Brent Alvord:
CLASS OF 1990
Germantown High SchoolClass of 1990
Germantown, TN
University of MemphisClass of 1996
Memphis, TN
Brent's Story
Life
Graduated from U of Memphis studying Social Work in 1995 then decided to change to business...went to Costa Rica for a Summer to learn Spanish for Intl. MBA program. Met a beautiful woman there who I married 6 mo.'s later (been married since 3/17/96). Never would have planned it. Most of our dates involved me looking up words in a Spanish/English dictionary...until I finally became fluent (and she's perfectly fluent in English nowadays as well). After getting married, switched MBA to finance and then worked in Memphis doing finance for FedEx. Moved to Corporate HQ for Burger King in Miami and then hopped to HQ for AOL Latin America in Ft. Lauderdale. Then switched to take a job at LNR (HQ in South Beach, FL). Wouldn't have left that job for almost anything as I lived and worked 3 blocks from the beach. Got a call from my father asking for my help and a...Expand for more
nd life twisted again. Worked with my father to organize a group of investors to buy the Lenny's Sub Shop Franchisor in August of 2004. Working at Lenny's HQ in Memphis and we have been rapidly growing the business (100+ restaurants open and another 600+ franchises sold and scheduled to open). Lots of hardwork, but lots of fun as well. Still happily married with my wife and we have 2 young boys... Gatlin (born April 2003) and Benjamin (born Dec 2005) -- Best Wishes to All!
Workplace
Lenny's Franchisor HQ
Memphis, TN
President
8/04 to present
LNR Property HQ
Director of Planning and Strategy
Miami, FL
2/03 to 8/04
AOL Latin America HQ
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sr. Manager of Finance and Planning
5/00 to 2/03
Burger King World HQ
Miami, FL
Sr. Financial Analyst
1/99 to 5/00
FedEx World HQ
Memphis, TN
Financial Analyst
8/96 to 1/99
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