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Lutz, FL, US

Florida, United States

• Accelerated Sanctuary’s expansion into the Florida market, bringing stability and guidance to the Florida leadership team while stabilizing and elevating execution at the store level in my district by fostering an.
• Built companies top performing district, being entrusted with the Orlando I-Drive Flagship location as well as 6 other locations, boosting revenue across the district through expert patient retention and selling.
• Leveraged industry connections and expertise to hire and develop top leaders, promoting some into multi-unit roles and cross departmental promotions.
• Opened four additional locations, boosting revenue across the district by 64% and increased returning patient patronage by 165%
• Worked closely with the Regional Director to set and exceed quarterly goals and KPIs for all locations in my district. Show less

Southwest Florida

• Accomplishments include:
• Lead #1 Area in Florida by revenue to target and expanded my area from 1 to 7 dispensaries.
• Responsible for over $20 Million in Revenue
• Implemented "Motivational Assessment" that helped facilitate employee development and career advancement across several positions.
• Lowest Management Turnover Statewide
• Lead largest grand opening in company history twice, breaking the previous revenue record by 50% the first time and breaking that… Show more Accomplishments include:

North Port, Florida

• Hired to helm the busiest dispensary for the company, quickly bringing stability and boosting customer, employee, and physician relationships.
• Coached a dynamic team of wellness professionals to repeated success, hiring and training multiple team members that would later go on to manage their own Wellness Centers.
• Identified early on by upper leadership as a performance team builder with high employee satisfaction and business results. Promoted within six months to Area… Show more
• Identified early on by upper leadership as a performance team builder with high employee satisfaction and business results. Promoted within six months to Area Manager. Show less

Sarasota, Florida Area

• Improved historically inconsistent store and department management relationship through partnership and trust building through results demonstration to quickly establish favorable brand vision and placement of high-end.
• Achieved 225% sales attainment in premium market sector in assigned area.
• Placed 1st in every sales contest in the State (4), driving achievement through advanced sales training and personal relationships developed with… Show more
• Placed 1st in every sales contest in the State (4), driving achievement through advanced sales training and personal relationships developed with store personnel.
• Trained Best Buy representatives on current Sony home theater products and technologies, building brand advocacy in my assigned area, enriching the sales process by actively participating with Best Buy representatives.

USA Various

• Trained teams of measurement while drilling field engineers in proper operational protocol, drilling theory, and electromagnetic and mud-pulse oil well piloting technology.
• Retained lucrative contract customers through efficiency, communication, and on-site relationship development with key decision makers, including drilling company CEOs, geologists, and field superintendents and company.
• Maintained lowest equipment failure rate with limited costly downtime… Show more
• Maintained lowest equipment failure rate with limited costly downtime to project completion.
• Routinely requested by clients to return to future projects.Complete project management on location, solution assembly, supply ordering and reordering, client communication and satisfaction, safety standards.

USA Various

• Promoted to Lead Operator within a year and trained multiple teams of field engineers in EM and Mud-pulse project efficiencies, job completion.
• Mastered the role of measurement while drilling field engineer quickly upon hire, three months later being selected to operate multiple, first of their kind for the company, electromagnetic projects in the Marcellus.
• Routinely requested by clients to return to operate future projects.
• Piloted the… Show more
• Piloted the first electromagnetic measurement while drilling field projects for the company in Pennsylvania and Texas. Operated multiple mud-pulse technology projects and was chosen to operate and develop company first.

Athens, Texas - Jacksonville, Texas

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• Identified and bolstered sales teams inefficiencies and bridged skill gaps in stores in Tyler and Athens Texas through employee motivational assessments and sales training.
• Raised year-over-year sales in assigned stores by 35% through total solution sales technique demonstration and training.
• Integral in bringing multiple underperforming and recent Alltel conversion store teams into compliance and profitability with a focus on relational team building and sales attainment.

Shreveport, Louisiana Area

Communicating and facilitating achievement and exceeding sales goals, opening, closing, cash management, shrink management, talent recruitment, coaching, inventory management, stocking, planogram, scheduling. PNL, hiring, talent acquisition.Responsible for all aspects of the store operations: Profitable trends – margin, sales building, P&L, hiring, and.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Education And Sociology

Activities and Societies: Witness Drama Group, Intramurals

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