Inspire Brands Welcomes New CTO Yasir Anwar to Oversee Technology Strategy for Iconic Restaurant Brands

Raghu Sagi has left Inspire Brands, a restaurant holding company that includes popular brands like Dunkin’, Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Baskin-Robbins. He was the Chief Information and Technology Officer for the company. In his place is Yasir Anwar, who has been named the Chief Technology Officer of Inspire Brands.

Anwar brings over two decades of technology leadership experience to the company, which has generated over $30 billion in digital sales across its restaurant portfolio. He most recently served as the Chief Technology and Digital Officer for Williams-Sonoma and has held technology leadership roles at companies like Macy’s, Walmart, and Wells Fargo.

As the new CTO of Inspire Brands, Anwar will be responsible for overseeing product and data engineering, technology operations, architecture, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, and infrastructure and development operations. He is eager to contribute to the organization and enhance the work of the technology teams to drive the technology strategy for the iconic brands under Inspire.