Former Chipotle executive Jason Cochran has joined American West Restaurant Group as chief executive officer. AWRG is a large Pizza Hut franchisee.

Cochran spent the past four years serving as Chipotle’s vice president of operations. His career also includes 14 years with GameStop, where Cochran served in a variety of leadership positions.

AWRG operates 272 Pizza Hut restaurants in greater Los Angeles across five contiguous counties: central Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, North Orange County, and metropolitan Salt Lake City