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Fairfax, Va, Us

Fairfax County, Virginia, United States

Fairfax, Virginia

Build brewery and restaurant from ground up, beginning with multiple feasibility studies and market reviews, business plans, and concept creation. Designed F&B, mechanical systems, staffing, revenue and costing (P&L), pre-opening marketing and advertising in media and online advertising, HR, opening, and execution of daily operations. After stabilizing in 6-months, business development and active marketing and lead management with targeted geographic and psychographic ad campaigns on social media and search engines. Further refined business concept and personality to advertise on limited resources, launched new products and services during 2020 COVID Emergency, build strong brand awareness and dedicated following. Upon maturity, maintaining the level of interaction and advertising to meet the business needs and futureproof.

Fairfax, Va

Bookkeeping, financial reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, IT support, operations management, procurement, contracting, customer service, plenum consulting, facility management, publications.

To promote and facilitate teaching and optimize learning outcomes for undergraduate students. Redesigned course concept, assisted in execution including lesson planning and lecture, grading and inputting, and test making.

Ensured proper financial protocols were in place and executed for executive board members, typically toward event planning.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

* Provide guidance regarding strategic and daily operations* Develop Ground-up requirements for data reporting* Monitor & Report Employee Efficiency* Provide Expert-Level Support to All Internal Stakeholders & Partners* Ensure timely AR and AP for a startup organization

Miramar Beach, Fl

Charged with repositioning a 2-year-old, $10M+ asset.Achievements include:-Repositioned hotel to capture 200%+ RGI in off-season-Repositioned hotel to capture 40% year-over-year revenue growth-Relaunched and rebuilt hotel relationships with key clients and discovered several new demand generators-Redeveloped hotel website, achieving 100%+ growth in revenue from this channel alone-Reformed hotel reputation with online travel services including TripAdvisor( #1 overall, #1 business, 2011 Top Destination, 2011 Quality Recognition), Google Places, and other third-parties-Top 5 RevPAR Hotel in Brand- July 2011

In charge of 10+ staff, payroll, P&L accountability, GuestView followup, Revenue Management for the 121 suite hotel, general IT assistance throughout the 26+ property company, onsite IT development through integrated intranet/help-site, payables, receivables, essential General Management duties.Through the strategies I've employed in staff development, guestview, revenue management, and other facets I have a proven record of driving numbers in a positive direction even in a negative economy and down market.

As an independent 3rd-party hospitality consultant, I undertook dozens of "highest-and-best use", operational review, and financial analysis studies.

I began this position as an LIT (Leadership-In-Training) Candidate, Hilton's Management Training program. In this capacity, I worked in all departments and quickly had to learn the overall & day-to-day operation of each including Accounting, Housekeeping, Front Office, Revenue Management, Sales, etc. Upon completion of my rotation, I moved on to begin my work at the Front Office, where I worked as manager and MOD each day, and dealt with zero-day revenue management strategy, rooms management, staff development, and other such departmental duties.

I worked and work-studied as this resort while attending Virginia Tech. During my tenure, I developed 2 improvement processes, developed a manual for the new Property Management System they were slated to install, and honed the art of customer service winning multiple employee of the month awards.

Responsible for cash balancing, guest relations, sales, and security/admittance.

Master Of Tourism Administration (Mta), Independent Study W/ Sustainable Tourism Emphasis

Activities and Societies: GWU Tourism For Tomorrow - Executive TreasurerThesis: An Exploratory Study of Beverage Visitor Demographics.

Bs, Hospitality & Tourism Management

Activities and Societies: HMA, Fencing, Honors Society