Hengam and Matthew Stanfield to Share Strategies Pizza Expo | Expo Spotlight

March 24-26, 2026 – Las Vegas Convention Center

Mattenga’s Pizzeria is a powerhouse San Antonio-based pizza company and Pizza Today’s 2025 Pizzeria of the Year. The pizza business is renowned for their community focus, delicious and fresh pizzas and innovative and creative approach to marketing.

Both trained engineers, Hengam and Matthew Stanfield set out to work side by side to build a restaurant business and prioritize their family. A decade later, their business has expanded into an impressive local restaurant chain. The name “Mattenga’s” comes from combining the first names of the couple who founded it. It has taken years of transformation and perseverance to fully encompass its vision. They applied process-driven engineering principles to their pizzeria’s operations, which resulted in efficiencies that helped drive their growth and profitability.

Today, Mattenga’s Pizzeria comprises seven locations sprinkled throughout the San Antonio metropolitan area, generating annual sales of over $7 million. They’ve been recognized as one of San Antonio’s fastest growing businesses under $10 million by the San Antonio Business Journal, and Mattenga’s Pizzeria also was a recipient of the 2024 Small Business of the Year honor by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.

The Stanfields’ expanding pizza company has hit its stride with a vision, culture and a growth strategy that has become a national model for other independent pizzerias, so please make plans to join us at Pizza Expo for their morning keynote address on Wednesday, March 25.

I like to think that attending Pizza Expo will be one of, if not the best, investments of time and money that you’ll make this year. The bottom line is there’s always something new at Pizza Expo that can improve your restaurant. Remember, attending Pizza Expo is a tax-deductible working vacation. For more information on attending International Pizza Expo 2026, please visit PizzaExpo.com.

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BILL OAKLEY is the Group Show Director for the International Pizza Expo and Pizza Expo Columbus.

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