Christopher Weed Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

Santa Ana, California, US

• Hire and train personnel and manage e-commerce and onsite operations at the California and Hong Kong facilities of a leading provider of auction, retail, and storage services for fine, rare, and collectible wines.
• Oversee auction consignments and sales; retail purchasing and sales; HR and payroll; shipping, warehousing, facilities, and logistics; marketing, customer service, and customer strategy; product inspection.
• Solicit, negotiate, appraise, and manage consignments and inventory acquisitions; advise global collectors with regards to buying, selling, and storing strategies
• Design, proof, edit, and write company publications and copy including e-marketing and promotional material
• Design and coordinate client dinners, tastings, auctions, retrospectives, and other company events
• Completed WineFraud's Authentication Training Levels I and II in February 2018, the first courses of their kind in the United States

Santa Ana, California, US

• Inspected, vetted, photographed, and cataloged fine and rare wines for sale at auction via proprietary auction software platform
• Inventoried and appraised client wine collections; liaised with and advised global consignors, sellers, and buyers; solicited and negotiated wine consignments
• Live auction bid clerked via instantaneous Xcira bidding software
• Performed varied customer service and support capacities, e.g. fielding product inquiries, processing payments, scheduling shipments, placing bids, and more
• Prepared and served fine and rare wine at numerous client events, tastings, and dinners
• Assisted various warehouse operations, e.g. order picking, order verifying, inventory scanning, palletizing, and scheduling and coordinating outbound shipments and order pickups

• Served at acclaimed Washington DC fine dining and fine wine destination Proof Restaurant under James Beard Award semifinalists Chefs Haidar Karoum and Mike Friedman
• Represented one the most expansive and lauded fine beverage programs in the DC metro area boasting a 1,000+-bottle wine list with vintages extending back to 1947, a rotating selection of 40+ wine-by-the-glass pours, an.
• Coordinated special events, wine dinners, and service of key wine clientele and VIPs

• Server and Bartender at legendary craft, rare, and aged beer destination - and longtime defender of the Guinness World Record for the world's largest beer program - in Washington DC
• Worked with one of the largest craft and aged beer programs in history which at the time boasted 1,100+ selections in bottle, including 50+ aged beers with vintages extending to the 1980s as well as a rotating.
• Received and signed off on weekly beer shipments, organized and stocked two large, walk-in refrigerated storage areas and numerous behind-bar storage coolers

Sorengo-Lugano, Ticino, CH

• Chaired weekly parliamentary and committee meetings, coordinated student needs and interests, administered the daily work of the Assembly, and served as primary interface between the student body and the faculty and.
• Managed, budgeted and approved the allocation of USD$30,000+ across various programs, clubs, events, and policy initiatives
• Designed, coordinated, and executed the merger of the two largest student organizations, their bylaws, and their budgets
• Established a new student ombudsman office
• Established and administered the student office
• Received the 'Outstanding Leadership of a Student Organization' award conferred by the Deans of the College

Sorengo-Lugano, Ticino, CH

• Elected as the Student Government Association's one student liaison to the Curriculum Committee of the Faculty Assembly, which every week directs, advises in, vets, and approves the development of courses, majors.
• Selected to serve as one of five student representatives to the International Student Summit (ISS) Conference at the American University in Cairo (AUC) in Egypt, November 2007

Sorengo-Lugano, Ticino, CH

• Worked as a photographer for the Marketing Communications Department of Franklin University Switzerland, focusing primarily on special events, guests lecturers, and visiting VIPs

Washington, DC, US

• Assisted in the execution of statewide public outreach projects for the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund for New Mexico and Colorado

• Performed various hotel operational roles at Relais & Châteaux member property The Inn of the Five Graces, Summer, 2007

Portland, OR, US

• Language Training Program via Global Routes, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, China
• Prepared daily lesson plans and taught English (ESL) to primary- and secondary-level Tibetan students in rural Wendu Township, Qinghai

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations And Affairs

Minor, International Economics