Puccini, of San Francisco-based Puccini Group, knows what makes social spaces and restaurants successful. Companies such as Fairmont, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Ritz-Carlton, and Strategic Hotels and Resorts come to Puccini because they know he understands the business from every perspective.

In 2005, he was inducted into the World Travel and Tourism Council, has been a member of Foodservice Consultants Society International, and is currently a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants. In 2002, he was named the Anti-Defamation League’s Food and Wine Industry Person of the year. Puccini particularly relishes his role as a leader in the restaurant industry and its community, and has served on the board of directors of the California Restaurant Association and the board of advisors at University of San Francisco’s Hospitality Management program. He holds a BA in Political Science and Economics from San Diego State University and spent 1969 in Brazil with the Peace Corps.