We are not consultants, outsourced development, or franchise brokers.
CGI Franchise is a community of franchise development professionals based in downtown Temple, TX. Our franchise community and Brand Partners are global.
The CGI Franchise team coaches and trains your brand’s development team to help them understand and apply our system based on real-time, hands-on franchise development experience. The team will coach you through the ROS® process and train you to accurately record data based on your brand’s numbers. The Recruitment Operating Systems’®’ success is the result of our team’s cumulative recruitment history. It is constantly being evaluated against industry standards, trends, and changes and still proves to be one of the most successful processes’ throughout the industry.
Our commitment to each Brand Partner is to help them restore confidence in their brand and their team and teach them how to get the quality candidates they deserve.
Art Coley, Jr • CFE
CEO
Art Coley has been passionate about small business ownership since he was 15 when he opened a hamburger stand in Temple, TX, and eventually started franchising. Art’s various career endeavors have been centered around making small business ownership accessible for entrepreneurs all over the world.
In 2015, Art noticed a gap in the franchising industry. A franchise might have a good business model and initial success in unit-growth, but without a focused system for franchise development, the franchise stalled out. Using decades of experience driving system-wide revenues for Top 200 brands, he formed CGI Franchise. Art and CGI Franchise have addressed the gap in systems and processes for a thriving franchise development team. The system is called the Recruitment Operating System®. Over the years, Art has been influenced by several key figures including a 1994 encounter with Bud Hadfield, founder of the International Center for Entrepreneurial Development (ICED). Bud inspired Art to deepen his understanding of the franchise industry and the correlation it had on small business owners. The rest is history. Art’s passion for working with franchise brands in development, recruiting and onboarding has made him one of the top franchise development professionals in franchising. He resides in Temple, Texas with his wife, Jean. They have three sons, one granddaughter, and one dog.Call or Text 281-658-9409
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Jenny Langfeld • CFE
Executive Vice President of Operations
Jenny Langfeld has over 15 years of franchising experience and has been a Certified Franchise Executive with the International Franchise Association for 10 years. Her vast knowledge and experience in franchising brings credibility, strong industry knowledge, and hands-on experience to her role as COO.
She has worked with the Top 200 franchise brands across the country. Jenny’s main focus is the implementation of ROS®, required Franchise Development, Onboarding, Systems, and Processes to support Training and Financial Management to deliver results required by the board and investors. Jenny and her family live in Temple, TX with their two dogs.Call or Text 832-257-1561
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Kelley Copelin
President
Kelley Rieves began her career in franchising 16 years ago and has held roles in both operations/support and Franchise Development. Kelley’s experience includes managing large teams of people, coaching numerous franchisees and business owners, directing marketing and lead generation strategies, and managing and building acquisition, conversion, and programs.
Kelley attended University of Houston for her MBA program and also has a Bachelors of Science in Restaurant and Hospitality Management from Texas Tech University. Kelley and her family live in San Antonio, but she also spends much of her time in the Temple area at her family’s farm.
Nicole Yates
ROS® Support Specialist
Nicole Yates has a vast career in the franchising world. She has worked with brands within the US and Internationally in Poland, the Caribbean and Central America. Working with a few large brands nationwide and internationally such as RE/MAX, Keller Williams and SpeedPro.
Nicole has been able to learn and gain experience from the franchisor side as well as the franchisee side. Her roles have included Development, franchise sales, brand management, reporting, events, marketing and lead generation.
Nicole’s experience working with various franchise roles (national & international) and with franchise brokers and clients has enhanced her ability to nurture and build client relationships. As a franchise owner herself, she understand the variety of needs on both sides of franchising.
Nicole lives in Colorado with husband and two children.
Brenda Coley
Office Coordinator
Brenda is originally from Dallas and graduated from H. Grady Spruce in Dallas Texas. She attended college at Central Texas College in Killeen, TX.
Brenda has known Art since day one since she is his mother, giving her a very small edge. She makes sure that whenever a group comes in for training, they are well taken care of and feel a part of the CGI family. She also makes sure that anything and everything office is in tip top shape everyday. Brenda has been married to her husband Art Coley, Sr for 50 years, has 3 grown children and 7 beautiful grandchildren.
We Get Franchise Recruitment.