BJ's Restaurants Appoints New Chief Human Resources Officer
September 11 2006 - 12:44PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI) announced today the
appointment of Tom Norton as Chief Human Resources Officer. Norton
will have full responsibility for the Company's recruiting, talent
development, training, compensation, benefits, performance
evaluation and recognition strategies and programs, and will also
serve as a key member of the Company's leadership team. Norton
replaces Bill Streitberger, who will be leaving the Company at the
end of September. "We are delighted to welcome Tom to BJ's
leadership team," said Jerry Deitchle, President and CEO. "Tom is
very well qualified to lead the development and execution of our
human resource strategies and programs as we continue to execute
our aggressive national growth plan." Since the commencement of his
business career in 1992, Norton was employed by American Golf
Corporation. During the past three years, he served as American
Golf's Senior Vice President for Human Resources. American Golf
Corporation is one of the largest course management firms in the
world with about 170 public, private, and resort courses under
management, and with over 10,000 employees in 28 states. Norton
started his career at American Golf in operations and later
transitioned to the company's human resources organization, serving
as director of management recruiting/training and as Vice President
of Human Resources. Norton earned a BA in business from The
University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Southern
California. "On behalf of our leadership team, I would like to
express my sincere appreciation to Bill Streitberger for all of his
contributions to BJ's success during the past four years,"
commented Deitchle. "Bill joined BJ's at a time when its human
resource systems, processes and capabilities were typical of those
of a very small company, and much work needed to be done. Bill led
the installation of stronger HR systems and processes during the
past four years and thereby facilitated the creation of a much
stronger HR foundation to support the Company's future growth. We
wish Bill the very best in his next venture." BJ's Restaurants,
Inc. currently owns and operates 51 casual dining restaurants under
the BJ's Restaurant and Brewery, BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse or
BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names. BJ's restaurants offer an
innovative and broad menu featuring award-winning, signature
deep-dish pizza complemented with generously portioned salads,
sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts. Quality, flavor,
value, moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct
attributes of the BJ's experience. The Company operates eleven
microbreweries which produce and distribute BJ's critically
acclaimed handcrafted beers throughout the chain. The Company's
restaurants are located in California (34), Texas (7), Arizona (4),
Oregon (3), Colorado (2) and Nevada (1). The Company also has a
licensing interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui. Visit
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. on the web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.
Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs and all other
statements that are not purely historical constitute
"forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby.
These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to
be materially different from those projected or anticipated.
Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not
limited to: (i) our ability to manage an increasing number of new
restaurant openings, (ii) construction delays, (iii) labor
shortages, (iv) minimum wage increases (v) food quality and health
concerns, (vi) factors that impact California, where 34 of our
current 51 restaurants are located, (vii) restaurant and brewery
industry competition, (viii) impact of certain brewery business
considerations, including without limitation, dependence upon
suppliers and related hazards, (ix) consumer trends, (x) potential
uninsured losses and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs
including food and energy, (xii) trademark and servicemark risks,
(xiii) government regulations, (xiv) licensing costs (xv) beer and
liquor regulations, (xvi) loss of key personnel, (xvii) inability
to secure acceptable sites, (xviii) limitations on insurance
coverage, (xix) legal proceedings, (xx) other general economic and
regulatory conditions and requirements, (xxi) and numerous other
matters discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. undertakes no
obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact Greg Levin of BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. (714) 848-3747 ext. 240.
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