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BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR TASTY ASIA RESTAURANTS 5 - MANAGEMENT Diana Benzakour brings her culinary skills to the kitchen; having grown up and being exposed to the restaurant business. Her grandparents opened their first Vietnamese restaurant in St. Paul, MN in 1985. Her parents followed AM, with their own restaurant in St. Paul, MN near the state capital in 1991. Diana was constantly surrounded by good cooks in her family-grandmother, mother, and aunts. She went on to study Dental Hygiene at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1991. She practiced dental hygiene for 13 years but felt the strong pull of the restaurant business like the rest of her family. Her passion is cooking, baking, and creating food items. She has many resources to turn to for guidance and advice. Diana is fluent in English, French and Vietnamese. Chakib Benzakour immigrated to Boston, MA in 1987. Not speaking a word of English, he started to work in the kitchen of Au Bon Pain as a dishwasher, where he quickly moved up the ladder within 6 months, from cashier to lead baker and finally assistant manager. While working at Au Bon Pain, Chakib attended Wentworth Institute of Technology - o where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Computer Technology. He then worked as a Sales Engineer from 1995 to 2003 at Electro Sales, Inc. where he headed the Management Information Systems department. He has experience and knowledge in the operation and management of a fast food service restaurant such as forecasting production, crew management, hiring, inventory management and ordering, sanitation as well as weekly profit and loss reporting and many other related tasks. His expertise in computer engineer allowed him to design the restaurant website and to update and maintain it, which is critical to the on-line ordering system. His other skills also include fluency in not only English, but French and Spanish as well. Confidential Page- 5 - 2/16/200'