Experience the Careertopia difference.

Our company was launched in 2019 by Gary Gardner, Chairman of Franchise Update Media, Tom Portesy, former President & CEO of MFV Expositions and Scott Lehr, former Executive Vice President with the International Franchise Association. Our President and COO, Sean Falk, has served as Client Executive/Franchise Development Leader with Hylant Insurance and Vice President of Franchising at Safeway Driving. He also has many years of experience as a franchisee of eight different brands across the U.S. Collectively, we have over one hundred years of experience in franchising, building relationships and connecting franchise companies with qualified franchise executives.

Our franchise executive search company was established with the mission to help franchise companies build out and grow their teams with high-quality executives. Careertopia’s focus is working with franchise companies that cross more than 100 different industry categories that use the franchise model to grow.