Scott Scherer is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc. Jersey Mike’s, a fast casual franchise restaurant chain known for its authentic fresh sliced/fresh grilled subs, grew from one sub shop at the Jersey Shore in 1956 to more than 2,500 locations nationwide. The company appears for the third year on Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 Top 10 list (#7 in 2021).

Scott joined in 2004, when Jersey Mike’s was in its relative infancy with only 220 stores across the country. He was one of two technology team members at a time when there was no POS and the restaurants used Sharp cash registers.

Today, Scott leads an internal IT department of nearly 50 team members and over 40 consultants. He is responsible for all technology design and deployment for Jersey Mike’s restaurants.

In 2019, he led his team in the digital transformation of Jersey Mike’s IT infrastructure and management, creating an entirely new Infrastructure for the company’s new mobile apps and POS.

Under Scott’s leadership, Jersey Mike’s won a 2021 Industry Hero Award from Hospitality Technology, 2015 CIO 100 Award by CIO magazine and two Hospitality Technology Restaurant Breakthrough Awards, in 2014 and 2012, for the company’s single proprietary, fully integrated technology platform.