- Director of Growth
Ellen graduated with a degree in finance from UCSD, becoming a consultant for the prestigious Accenture Consulting firm. There Ellen facilitated the growth initiatives and improvements of some top Fortune 100 companies. Even though Ellen was consulting big business, she was destined for entrepreneurial greatness. Ellen’s father was a very successful industrialist in Taiwan, teaching her the values of leading through empowerment and the rewards of building a thriving business from just a good idea and a lot of passion.
She honed her business acumen at the marketing firm of Suissa Miller, then at the dot com start-up Target Marketing Interactive. After being part of the internet success of the 1990’s, Ellen Chen invested in a start-up restaurant concept, Skew’s.
Ellen has been the principle investor and business manager of Skew’s, CASA, and the Mendocino Farm’s concepts. She continues to offer the restaurant group a big business perspective with an entrepreneur’s passion.
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