Brooke Taylor Adkins Email & Phone Number

New York, New York

.Handled all bookkeeping including: accounts receiving, accounts payable, maintained and managed FOH and BOH payroll, sales tax, and banking.Prepared weekly FOH schedules.Ordered and received inventory and managed vendor relations. Maintained kosher certification of restaurant.

New York, New York

Helped launch the restaurant including: created daily FOH procedural operations, menu design, food matrix, POS set up (Mircos), and hiring and training of all FOH staff.Maintained new hire practices in accordance of New York state and federal laws. Oversaw hiring, orientation, and training of all new FOH staff.Responsible for opening and closing managerial duties such as: daily financials, income drop, and supervision of staff. Conducted daily FOH pre-shift meetings; Monitored weekly sales and based contests around individual and weekly sales. Created and implemented weekly “beer school” for FOH education of craft beers, which increased staff knowledge of and sales of over 40 individual beers. Booked and planned events; supervised staff for on- and off - premise events. Booked brewery reps for monthly beer dinners.Oversaw the PR staff and social media outlets including: website, Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare.Conceptualized and composed monthly newsletter for “Brew Crew” members; maintained email list.

Research energy storage/ energy harvesting companies and technology, as well as other smart grid technologies.

Responsible for $6 +million floor operation of restaurant.Managed opening and closing activities, including financial management, and day-to-day floor operations. Created strong customer relations. As lead host, performed customer relations, oversaw host team, and trained new staff .

Writing Assistant to the chair of the Economics department. Held office hours and provided guidance to students for economic research papers. Tutor for Microeconomics and Economic Models and Quantitative Methods courses. Advised students on microeconomic and quantitative economic questions.

Audited research for doctoral dissertation on political party platforms to certify intercoder reliability.

Performed in-depth market research and analysis on energy markets and renewable energy products. Researched mergers and acquisitions; created company profiles on retail electric suppliers. Provided consulting and analysis services for external clients on renewable and distributed generation energy projects; researched zoning requirements and other regulations. Improved usability of survey instrument targeting gas and electric retailers by designing Web format. Responsible for participant lead generation, data collection, as well as analysis and presentation of survey findings.

Researched international firms with military contracts and/or oil and commodities dealings in the Sudan and Iran; updated company annual reports including fiscal information as well as social and corporate governance issues for use by internal and external customers.Interpreted legislation pertaining to entities with foreign investments; created screening methodology; generated prohibited companies lists for government clients to ensure compliance.

Created classical French pastries for four-star restaurant Meritage and the Boston Wine festival.

B.A, Economics; Political Science

Associate, Occupational Studies In Culinary Arts