Robert Linder (MBA ’09) | October 2024

Linder (MBA 2009) has served as the chief financial officer of Lazy Dog Restaurants since June 2016, overseeing finance, accounting and supply chain. 

Prior to joining Lazy Dog, he served in various finance roles at Bloomin’ Brands, most recently as the concept chief financial officer and senior director of finance at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar from 2013 to 2016, where he was responsible for overall finance and productivity initiatives. Before that, Linder spent eleven years in various accounting and finance roles at Bloomin’ Brands, Inc where he helped the corporate finance team deliver on the requirements of Bloomin’ Brands 2012 IPO.