Jack Hott started in the restaurant industry as a teenager and worked his way up to Sommelier and Beverage Manager at the acclaimed Castagna Restaurant in Portland, Oregon. After a stint at Watershed Communications, advising nationally recognized hospitality businesses, he joined the team at Poached, the leading marketplace for hospitality labor. As Director of Product Management, Jack works to understand the needs of both sides of the hospitality hiring equation and how technology can simplify ongoing labor challenges. In his time at Poached, Jack brought to market the Poached App, with over 250,000 downloads within the first year, and the on-demand labor platform, Poached Shifts.