop: 

  • Intelligent Issue Resolution: Instantly converts audit findings into assigned tasks with built-in verification steps, ensuring 100% follow-through on critical compliance issues. 
  • Adaptive Learning Engine: Automatically triggers role-specific training based on audit patterns, reducing repeat violations by 85% through targeted skill development. 
  • Predictive Performance Analytics: Identifies compliance trends across locations before they become systemic issues, with proven reduction in critical findings through early intervention. 

Traditional compliance processes create gaps between detection and correction,” said Jaffrey Ali, Chief Product Officer at FranConnect.By orchestrating every step from discovery to verification, we’re helping brands cut their compliance-to-correction cycle from weeks to days while ensuring sustainable improvements.” 

The solution addresses the growing challenge of maintaining consistent operations across hundreds or thousands of locations while adapting to evolving compliance requirements. This systematic approach ensures that insights drive immediate action and lasting change. 

 “In today’s operating environment, identifying issues isn’t enough – brands need to drive and verify improvement,” added Wong. “That’s why FranConnect consolidates multiple audit solutions into a single, centralized system, giving businesses a complete view of compliance and performance. Our platform transforms insights into verified action, giving corporate-owned businesses the tools to not just maintain standards, but systematically elevate them.” 

 For more information on FranConnect’s Operational Excellence Platform or to schedule a demo, visit www.franconnect.com. 

About FranConnect  

FranConnect is the leading enterprise software provider for franchise and multi-location businesses. For over 20 years, the FranConnect platform has served as the backbone for sales, operations, and marketing for over 1,500 brands and one million locations worldwide. Iconic brands such as SPARC/Authentic Brands (Forever 21), Tropical Smoothie Café, Authority Brands, and Papa John’s rely on FranConnect to expand locations, streamline unit operations, enhance collaboration, and improve profitability. Backed by private equity investor Serent Capital, FranConnect is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with global offices in Australia, India, Colombia, and Canada.

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FranConnect Achieves Record-Breaking Bookings and Breakthrough Innovations in 2024

Leading the Way in Franchise and Multi-Location Solutions with Exceptional Achievements and Strategic Advancements 

Herndon, VA – January 29, 2025 – FranConnect, a market-leading provider of sales, operations, and marketing solutions to franchise and multi-location businesses, proudly announces key milestone achievements in 2024, including record-breaking bookings, innovative product launches, and key leadership advancements. FranConnect attributes its continued success to being closely attuned to its customers’ critical business needs, resulting in solutions that enhance performance, profitability, and operational excellence. 

FranConnect closed the year with the largest sales booking achievement in the company’s history, forming expanded partnerships with over 150 brands and welcoming 105 new customers. Last year, in particular, FranConnect welcomed three of the largest global franchise concepts, including Subway®, one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant brands, Sonesta International Hotels, the 8th largest hotel brand in the U.S. and Fantastic Sams, one of the largest salon chains. Trusted by nearly 1,500 brands and over 1.3 million locations worldwide, FranConnect continues to be the industry’s “gold standard” and only platform for driving success across franchises and multi-location businesses, from managing suppliers to supporting brand owners and frontline employees. 

“Partnering with brands like Sonesta, Subway, Fantastic Sams, and many others demonstrates the breadth and depth of our capabilities in franchising. Over the past year, we made a concerted effort to advance our products in the areas of operations, analytics, and AI to solve the hardest problems faced by franchise and multi-location businesses,” said Gabby Wong, CEO of FranConnect. “As the leading and pioneering technology provider supporting franchise and multi-location businesses, we are doubling down on innovation to cement our market leadership position further. Our multi-year product roadmap and M&A activities over this past year demonstrate our dedication to serving this market now and for many years to come.” 

This announcement follows FranConnect’s strategic acquisition of RizePoint, a leading provider of Quality Management Systems (QMS). This is FranConnect’s third acquisition over a four-year period, and it extended FranConnect’s impact beyond franchise brands to serve the broader ecosystem of multi-unit owners and suppliers.  

Over the past year, FranConnect has significantly invested in its products and solutions to help franchise and multi-location businesses tackle their biggest challenges—navigating ever-changing markets and competing constraints while delivering growth to shareholders and exceptional products to consumers. These product investments include: 

  • Launched FranConnect Analytics, empowering brands with real-time, actionable insights derived directly from their data within the FranConnect platform so they can determine where to invest resources that drive the greatest return. Analytics emerged as the company’s top-selling product in 2024. 
  • Embedded enterprise learning management and content creation capabilities to FranConnect’s best-in-class operational platform, further revolutionizing how businesses drive team engagement, brand consistency, and unit performance. As a result, FranConnect achieved record-breaking bookings for its Operator and Frontline Employee Engagement solution. 
  • Unveiled Frannie AI, a suite of AI agents empowering businesses with generative AI bots that automate and simplify critical business processes within multi-location businesses. Agents include Analyzer, Builder, and Automator, with additional agents continuously in development. 
  • Rolled out over 80 product enhancements across the FranConnect platform to ensure solutions remain aligned with customers’ evolving requirements, swiftly incorporating feedback and keeping products at the forefront of innovation while delivering exceptional value. 

FranConnect’s commitment to delivering outstanding customer experiences and fostering continuous innovation led to key appointments and promotions to its leadership team. Lisa Maynard was named Chief Customer Officer (CCO) to oversee all facets of customer operations, focusing on consolidating and unifying the customer experience across all customers and markets. Vikram Raj was promoted to Senior Vice President of Products and Sales Engineering to shape FranConnect’s multi-year product and technology roadmap and ensure alignment across FranConnect’s solutions, customer needs, and market demands. 

“We are excited about the market opportunities ahead and are dedicated to continuously investing in our market, products, and people,” said Gabby Wong, CEO of FranConnect. “Our commitment to innovation will further propel growth and operational excellence for years to come.”

About FranConnect  

FranConnect is the leading enterprise software provider for franchise and multi-location businesses. For over 20 years, the FranConnect platform has served as the backbone for sales, operations, and marketing for over 1,500 brands and one million locations worldwide. Iconic brands such as SPARC/Authentic Brands (Forever 21), Tropical Smoothie Café, Authority Brands, and Papa John’s rely on FranConnect to expand locations, streamline unit operations, enhance collaboration, and improve profitability. Backed by private equity investor Serent Capital, FranConnect is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with global offices in Australia, India, Colombia, and Canada.

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