Hi I’m Linda. I began my career with the best company I’ve ever worked for in 1990 at an Arby’s in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I worked as an Assistant Manager for 8 years, a General Manager for 4 years, a Regional Manager for 4 years, a Director for 4 years, and now the Vice President of Operations for 8 years. There are so many wonderful people working in this company from the front line all the way to the support staff. We have fun at work, and yes, we work hard. The most important thing about our Company is that we respect each and every person on our team and we want you to succeed! We have brought many people up through the ranks that have started as Team Members. Our culture is to promote from within. We are family-oriented and we treat each other as such. We are proud of our food, our Brand, and each other.
I started my career with the Arby's brand in May 1989 as an Assistant Manager. Through hard work, dedication and a strong desire to make a difference, I was promoted to a General Manager in November 1990. Through the next 12 years, I successfully managed 3 restaurants, opened 2 new restaurants, and was able to become a Nationally Certified Training Restaurant. In 2002, I was promoted to Regional Training Supervisor, in which I helped with new store openings, new product roll-outs, and new management and team trainees development.
In 2013, I was promoted to Director of Training, for the company. Since this time, I have had to opportunity to visit every store in the company, meet the wonderful and awesome management teams, and many of the team members. I see a lot of potential in many of these up and coming team members, and would be very excited to see them continue to grow and advance their careers with the company, as so many of our current General Managers and Regional Managers have done.
I started my career with Arby's as a 15 year old looking for my first job. I spent the rest of my high school years as a team member, before working my way into shift management while attending The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee for Business. After a couple of years as an Assistant Manager I became a General Manager at the age of 23. I worked my way up to a Nationally Certified Training Manager and a Regional Manager in Training in 2016, and recently promoted to Regional Manager in 2018.
I started my career after graduating from NDSU for Hotel, Restaurant management. I have worked for a few companies, Pizza Hut, A&W, along with opening the Papa John's franchise in Fargo, North Dakota. An opportunity came to my attention to work for Arby's where I would be managing multiple stores. We work as a team all day everyday to ensure our customers are as happy as we are and even after twelve years, I still enjoy that everyday is different.
I began my career with Arby’s in June 1996 as a General Manager. I started with opening a new Arby’s in my home town of Dickinson, North Dakota. While waiting for the restaurant to be built I traveled to several stores in Montana and North Dakota for training. As the General Manager, I was the training restaurant in North Dakota. I was promoted to Regional Manager in 2000 for Western North Dakota, and I have worked to remodel or open twelve restaurants. I also met Kent, my husband of 17 years while working with the company.
I started my career as a Team Member in beautiful Missoula Montana in 2001 after attending college in Minnesota. Roughly 3 months into my career, I relocated to Billings Montana and continued my career there. Within a few months after arriving in Billings I was promoted to a Shift Manager, then moved up the ladder to an Assistant Manager a year later. After achieving General Manager status, I managed a Nationally Certified Training Store. I was then promoted to Regional Manager in 2008 which is the position I am presently in.
I began working for Arby's as a teenager in Billings, Montana in 1982. I worked my way through the ranks of Team Member, Shift Manager, Assistant Manager, and General Manager. In 1997, I was again promoted to the Regional Manager of Iowa and In 2011 I moved back to my home state and became the Regional Manager of Western Montana. Who knew all of this would be possible when I started as the "salad bar girl" nearly four decades ago?
I began my Arby's career as a Assistant Manager in 1980 working in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I then became a General Manager in 1986 and went on to manage the Arby's in West Allis, Wisconsin. In 2003, I was promoted to Regional Manager of all the Carisch Inc. locations in Wisconsin, later managing the central - southern, Wisconsin area.
At the beginning of my Arby's journey 11 years ago, I never imagined this would be my career. Needing a second job, I started as a team member at one of the Bozeman, MT locations. I steadily moved through the ranks as a Team Trainer, Unit Training Coordinator, Shift Manager, Assistant Manager, General Manager, Regional Manager in Training, and now, Regional Training Supervisor. I could not and can not get enough of Arby's and sharing my passion for training, learning and growing with others. Though we at Carisch, Inc. are a large franchise, it has the feel of a close knit family. I have seen the owner manning the fry station, the President and Vice President lending a hand while visiting stores, the celebration of achievements both personally and professionally by all levels in our organization. This is a company that truly believes in it's people and their ability to achieve their dreams and I am PROUD to be a part of this team.