3SP

The team

Operators first. Then the search firm.

Client Work is who we recruit for. This page is who ran the restaurants before 3SP existed — mapped onto the five practices we sell. Brands hire this team for C-level through store managers — and the corporate departments behind a growth brand. If a vertical cannot point at a restaurant we actually operated, we do not pretend.

115+
Combined years
4
Named partners
6
Restaurants we ran
5
Practices

Founder

  • JI

    Jeff Iovino

    SVP of Business Development & Strategy

    Business development and growth strategy — the conversations that turn a search into a longer partnership.

    • Capital Advisory
    • Real Estate
    • Project Mgmt
  • KH

    Kristopher Horton

    VP of People Operations

    People operations for the search side of the house — client slates, the talent network, and how a bench actually gets built.

    • Recruitment
    • Management Dev
  • TB

    Tyler Burnell

    Senior Recruiter

    Live searches and candidate slate. Compensation on the board. No 40-resume dump.

    • Recruitment

Recruitment

The people who grow the brand.

C-level through store manager — then finance, marketing, tech, people, development, purchasing, and facilities.

  • Don BaileyFounder & CEO
  • Kristopher HortonVP of People Operations
  • Tyler BurnellSenior Recruiter

  • Boston Harbor Hotel

    Operated · Boston, MA

    F&B manager across every outlet in the hotel — wine program, bars, and service.

  • Aquitaine Group

    Operated · South End, Boston, MA

    GM, then Area GM — Aquitaine, Metropolis Café, and UNION Bar & Grill as the group grew from two restaurants to seven.

  • bartaco

    Operated · CT · NY · VA · Atlanta

    GM then Area Director — West Hartford, Westport, Stamford, Port Chester, Reston, and three Atlanta restaurants. First internal promote to AD.

  • Patina Restaurant Group

    Operated · New York · Los Angeles

    VP of Operations — multi-unit fine dining. People systems, product cadence, and the space between restaurants.

  • Blues Coastal Bar & Grill

    Owned · Independent FSR

    Operator-partner on an independent full-service restaurant — P&L, people, and the capital stack.

Real Estate

The next four walls.

Site work and new-market restaurants, not a listing service with a hospitality logo.

  • Don BaileyFounder & CEO
  • Jeff IovinoSVP of Business Development & Strategy

  • Jerry Remy's

    Opened · Boston, MA

    Opening GM, 2009–2012. Pre-opening construction, design, investor relations, F&B programming, and training.

  • bartaco

    Operated · CT · NY · VA · Atlanta

    GM then Area Director — West Hartford, Westport, Stamford, Port Chester, Reston, and three Atlanta restaurants. First internal promote to AD.

Management Dev

Leaders who survive unit five.

Area directors and internal promotes — the same muscle 3SP installs for clients.

  • Don BaileyFounder & CEO
  • Kristopher HortonVP of People Operations

  • Boston Harbor Hotel

    Operated · Boston, MA

    F&B manager across every outlet in the hotel — wine program, bars, and service.

  • Aquitaine Group

    Operated · South End, Boston, MA

    GM, then Area GM — Aquitaine, Metropolis Café, and UNION Bar & Grill as the group grew from two restaurants to seven.

  • Jerry Remy's

    Opened · Boston, MA

    Opening GM, 2009–2012. Pre-opening construction, design, investor relations, F&B programming, and training.

  • bartaco

    Operated · CT · NY · VA · Atlanta

    GM then Area Director — West Hartford, Westport, Stamford, Port Chester, Reston, and three Atlanta restaurants. First internal promote to AD.

  • Patina Restaurant Group

    Operated · New York · Los Angeles

    VP of Operations — multi-unit fine dining. People systems, product cadence, and the space between restaurants.

  • Blues Coastal Bar & Grill

    Owned · Independent FSR

    Operator-partner on an independent full-service restaurant — P&L, people, and the capital stack.

Project Mgmt

Owner's rep to opening day.

Pre-opening construction, design, and first-service — then we staff the restaurant.

  • Don BaileyFounder & CEO
  • Jeff IovinoSVP of Business Development & Strategy

  • Jerry Remy's

    Opened · Boston, MA

    Opening GM, 2009–2012. Pre-opening construction, design, investor relations, F&B programming, and training.

  • bartaco

    Operated · CT · NY · VA · Atlanta

    GM then Area Director — West Hartford, Westport, Stamford, Port Chester, Reston, and three Atlanta restaurants. First internal promote to AD.

  • Patina Restaurant Group

    Operated · New York · Los Angeles

    VP of Operations — multi-unit fine dining. People systems, product cadence, and the space between restaurants.

Capital Advisory

The stack behind the brand.

Investor conversations from the operator side of the table.

  • Don BaileyFounder & CEO
  • Jeff IovinoSVP of Business Development & Strategy

  • Jerry Remy's

    Opened · Boston, MA

    Opening GM, 2009–2012. Pre-opening construction, design, investor relations, F&B programming, and training.

  • Blues Coastal Bar & Grill

    Owned · Independent FSR

    Operator-partner on an independent full-service restaurant — P&L, people, and the capital stack.

Need the practice, not the pitch deck.

Hiring a president. Filling a GM. Staffing finance. Opening a restaurant. Raising capital. Tell us which door you are walking through — we will put the named partner on it.