National Restaurant Association 2026

Posted on June 4, 2026 by Ted Conrad / 0

For the last several years, we’ve exhibited at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) show in Chicago in May. This year, we tweaked our booth a bit, made a new “FireBoard Engagement Center” triangular display table and expanded our marketing efforts supporting the show. All-in-all, it was a great event and we made more connections than in previous years.

Most notably, we shifted our focus to our no subscription fee model for cold storage monitoring. This was well received and the messaging seemed to draw people into our booth.

Of course, the trip to Chicago is always a great time for our team to connect over a steak dinner after the show. This year we caught the L from south of downtown and ended up at Smith & Wollensky, then continued exploring downtown after dinner. Our team consisted of Stephen Zicarelli, Byron Funk and Ted Conrad.

For a full recap of our NRA 2026 trip and the video footage we created, check out all of the following videos:

Day 1 Recap

Day 2 Recap

Day 3 Recap

Day 4 Recap

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Ted Conrad

Ted worked in the investment industry for the first 14 years of his career, focusing on building expert systems and proprietary software to support investment strategies. Always tinkering and soldering with electronics in his spare time, FireBoard has brought together Ted’s passion for not only building businesses and software, but also building hardware to solve simple problems for everyday life.

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