Michael Chachula has led technology for some of the most recognizable consumer brands in the world — and written the books on what he learned in the chair. He founded Chachula Group to share both: the frameworks and the fire.
Michael is a Chief Information Officer with a track record spanning global restaurant, hospitality, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and financial services organizations — including executive technology leadership at Propelled Brands, FAT Brands, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Dine Brands / IHOP, with earlier chapters at HARMAN International, Avery Dennison, Novartis, and HSBC. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor's degree from DePaul University.
He is the best-selling author of The Chachula Method™ series, including Artificial Efficiency and The Weight of the Chair, and the creator of the Four Houses™ framework used by leadership teams to align purpose, people, process, and platform.
And he is a survivor — of cancer, of COVID, of accidents that should have ended more than a career. That warrior spirit shapes everything Chachula Group does: a positive, never-quit outlook, matched with the discipline of an operator who knows that hope is not a strategy but it is one hell of a fuel.
Of business and technology leadership across six industries, from the data center floor to the boardroom.
Technology strategy and execution for multi-brand, multi-unit franchise organizations operating at national and international scale.
Multiple books distilling the lessons into The Chachula Method™ — now used in keynotes, workshops, and leadership teams nationwide.
Every keynote, workshop, and corporate program is led personally by Michael. When an event or publication calls for specialized depth, Chachula Group draws on a curated network of senior operators assembled over three decades. You get the focus of a boutique with the reach of a firm, without the overhead of either.
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