Toronto. 2019. Three restaurants and a problem.
We launched with three Toronto restaurants that were willing to try something different. Instead of last-minute group chats and desperate social media posts, we built a structured process: assessed workers, transparent profiles, two-way accountability.
Then COVID hit. The 75+ restaurants we'd signed went to zero overnight. The industry we were building for nearly disappeared. We survived because a handful of loyal partners — restaurants that had seen what Zing could do — stayed with us through the worst of it.
Five years later, we've facilitated over 15,000 shifts. We've built an assessment system validated by real hospitality data, not theory. We've watched Teammates go from their first shift to full-time hires. And we've learned something that most tech companies never will: in hospitality, the person is the product.
The industry built us. We're building it back — smarter, fairer, and more connected.
The team
Built by people who know the industry
Zing's founding team comes from inside hospitality — decades of experience on restaurant floors, behind bars, and in hotel operations. We're not outsiders trying to "disrupt" your industry. We're insiders building tools we wish had existed.
Serkan
Founder & Product Lead. Former Four Seasons. 15+ years in hospitality.
Rick
Co-Founder & CTO. Building the technology that makes matching work.
The team
Developers, hospitality experts, and community builders working from Toronto.
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