Hey there, welcome to Takeaway with Sam Ocus, a podcast from Nation's Restaurant News. I am Sam Ocas,

editor-in-chief here at NRN, and this is the show where I give you an all-access pass to the restaurant

industry's most influential decision-makers. This week, I'm sharing a conversation that I had with

Rachel Neymouth, the co-founder and CEO of Opus Training, and Christine Schindler, the co-founder and CEO of PathSpot.

These two companies offer valuable services for the restaurant industry.

Opus is a training platform for frontline hospitality employees, while PathSpot is a system

for restaurants that detects harmful contaminants on

the hands of employees.

That's right.

These are two very different products that nevertheless are both designed to protect your

employees and the experience that your employees can offer your guests.

I was excited to welcome Rachel and Christine to the

podcast to share the unique perspective of vendors who are serving the restaurant industry,

but also to get a glimpse at what it's like for these two young leaders who are building

companies designed to meet the needs of the restaurant of the future. I talked with Rachel and

Christine in the fall shortly after we all

attended the Prosper Forum, an event focused on leadership and diversity within the restaurant

industry. And we talked about those two critical subjects, but also about their role as

startup leaders, how they're developing their own teams, how they continue to innovate in order to serve

the needs of their restaurant clients, and what they believe restaurants need to do to

enhance their recruitment and retention. Jumping now into my interview with Opus Training CEO,

Rachel Neymouth, and PathSpot CEO, Christine Schindler. There won't be any takeaways today, so I hope you

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