Kenneth Knief is a hospitality financial strategist who helps restaurant and bar operators understand, apply, and operationalize their numbers. With entrepreneurial leadership, academic grounding, advisory work, and hands-on execution experience, Ken turns complex financial data into practical, revenue-driving action.

Kenneth has accumulated more than 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, stemming from his passion for cooking as a child. He has operated a successful hospitality and management consulting company, Hospitality Resource Group, for the past 20 years. Kenneth's expertise has been tapped to conceive, develop, build, and scale numerous award-winning multi-million dollar concepts and platforms.

A native New Yorker, he humbly began his restaurant career in the cafeteria at Fordham University before reaching the pinnacle of his career as a multi-million-dollar operational executive. After establishing himself as a Professional Chef in a few restaurants in the New York, San Diego and Washington DC areas, he found himself in the Annapolis, MD market and opened his own tropical themed restaurant.

Kenneth continued to utilize his leadership and operational abilities applying them to numerous multi-million-dollar, multi-unit organizations. While speaking at numerous conferences and conventions he continues to operate a successful restaurant management coaching and consulting business.