Chris Stewart Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland State University

• Supervise the Coordinator of Building Maintenance and the Coordinator of Operations and Member Services. • Lead capital projects including fitness equipment purchases, HVAC projects, and major renovations.• Coordinate all facility rentals and special events within the Recreation Center. • Oversight of all all technology within the Recreation Center. • Chair of the CSU REC Golf Scramble Committee. • Assist with oversight of CSU Student Center.

Cleveland State University

• Oversee the daily operation of 110,000 sq. ft. Cleveland State University Recreation Center.• Lead capital projects including fitness equipment purchases, HVAC projects, and major renovations.• Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate 2 graduate supervisors who assist in the oversight of 75 part time student staff. • Served on search committee for the Coordinator of Aquatics and Safety position. • Enhanced operational efficiency by implementing GoCanvas software.• Chair committees such as Risk Management, and Student Development, while serving as a mentor for Special Events. • Coordinated special events such as tournaments, baby showers, and birthday parties by communicating with prospective customers and executing events that exceed their expectations.

Austin, Texas Area

• Oversaw the daily operations of the Recreational Sports Center, Bellmont Hall, and Pickle Research Commons Gym, totaling more than 160,000 sq. ft. of indoor recreational space. • Hired, trained, scheduled, evaluated, and supervised 85 student employees while overseeing a $285,000 wage budget. • Coordinated large special events such as Intercollegiate Athletics camps, commencement ceremonies, family orientation programs, career fairs, reunions, and tournaments. • Lead meetings with university departments and external organizations to ensure successful execution of events. • Served as an on-site coordinator for high profile events such as Intercollegiate Athletics volleyball matches.• Collaborated with Aramark and other caterers to ensure successful catering of on-campus special events. • Served on departmental committees including Student Development, Student Appreciation, Implementation Work Team, Fall Kick-Off, Warm-Up, Volleyball Playday, and professional search committees. • Developed, recommended, and coordinated capital improvement projects, permanent equipment purchases, and equipment installations and repairs. • Conducted post-event assessment to analyze and improve facility reservation process and overall event execution.• Revamped our online Daily Reports system, which aids communication amongst staff in multiple facilities.• Led the Facility Operations area in the conversion from SubItUp to WhenToWork scheduling software.• Filmed and edited instructional videos to aid in the training of student employees. • Recruited student employees by leading job information sessions across campus. • Supervised, mentored, and developed Interns who are interested in a career in Campus Recreation.

College Station, Texas

• Hired, trained, scheduled, evaluated, and directly supervised 45 student employees.• Developed and executed monthly trainings for 110 employees to ensure a safe, customer-oriented operation. • Served as a liaison for the implementation of InnoSoft Fusion software by configuring lockers, products, equipment, courses, and memberships, while also leading trainings for both professional and student staff members. • Assisted community groups and student organizations in the event planning of tournaments and all-nighters/lock-ins, some with more than 500 participants in attendance. • Managed the operation of the Equipment Etc. service desk by supervising student cashiers, maintaining towel and equipment inventory, and properly pricing resale items. • Approved payroll for 60 student employees to ensure accuracy of the $500,000 student employee wage budget. • Led sectional locker clearings that occurred during locker room renovation project, part of a $56M facility expansion/renovation project.• Reviewed and revised Facilities Staff Manual each semester for student staff training purposes. • Served on departmental committees including Risk Management, Student Appreciation, Student Staff Banquet, and various professional search committees.• Created the “Rec Fantasy League”, a staff incentive program aimed to build camaraderie among a large staff.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Served as a main point of contact for coordinating NBA team and player workouts in the Student Activity Center. • Assisted in the setup, event management, and striking of large-scale events such as Special Olympics World Games, Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Sports Awards and the Angel City Games. • Researched, wrote, and published production guides and technical information books for Pauley Pavilion, Drake Stadium, Los Angeles Tennis Center, John Wooden Recreation and Sports Center and Student Activities Center.

• Assisted with event planning, assessment, and worked with the Director’s team to reevaluate departmental procedures and programs. • Served as a departmental liaison for CSI Spectrum NG software by training coworkers and creating reports. • Chaired a committee for Rec Sports Centennial, a formal event celebrating 100 years in Recreational Sports. • Gathered participation data to analyze trends and fuel departmental assessment and decision making.

-Managed, trained, and evaluated a staff of 125 fellow student employees.-Coordinated a hiring session each semester in which we offered group interviews for over 300 student applicants. -Supervised our locker lottery system in order to assign members to one of our 1400 lockers in our main facility. -Responsible for facilitating bi-semesterly comprehension checks, as well as serving as a general problem solver with regards patron needs such as membership, locker, or entry difficulties.

-Responsible for checking out and selling sports equipment to patrons.-Used Event Management Systems (EMS) scheduling software to make racquetball reservations for patrons.-Assisted patrons with rental of lockers on a semester or annual basis.

-Sold memberships and other program services to students, faculty, and affiliates of the campus community. -Responsible for solving a wide variety of member issues related to facility access.-Enrolled members in massage therapy and personal training courses through CSI software.-Facilitated tours to visiting academic groups and prospective students.

Columbus, Oh

-Responsible for managing the company's Twitter account in order to increase public knowledge of upcoming concerts and events. -Surveyed concertgoers in order to help better cater to their concert experience in the future.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing

Master'S Of Science, Recreation, Park And Tourism Sciences