S6 E10: Tommy Yionoulis, OpsAnalitica

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🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Tommy Yionoulis has a traditional tech founder st4ry... via hotel, restaurant and standup comedy route. But in all seriousness, his Dad was literally a rocket scientist, and his Mom was a software engineer. Tommy diverted away from tech initially, and did the restaurant thing before jumping headfirst into stand up comedy, doing it for 10 years along side several hospitality businesses. When I asked him to tell me a joke, he said his jokes weren't podcast ready. After he got tired of the lifestyle, he went back to school, got his MBA, met his wife, graduate and started working for Quiznos. He's married with kids, and they live in Colorado - so he likes to cycle, paddle boarding, and being outdoors with his family. He also likes a good cigar now and then. Tommy worked his way up and through the Quiznos organization, specifically landing in ops services. When Quiznos took a turn for the worst, he was tasked with figuring out audit reporting. Through his time there, and through some consulting, he created a solution that got the attention of Which Wich... and validated that the market wanted his solution. This is the creation story of OpsAnalitica. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Cash App Green, overdraft coverage, borrow, cash back offers and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. * Check out Plaud AI and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://plaud.ai Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	In 2013, we were going to fire this kid because he had screwed something up royally.
0:04.3	But we had to do the whole process.
0:06.1	So we were like, okay, we're going to put him on an action plan and start giving him training
0:10.4	and see if we can turn him around, which we ended up doing.
0:13.8	But I said, hey, build that thing that I built at Quiznos, like I needed a project for him.
0:18.8	You know, build that audit platform I built at Quiznos, but let's build it for daily checklists. And so he did. And we threw it up on LinkedIn and
0:27.7	which which called. And they were like, hey, we want to buy this. And I'm like, well, it's kind of a
0:32.3	thought experiment right now. And I was like, I could build it for you for like 60 grand. And they're like, eh, I'm Tommy Inolus, and I am one of the co-founders here at Ops Analytica.
0:47.7	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries, who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.4	I'm your host, Noah Lappart.
1:04.0	And today, how Tommy Yianolus created a unified way to view real-time data for multi-store locations.
1:13.6	All this and more. On-Cote Story.
1:19.6	Tommy Anolus has a traditional tech founder story via hotel, restaurant, and stand-up comedy route.
1:26.6	But in all seriousness, his dad was literally a rocket scientist,
1:30.6	and his mom was a software engineer.
1:32.8	Tommy diverted away from tech initially and did the restaurant thing
1:35.9	before jumping headfirst into stand-up comedy,
1:38.6	doing it for 10 years alongside several hospitality businesses.
1:42.4	When I asked him to tell me a joke,
1:43.9	he said his jokes weren't podcast ready.
1:46.5	After he got tired of the lifestyle, he went back to school, got his MBA, met his wife,
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