HUNTINGTON BEACH Calif. BJ’s Restaurants Inc. said it has named Matt Hood chief marketing officer, a new position on the company’s senior leadership team.
Hood will be responsible for BJ’s marketing, merchandising, concept branding, and research and development in the culinary and beverage areas.
Hood has been a marketing and strategy consultant for restaurants since 2006 and has been Google Inc.’s national restaurant brand consultant. He also has held marketing positions with Carino’s Italian Grill and Brinker International Inc.
BJ’s owns and operates 73 casual-dining restaurants in 12 states and operates several microbreweries, which produce and distribute handcrafted beers throughout the chain.