our next witness is ellis winstanley. ellis is the chief executive officer for tradelogic in austin texas. with several family members mr. winstanley owns a number of business including restaurants as opera company and promotional products company. welcome. >> chairman collins ranking member of velazguez and members of the house committee on small business thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the effects of business segregation was included in the health care law on small businesses like ours. my name is ellis winstanley and i'm the ceo of tradelogic. i own business in austin texas with my twin brother and other partners. on behalf of the national restaurant association leading trade organization for the restaurant food service industry. and industry. i'm a business executive with a successful record of starting up turning run a growing businesses and hospitality construction software printing and promotional products and industries. my brother and i are entrepreneurs get started in business while we were stud

my name is ellis winstanley and i'm the ceo of tradelogic corporation. i am a member of businesses in texas with my twin brother, parents. i'm honored to share the perspective of the company and the restaurant on behalf of the national restaurant association. i'm a business executive with a track record of starting up into turning ouindeterminate for grog businesses in the hospitality. my brother and i were entrepreneurs who got started in business while we were students at the university of texas and we were known for rescuing the local restaurant brands and turning them around as a contributor and job creators. currently we own eight restaurants for the partners which i oversee day-to-day on a day-to-day basis and we were partnered with our parents in the construction and planning promotional products and small businesses one of which is trade logic corporation and serves as the management company that provides challenges for all of the small businesses but particularly for the restaurant and food service operation due to the unique characteristics of

i'm ellis winstanley. i own a business with my parents and partners. i own a small collection of businesses, including restaurants. on behalf of the restaurant association and trade association for the restaurant industry. i am a successful businessman with a track record of starting and turning around businesses in the hospitality, construction, software, printing and apparrel businesses. my brother and i got started in business while we were attending the university of texas. currently we own eight restaurants with our partners which i oversee day to day on a day-to-day basis. we're also partnered with our parents in small businesses. in addition we own software development companies, one of which is tradelogic corporation which also serves as our management company. the restaurant business provides challenges for all small businesses, but especially in the restaurant business. it's difficult for many restaurants, especially small businesses, to determine how the law impacts us and what we must do to comply. the operation rules supply a significant c