Omar Omran

Omar Jacques Omran was named Chief Digital Officer of Six Flags in August 2022. Prior to Six Flags, Mr. Omran worked for Welbilt from October 2019 to August 2022. He was the Vice President of Digital Transformation at Welbilt and Managing Director of Welbilt’s KitchenConnect brand. Welbilt is the one of the largest commercial kitchen equipment manufacturers in the world. Under Mr. Omran’s leadership KitchenConnect became the biggest cloud platform in the foodservice industry globally, connecting any smart equipment in a restaurant. He also founded the largest smart restaurant ecosystem, backed-up by some of the biggest technology companies. Prior to joining Welbilt, Mr. Omran was responsible for digital offerings at Middleby from July 2016 to August 2019. He founded Middleby Connect (known today as Open Kitchen), which became one of the largest cloud platforms in the food service industry. Mr. Omran has an entrepreneurial background and co-founded several technology companies (Live Love, TeraNotes, and Virtual Software). He also created the most accurate malaria detection software in the world. Mr. Omran holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at MIT.