Denny's Names Aaron Howard Chief Operating Officer

{
  "signal_id": "076aed20-bbdd-f670-c2c7-f66c29e7da6d",
  "signal_type": "news",
  "signal_subtype": "hires",
  "detected_at": "2026-07-07T18:26:00+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Denny's",
    "domain": "dennys.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/07/3323578/23968/en/Denny-s-Names-Aaron-Howard-Chief-Operating-Officer.html",
    "title": "Denny's Names Aaron Howard Chief Operating Officer",
    "contact": "Aaron Howard",
    "excerpt": "SPARTANBURG, S.C., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Denny’s Corp. today announced the appointment of Aaron Howard as Chief Operating Officer, bringing a proven restaurant operator into the business as the brand sharpens its focus on execution, guest experience, profitable traffic and stronger restaurant-level performance across the franchise system. Howard joins Denny’s with decades of operating leadership across some of the restaurant industry’s most recognized brands, including CKE Restaurants, Cracker Barrel and RGS, parent company of O’Charley’s and 99 Restaurants. Across those systems, he has led field operations, built accountable teams, supported operators and improved the daily execution that drives guest satisfaction, repeat visits, stronger unit economics and sustainable performance. “Aaron is an operator,” said Chris Bode, President and Chief Executive Officer of Denny’s. “He understands how performance is created in the field, inside restaurants and through teams that are clear, supported and accountable. His focus will be where performance is won or lost: in the restaurants, with operators and teams, and in the guest experience that brings people back. As we continue to strengthen value, relevance, profitable traffic and restaurant-level profitability, Aaron’s leadership will be critical to how we raise execution across the franchise system.” Howard joins Denny’s...",
    "summary": "Denny's has appointed Aaron Howard as its new Chief Operating Officer.",
    "location": "Spartanburg, S.C.",
    "planning": false,
    "image_url": "https://ml.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/2c21fcfd-8171-41f5-8d76-16b88856879a",
    "job_title": "Chief Operating Officer",
    "confidence": 0.95,
    "published_at": "2026-07-07T18:26:00Z",
    "location_data": [
      {
        "city": "Spartanburg",
        "state": "South Carolina",
        "region": "Northern America",
        "country": "United States",
        "continent": "Americas",
        "fuzzy_match": false
      }
    ],
    "effective_date": "2026-07-07",
    "job_title_tags": [
      "directors",
      "operations"
    ],
    "article_sentence": "Denny’s Corp. today announced the appointment of Aaron Howard as Chief Operating Officer, bringing a proven restaurant operator into the business as the brand sharpens its focus on execution, guest experience, profitable traffic and stronger restaurant-level performance across the franchise system."
  }
}

curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/076aed20-bbdd-f670-c2c7-f66c29e7da6d \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"dennys.com","limit":20}'