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"I am the sum-total of my experience." I. Twenty-seven successful restaurant openings to include award winning bars/lounges, high volume casual concepts and fine dining venues.II. Three hotel openings to include traditional, convention & resort properties.III. 'Best in Class' brand background to include the Alain Ducasse Group, Union Square Hospitality, W Hotels and the Lifeworks Group.IV. Executive dining experience successfully leading teams at the United Nations, Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan Chase.V. Positions held to include general manager, district manager, director of operations, director of food & beverage and VP of operations.Bi-lingual multi-unit operations professional with 30 years of broad-based experience in hotel & restaurant management, start up and turnaround. Background encompasses all facets of front and back-of-the-house operations. Complete responsibility for the implementation, administration and supervision of policies and standards. Demonstrates executive skills and ability. Substantial knowledge of food & beverage operations, including business and financial aspects of hospitality industry with P & L and Budget responsibility. Successfully lowered costs and substantially increased profitability of operations. Experience and ability includes new business development, sales, promotion, advertising and customer relations. Strong communication and interpersonal skills; enhances professionalism and performance of staff through expertise in supervision, staffing, and leadership. Expertise in fine dining, high-volume catering and café dining with core hospitality/guest centric values. Crisis management field expert. Beer, wine, spirits educator.