Hospitality industry concept development and management. From dirt to turn key concept.

Creating and developing craft beer concept, Blast 825 Taproom, for national expansion.

Business development

Concept development, facility design, brand development

Business development consultant

Concept development, facility design

- Concept and brand development- Project financing - Long term strategic planning- Facility design- Interior design- Business Operations- Purchased and specified software and hardware business management systems- Maintained and modified customer data tracking reports- Directed and performed all aspects of finance, accounting, advertising, marketing, facilities management, personnel staffing and business operations.

Developed a nationwide in-store merchandising service program for Advanced Marketing Services. AMS is a book marketer to national and regional retailers including Costco, Sam’s Club, Petco and regional retailers. This service program was provided for our retail clients to facilitate book sales in their individual retail locations.

Created this company to design, manufacture and market a new safety product and process for the domestic tire installation industry.- Co-created safety tool & process used in the tire installation process.- Secured US patent pending for the safety product.- Negotiated manufacture of tools with subcontractor.- Secured direct sales to national retail chains including Sears and Costco Wholesale.- Established national wholesale distribution agreement with a distributor in Akron, Ohio. - Negotiated sale of manufacturing and patent rights to the national distributor.

- Operations management for Costco Wholesale- Operational and fiscal responsibilities for 35 businesses in the western United States- Authored procedural manuals for all Costco Tire Centers- Worked closely with accounting office on accuracy of fiscal reports.- Developed regional management to supervise operations of businesses throughout the western United State