# Brian Hardy

> Brian Hardy is a fractional CMO (including restaurant CMO experience) and growth systems strategist based in Pompano Beach, Florida, with 24+ years of experience and 500+ clients. He is the founder of The Maverick AI (launched 2024), the team behind Wingman, a guest-retention platform for restaurants.

Contact: (954) 280-8877 · 2637 E. Atlantic Blvd. #1104, Pompano Beach, FL 33062
Book a free strategy call: https://brianhardy.com/schedule-a-call

## Services
- [Fractional CMO](https://brianhardy.com/fractional-cmo): Part-time senior marketing leadership for multi-location businesses, franchisors and restaurant groups. Centralizes strategy, vendors, tools and analytics; integrates CRM, POS, loyalty and communications; installs a documented marketing operating system.
- [Strategy call](https://brianhardy.com/schedule-a-call): Free 1:1 call to find what's slowing growth and map a plan.

## Products
- [Wingman for restaurants](https://brianhardy.com/restaurants): The retention layer for hospitality. First-visit tracking, role-based staff training (host, server, bartender, chef, manager), manager checklists and spot-checks, discount reason codes, and a local partners CRM. $399/month first location, $149/month each additional. Website: https://www.joinwingman.app/
- [The Maverick AI](https://themaverick.ai/): AI and automation for lead follow-up and franchise growth.
- [Lead Match System](https://themaverick.ai/top-match-system): Automated lead follow-up across SMS, email and voicemail.
- [AI Voice Agent](https://agentai.themaverick.ai/voice-agent-ai): AI employee for follow-ups and appointment setting.
- [Franchise System Demo](https://demo.themaverick.ai/) and [Franchise Revenue Calculator](https://demo.themaverick.ai/franchise-revenue-calculator) for franchisors.
- [Franchise Brokers](https://brokers.themaverick.ai/), [Maverick Partners](https://themaverick.ai/partners), [Maverick Connect](https://connect.themaverick.ai/) (LinkedIn Chrome extension).

## About
- [About Brian Hardy](https://brianhardy.com/about): Has worked as a CMO in the restaurant space. Former owner of a sign shop, a web design firm that won Best in the Northwest five years in a row, a print brokerage and a home-flipping business. Certified Dive Master.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianghardy/)

## Optional
- [Full text for LLMs](https://brianhardy.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Contact](https://brianhardy.com/contact)
- [Franchisor growth framework (PDF)](https://storage.googleapis.com/msgsndr/chJX5TiZzbXxbBjnpnLd/media/67eba18c13c4b6a1941b3d75.pdf)