On Tuesday, May 29, Technori Pitch featured keynote Nick Kokonas – owner of Alinea, Next, and The Aviary. Kokonas is an innovator of fine dining, implementing unorthodox point-of-sale strategy and other mechanisms, to elevate and increase efficency in the dining experience. In so doing he provided world-renown Chef Grant Achatz with a sound business platform to perform his creative mastery.

During the keynote, Kokonas discussed his entrepreneurial story in the food industry, and his vision for utilizing technology to rethink point-of-sale consumer transactions. He also had a few things to say about the evils of Powerpoint and the glory of good ramen. See it for yourself here.

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About the author

Val Chulamorkodt

@Technori

Val is a lawyer by day and new media enthusiast by night. Her tech endeavors include blogging for TheFootballGirl.com, as well as managing social media projects for the American Bar Association’s International Law Division and serving as the Director of New Media for OWIT Chicago. Val enjoys consuming and burning calories. Her favorite sushi roll is the Crazy Horse from Sushi Toro.