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Ellis Winstanley

Restauranteur | Tech CEO | Board Member • Texas | Costa Rica

📍 United States🔄 Updated November 2026💼 4 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2026
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Investor & Advisor
Jan 2023
Highly Responsive and Experienced Event Booking Service for Restaurants and Event Centers focused on servicing quality establishments that want to professionalize their event experience, optimize event profits, and capture the immense marketing opportunity from having clients bring their friends, family and colleagues to their venue!
early stageEvents Services
Investor & Advisor
Jan 2016
Garra specializes in high end land restoration, management and development in the golf and ranch industries of Texas.
Experience · 17 entries
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2026
Board Member
Jan 2026
At the National Restaurant Association, we strive to help every one of our members build customer loyalty, find financial success and provide rewarding careers in foodservice. Todays restaurant industry is growing rapidly. As the nations second-largest private sector employer, more than 15 million people work in the industry across 1 million locations. The industry is projected to contribute nearly $863 billion to the economy for 2019. Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry. Together with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, the Association works to lead America’s restaurant industry into a new era of prosperity, prominence and participation, enhancing the quality of life for all we serve. The annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show is the largest single gathering of restaurant, foodservice and lodging professionals in the world. The 2020 Show will be held May 16-19 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event attracts attendees and visitors from all 50 states and 100+ countries, and showcases more products, services, innovative ideas and other growth opportunities than any other industry event. For more information, visit the Show website at https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We strongly encourage women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans to apply for our job openings. This commitment supports our policy of developing and capitalizing on the abilities of all our team members, as well as selecting, developing and promoting those who are best qualified
2023
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
Jun 2023
LATAM based product manufacturing for the US market.
Investor & Advisor
Jan 2023
Highly Responsive and Experienced Event Booking Service for Restaurants and Event Centers focused on servicing quality establishments that want to professionalize their event experience, optimize event profits, and capture the immense marketing opportunity from having clients bring their friends, family and colleagues to their venue!
early stageEvents Services
Co-Founder & Managing Principal
Jan 2023
Multi-Industry investment & management: hospitality, software, real estate, sourcing, event, staffing
2022
Co-Founder & President
Mar 2022
Texa-Rica is a dynamic remote staffing agency in both Austin, Texas and Costa Rica, with a growing presence in the Philippines and Mexico. We seamlessly connect and support the employment of highly skilled professionals in Costa Rica, the Philippines, and Mexico by US-based companies that are looking for remote teammates. We specialize in long-term team member placements with companies who are culture focused.
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