Sapphire
Darren Cuffie
Title
Director, Network Engineering and Operations
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-cuffie-2757405a/
Small Talk Topics
- Loves Colorado
- A military guy
- Loves golf
Company
Inspire Brands
Company Description
Inspire is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 32,600 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.
Industry
Food & Beverage
HQ Location
Atlanta, Georgia
# of Branches
32,600
Revenue
$30B
Sales Rep
Brian Klinger
Current Solutions & Services
- Managed UTM
- Managed Business Continuity
- PCIaaS
- Managed Broadband
- Managed Switches
- EDI
- Managed WiFi
- Professional Deployment
We also partner heavily with Inspire Brands Foundation to positively impact youth.
Current Opportunities
- Just signed Baskin Robbins to Managed UTM, Managed AP and PCIaaS with optional Managed BB, Biz Continuity and BYOC.
- Next we are focused on signing Arby’s and BWW’s franchisees (we already manage all the corporate stores).
- We continue to grow new business with Dunkin’.
Share of Wallet Monthly Recurring Charges $
$3M+ per month
Issues and/or Executive Support Requested
Account is healthy.
On-Site Updates
Submitted on March 12, 2025 at 8:10 pm by Marybeth Pearce
BR – expects franchisees to opt in for cellular backup due to impacts of downtime.
Dunkin – needs help on Aramark agreement for Bostons Children’s Hospital and Walmart
Roark doesn’t have any influence or input
Next goal is to go public but 2024 was too thin to do it then. Expects to go public before next acquisition. All functions strive for rhe “one inspire” mission
Submitted on March 16, 2025 at 9:10 pm by Marybeth Pearce
Took Darren to GOAT Lounge for lunch on Thursday. Darren was an Honorary Observer on Thursday and accompanied by Mark Munson.