Mark Shambura is the chief marketing officer of MOD Pizza, the people-first, purpose-led, fast casual pizza brand founded in Seattle in 2008, and now with 530+ locations across the United States and Canada. He leads overall brand strategy, culinary innovation, communications, creative and digital, including the MOD Rewards program, a community of more than 3.5 million loyalists. Prior to MOD, Mark held several roles at Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. including executive director of marketing, director of brand marketing, and interim head of marketing - overseeing key marketing functions supporting the brands’ 2,400+ restaurants. Prior to Chipotle, Shambura spent eight years at Creative Artists Agency where he helped launch Chipotle’s award-winning “Back to the Start” campaign, hailed by Advertising Age as one of the “Top Campaigns of the Century” as well as developing marketing strategies for Starbucks, Coca-Cola and eBay. Shambura also served as head of brand marketing, senior director at One Kings Lane, the home décor e-commerce platform.
