Las Vegas · Marketing Leader & Builder

I market restaurants.
Turns out I also build things.

Brand strategy, CRM, and guest growth for multi-unit restaurants. Plus the apps, tools, and dashboards I built along the way because nobody else would.

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What I do

The marketing side.

Executive-level ownership across the full guest journey, from first impression to tenth visit.

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Brand & Campaigns

National programs across QSR and hospitality. From LTO launches to loyalty campaigns, creative tied to revenue.

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CRM & Lifecycle

Segmentation, automation, retention. I build the frameworks and own the numbers: frequency, reactivation, LTV.

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Data & Reporting

POS data, check averages, promo performance. I don't wait for reports. I build the dashboards myself.

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Leadership

It's important to work cross functionally. Operations, culinary, finance, tech. The job isn't just marketing. It's making everything move together.

Things I've built

The builder side.

No coding background. Just a problem to solve.

Shipped

ZingSpring

Mobile App

My doctor told me I was dehydrated. So I built a hydration tracker with a leaderboard. Started as a web app. Now it's on TestFlight, and my friends and I compete across cities.

Visit site → Shipped

Apple Music MCP

Developer Tool

I saw a blog post with GAP store playlists and wanted them in Apple Music. One thing led to another and I built a tool that can recreate any concert setlist as a playlist.

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Internal

Sales Dashboard

Ops Tool

Weekly sales data from multiple sources, consolidated and automated. That manual process doesn't exist anymore.

In progress

Health App

iOS App

I'm rebuilding my fitness from the ground up, so I built the app to match. Check-ins, strength, Zone 2 cardio, protein, hydration, GLP-1 tracking, built to work as well on the wrist as it does in your pocket.

Classified

The Secret One

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Built a game. It's Vegas-themed. It might show up at work someday. That's all I'm saying.

Writing

The Notes.

Essays and notes on marketing, building, and everything in between.

July 9, 2026

I read hundreds of restaurant emails so you don't have to

A months-long, accidental study of 22 restaurant brands, one Gmail inbox, and everything they got right and wrong. I am signed up for a lot of rest…

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May 10, 2026

I built an app because my doctor said I was thirsty

My doctor told me I was dehydrated. Not just "drink more water." It was actually affecting my health. I thought I was fine. I was not. I have an Ow…

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April 15, 2026

I built a tool that turns concert setlists into Apple Music playlists

Music is life's great pleasure. A friend sent me a DM. A GAP store playlist. It led to a blog with a ton of them. Fire tracks, all of it. But they …

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From my kitchen

Everyday Fire.

Real food, real flavors. Weeknight stuff that punches above its weight. Bold, spice-forward home cooking, nothing fussy.

June 2026

Meal Prep Chicken Tikka

Bold South Asian spiced chicken thighs, air fried until charred and juicy. Built for rice bowls and meal prep.
May 2026

Masala Mac

Boxed mac, hijacked by a real masala base. Creamy, spicy, weeknight pantry meal. 25 minutes.
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How I work

Paste a brief. Get my approach.

This is how I'd solve your problems.

Drop in a business challenge, a marketing brief, or a problem you're trying to solve. I'll tell you how I'd tackle it, in my own words. Try me. See if we can do this together.

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Dave Nadkarni
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Let's talk.

Based in Las Vegas. Always up for a good conversation about food, marketing, or whatever I've been building lately.

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