Prior to founding Retail Resources, Ms. Strickler worked as an employee for BP Oil Company and Platinum Rotisserie (the Boston Chicken/Boston Market franchisee for NC, SC and GA), as a consultant for Arby's and Apple South (the largest Applebee's franchisee at the time), and as a principal for Surplus Solutions (managing the national disposition of excess properties for Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut).