Washington, DC

Data Scientist,
Technologist,
& Kebab Fan.

Chief Data Scientist and Director of Technology by day. Builder of data programs, cultures, and restaurants by nature. Formerly leading data at CAVA, now at the intersection of food, technology, and whatever the data says next.

Data Science Restaurant Tech Behavioral Economics Design Thinking ⚽ Liverpool FC ☕ Coffee 🥙 Kebabs
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Data Science
95
Restaurant Tech
90
Statistics
92
Design Thinking
85
Kebab Ranking
99
10+
Years in data & tech
2×
GW Statistics degrees
5
Kebab Bureau locations
∞
LFC matches tracked
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Career Timeline

2019 – Present
The Kebab Bureau
Founder & Owner
Opened DC's premier kebab destination, combining a lifelong passion for fire-cooked food with hard-won expertise in restaurant technology and data-driven operations. Now five locations strong across Washington, DC.
Current
PXY Data
Founder & Chief Data Scientist
A data design agency helping restaurant and retail brands solve complex business problems using customer insights and smart technology. Bridging the gap between raw data and real decisions.
Several years
CAVA
Chief Data Scientist & Director of Technology
Built an award-winning culture of data at one of the fastest-growing Mediterranean restaurant brands in the US. Deployed sensor networks, built custom benchmarks, and made both internal operations and the guest experience measurably smarter. Helped CAVA scale from a regional brand to a national presence.
Earlier career
Gamechanger · LivingSocial · CFPB
Data Science Roles
Data science positions spanning consumer technology, e-commerce, and government finance — building the cross-industry foundation that would define a decade of impact in food tech and beyond.
Education
George Washington University
B.S. & M.S. in Statistics
Both undergraduate and graduate degrees from GWU's statistics program — the quantitative bedrock for everything that followed.
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Speaking & Press

FSTec Conference
Building a Data Culture in Fast Casual
How to ask the right questions, collect the right data, and actually get a restaurant organization to trust the numbers.
Tech Tables Next
The Smart Restaurant: Sensors, Behavior & the Guest Experience
A deep dive into environmental sensing, noise levels, and what the data actually reveals about how guests experience your space.
MURTEC 2019
10 Years at the Intersection of Physical & Digital
Spanning e-commerce, finance, and the restaurant floor — how consumer technology thinking transforms hospitality operations.
General Assembly
Data Science in the Real World
Bringing practical, industry-honed data science instruction to the next generation — including why spreadsheets still matter.
Fast Company
Featured Contributor
Writing on behavioral economics, consumer-centric technology design, and what restaurants can learn from other industries.
Center for Data Innovation
Data Science at CAVA: A Q&A
On scaling data programs, surprising sensor data, and why a culture of curiosity matters more than any single algorithm.
Josh Patchus on stage
On Stage
"Making data work for people — not just for dashboards."
Josh has spoken at FSTec, MURTEC, General Assembly, and industry events across the country — bringing practical data thinking to hospitality professionals.
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Beyond the Spreadsheet

⚽
Liverpool FC
A committed Reds supporter who tracks every match — and yes, there's a spreadsheet for that. Hasn't missed a match in years.
☕
Coffee, Tracked
Every coffee shop gets logged. Ratings, notes, location data. It started as a hobby and became a fully-fledged dataset. Monday through Sunday, no exceptions.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
England at Heart
Born with a deep affection for England — the culture, the cities, the pubs, the football. The .co.uk domain isn't an accident.
📊
Data for Everything
Sports. Weather. Transportation. Food. If it can be measured, Josh has probably measured it. Behavioral economics and design thinking underpin it all.
"I've built data programs by asking the questions to solve, collecting the data, analyzing the results and reporting to key stakeholders. I'm a passionate programmer and believer in design thinking, behavior economics and consumer centric thinking."
— Josh Patchus
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In the Media

Fast Company
Data-Driven Dining: How Restaurants Are Getting Smarter
Featured contributor on the intersection of behavioral data and restaurant guest experience design.
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Center for Data Innovation
5 Q's for Josh Patchus, Chief Data Scientist at CAVA
On deploying sensors, reading noise data, and what actually surprised him about how guests behave.
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FSTec
Building Award-Winning Data Cultures in Restaurant Brands
Speaker profile and session recap on making data work for hospitality organizations at every level.
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