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South Carolina, United States

United States

My passion for technology fuels my work at Chef & Bartender Finder, where I leverage my deep understanding of the food and beverage industry, and combine in to my extensive background in sales. I now relish the opportunity to bridge these worlds with the unique skill set I have developed over the last few decades.My main focus areas:- Drive business growth.

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States

Handle all day to day operations of Charleston Harbor Fish House and Bridge Bar. Hiring, scheduling, daily financial reporting, invoices, inventory, ordering, budgets, reducing expenses, training. Oversee operations of Reel Bar, Tiki Bar (seasonal), Pavilion Ice Rink food sales (seasonal). Assist in operations of Party on the Point and Oysters on the.

Johns Island, South Carolina, United States

Directly involved with opening this hybrid Seafood, Sushi and Oyster Bar restaurant. Set up all staffing, systems and procedures. Handle all day to day operations. Hiring, scheduling, daily cash reconciliations, invoices, inventory, menu writing. In first year of operation, nominated for Charleston’s “Best Of” awards, Best New Restaurant, Best Sushi, Best.

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States

Directly involved with opening the second location (Minneapolis being the first) in MountPleasant, SC. Butcher & the Boar is a communal style fine dining steak, bourbon & smokedmeats house. Worked with Chef Tommy Benaud, a James Beard quarter finalist. Responsiblefor all hiring, day to day management of 50 employees pre-Covid, 25 employees post/mid- Covid..

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Hired to create plan, menu, concept and facilitate day to day operations for the new two levelestablishment. Worked with Chef Jacob Schor to create the "upscale" bar style menu, responsible for all costing/inventory for food, liquor, wine, beer. Manage 25-30 employees, scheduling, hiring, training, and general operations. Ran upstairs bar as a live music.

Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

Lured and joined with good friend and owner with aspirations of building out to multi locations, possible franchising. Italian restaurant and bar, nice but basic, designed for the every day “Joe.” Directed all operations and management of 30 employees. Hiring, training, ordering, inventory, budgets, food & liquor cost, scheduling, and day to day operations

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Managed a territory to generate software and service business for The Raiser’s Edge, TheFinancial Edge and Blackbaud NetCommunity. One of the first AE’s to be selected to sell bothFE and RE in the same territory. Managed the process from qualification, through needsanalysis, and closing the deal. Scoped out the implementation project proposal with.

New Milford, Connecticut, United States

March 2003 to November 2006 – Owner, Recipe-Swap.comFounded and created an online membership driven international food, cooking and recipe club with an affiliate marketing program. Built to over 2,500 paying subscription members.December 2002 to January 2006 – co-Owner 1WorldLine.comCo-founded and created 1WorldLine, a free online club built to help people.

Great Neck, New York, United States

Consulting firm providing Business Objects software, business intelligence middleware solutions, implementation and training to companies. Directed sales for the reseller program with Business Objects, the world’s leading business intelligence middleware solution. Closed a contract with the United Nations in excess of $500,000. Worked directly with CIO and.

New York, New York, United States

Ran the Blackbaud Reseller program. Directed sales for the accounting software lines, oversawimplementation and training services for The Financial Edge, Fund EZ, The Raiser’s Edge, accounting consulting, part time bookkeeping and controller services, generating over $1 millionin revenue at a seven-person company. Closed 31 contracts. #1 Blackbaud reseller.

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

January 1997 to February 2001 – Territory ManagerPromoted to Territory Manager covering NY, NJ and CT. Established short- and long-term forecasts, managed lead generation, negotiated and closed contracts. Ran and lead sales seminars with 50+ attendees to stimulate lead generation. Exceeded quota consistently. Blackbaud AE of the Year for the AFN/Financial.

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Customer Support and Onsite Trainer for 150 organizations using Impact Systems’ fundraisingdonor/gift management software system. Trained new clients. Set up and implemented thesystem at client sites. Sold add-on modules and training to the current client base. Assisted in preparingexisting clients for Blackbaud M&A.