Taste

Taste is the next gen recommendation engine, leveraging & analyzing current and historical data to improve experiences- starting in the restaurant industry.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Food and Beverage
  • Location Troy, NY, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded June 2016
  • Employees 4
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website thetasteapp.com

Company Summary

The Taste App is a personalized recommendation engine using current and historical data to provide more intelligent results for improved experiences. Our first focus has been on the restaurant industry, where excess time, mass review noise, and overall "customer" dissatisfaction exists.

Team

  • VP, Engineering

    Sean has launched successful digital products within the consumer entertainment, retail and financial technology space for nearly a decade - including one of Europe’s largest underwriters and Spotify.

    At TASTE, Sean takes this experience and provides strategic insight and management across product development, technology infrastructure and customer experience.

  • Marketing Manager

    Nolan has spent close to a decade working in marketing and customer facing roles, including significant time spent at a small NYC research firm as well as experience working for both a digital jukebox company and a minor league baseball team.

    At TASTE, Nolan heads up all market research, marketing strategy, and social media campaigns.

  • Executive Chairman

    Art is a longtime business veteran with over three decades of top level managerial, sales, and operations experience. He has a background in tech and entertainment, holding high level sales and management positions with IBM, McAfee, TouchTunes and Mandalay Baseball.

    At Taste, Art serves as the Executive Chairman, providing advice and insight to help keep Taste on the path to success.

  • Co-founder

    Chris has spent more than a decade in the legal publishing industry, as an enterprise sales executive. He was responsible for launching the first digital eBook platform in the legal market which now generates 25M+ in annual revenue.

    As the co-founder of TASTE, Chris leverages his experience to lead day to day operations, manage product development and is also responsible for Tastes' alliance relationships.

  • Co-founder

    Kevin spent his first 10 professional years learning the intricacies of running, building, and managing a multi dollar family business. He then continued to advance his career through enterprise software roles at ADP and Oracle.

    At TASTE, Kevin is responsible for the execution of the vision, mission, and strategy while overseeing all day to day operations.

Advisors

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