Olo Founder & CEO Noah Glass on Spendgo & Olo Loyalty: ICR Conference 2026

Exec Edge hosted a fireside chat at the ICR Conference 2026 with Noah Glass, founder and Chief Executive Officer at Olo. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone, and they discussed the advantages for Olo of having been acquired by leading PE firm Thoma Bravo in a take-private deal last year, the company’s acquisition of Spendgo, an industry loyalty platform for restaurants and the creation of “Olo Loyalty”, among other topics.

About Noah Glass

Noah Glass is the founder and CEO of Olo, a leading restaurant technology provider with ordering, payment, and guest engagement solutions that help brands increase orders, streamline operations, and improve the guest experience. He began working in the foodservice industry twenty years ago, serving as a cashier, server, bartender, and delivery driver. In 2005, Noah started Olo, where his work with mobile ordering pre-dates the iPhone. Today, over 750 restaurant brands trust Olo to grow their digital ordering and delivery programs, increase operational efficiency, and make every guest feel like a regular. Noah was named #1 on the 2020 Nation’s Restaurant News Power List and serves on the Board of Share Our Strength and the Board of Trustees for the Culinary Institute of America.

About Olo

Olo is the leading technology platform purpose-built for restaurants, helping brands increase orders, streamline operations, and improve the guest experience through ordering, payment, and guest engagement solutions. Each day, Olo processes millions of orders, gathering the right data from each touchpoint into a single source—so restaurants can better understand and better serve every guest on every channel, every time. Over 750 restaurant brands trust Olo and its network of more than 400 integration partners to innovate on behalf of the restaurant community, accelerating technology’s positive impact and creating a world where every restaurant guest feels like a regular.

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