Adam Morton is the director of IT engineering & restaurant technology at CKE Restaurants, Inc., where he leads enterprise-wide technology initiatives across restaurant systems, network, and telecom infrastructure. With over eight years at CKE and extensive experience in senior IT leadership, Adam specializes in driving digital transformation, cloud architecture, network security, and infrastructure optimization for over 2,500 domestic restaurant locations.
Throughout his tenure at CKE, Adam has spearheaded major technical initiatives, including a full domestic restaurant POS rollout, architecting a full-stack SD-WAN enterprise roll-out across stores, managing data center migrations, and automating workflows using Python and network APIs. He excels at bridging the gap between core IT engineering and store operations, ensuring restaurant systems remain highly available, secure, and resilient.