Barry Westrum - Brand Innovators

Barry Westrum

Chief Marketing Officer, Taco John's

With over 20 years of food and beverage marketing experience, M. Barry Westrum, was named Chief Marketing Officer for Taco John’s International in May, 2020.   Prior to Taco John’s, Westrum was CMO for Del Taco in Southern California, leading their aggressive growth plans in both existing markets and new markets in the Mid-west and Southeastern parts of the country.  Westrum previously served as Executive Vice President of Marketing for International Dairy Queen. Barry also has 17 years of experience leading several concepts within Yum! Brands, most recently as Chief Marketing Officer at KFC. He also served as Chief Marketing Officer at A&W and Long John Silver’s Brands, and as Senior Director of Brand Marketing at Taco Bell.