Ian Goldberg was born on January 29th, 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from The University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a focus in Entrepreneurship.

Prior to working with the Boka Group, Ian spent 3 years in management and training with a multi unit restaurant corporation
in Chicago.

He was the first employee ever hired by Boka Restaurant Group and in his 6 years he has worked in many different capacities.

Ian's career at BRG began by working in the front of the house at Boka as a bartender in 2003, eventually earning a promotion to Assistant General Manager at Landmark in 2005. Shortly after being promoted to General Manager at Landmark in 2006, Ian was named General Manager at Boka Restaurant in 2007. During his tenure, Boka has received three stars from both Chicago Tribune and Chicago Magazine. Perennial was named Top 50 Best New Restaurants according to Travel and Leisure in 2009.

In August of 2008, Ian was again promoted, this time to Director of Operations at the Boka Restaurant Group. He currently oversees the operations at Boka, Landmark and Perennial and the newest Restaurant helmed by Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard due to open in spring 2010.

Ian passed the introductory sommelier course from the Court of Master Sommeliers in 2008 and is widely respected among his peers for possessing a formidable palate.