Dan Kidson Email & Phone Number

International

Self employed, Entrepreneur. Hospitality, Retail, Leadership focused consulting.

Co Owner, design and developed a thriving rental business in Sonoma, California. https://www.tresorellecottagesonoma.com/

San Francisco Bay Area

Core team to develop and implement leadership model.

Greater Seattle Area / San Francisco Bay Area

Oversee and manage 30+ stores and over 1,000 employees. Stores are urban, rural and suburban locations. Also supervise seven direct reports. Key accomplishments include:• Market Research: Use neighborhood demographic data, profit/loss, and key performance indicators to analyze regional trends for each Walgreens store. Understand the market and customer base for each store and work to stay in-tune with the impact of ethnicity and diversity effecting store sales outcomes.• Strategy Development: Based on market research, work with store management to develop performance goals and steps to achieve results in sales and other corporate initiatives. • Training and Human Development: Student of personnel theory and practice, employing innovative strategies to coach, train and engage teams and store leadership. Work to cultivate a culture of creativity, ingenuity and continuous performance improvement in order to drive profits. Developed team of over 1,000 employees to achieve customer service ratings that have increased every year we measured customer satisfaction. • Recruiting: Monitor and manage district wide management staffing levels with proven success in recruiting top talent from major universities to maintain staffing levels. Develop strategic initiatives to recruit and retain sufficient staffing levels across multi units in high unemployment environment.• Problem Solving: Skilled at facilitating planning sessions, working with leadership and teams to solve problems with creativity and non-linear solutions.• Performance Management: Work with each store to develop unique target and manage metrics, driving stores to meet their performance goals and overcome obstacles to success. Coach and develop multi unit management to develop team talent to develop and reach a higher level of performance.• Negotiation: Successfully negotiated with outside agency multi million dollar exclusive deal encompassing over 200 stores in San Francisco bay area.

Chico And Sacramento, California

Developed a business model and founded a women’s retail clothing company. • Successfully expanded Simply Cotton from one retail outlet to three outlets in four short years.• All aspects of business development: legal, accounting, buying and systems development.• Six figure profitability from year one.

Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services