David Sigman Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Manage front house/back house restaurant operations for Wine Cask Bar Café, Restaurant, Private Dinning, and Tasting Room.
• Direct efficient guest flow through participative shift management, scheduling a full working staff of up to thirty staff members including servers, bus persons, hosts/hostesses and bartenders.
• Oversee employee relations encompassing staff recruitment, training and performance evaluation
• Prepare and distribute payroll for up to 60 employees.
• Handle weekly inventory and vendor relations to ensure the timely and cost-effective purchasing of food, beverages, liquor, beer and small wares.
• Effectively lead and motivate employees through implementation of in-house training and incentive plans, resulting in increased productivity levels and employee satisfaction.

Responsible for directing the overall front of the house operation of The Bistro Restaurant and Bar. Directly responsible for all aspects of the service and wine programs, ensuring that they are executed at the required standards.

Multi-faceted career as staff trainer, house manager and food server for a five-star restaurant regarded as one of the most demanding dining rooms in Santa Barbara. Core staff member with total responsibility for new employee training and development: POS systems, service philosophy, fine dining, wines, food pairings, driving sales. Played a vital role in.

• PRODUCT TRAINER / SALES REPRESENTATIVESquirrel System (Point of Sale Software/Hardware)Consistent Top Producer – Personally responsible for doubling branch growth in 2004.Awarded Rookie of The Year in 2003 forbooking.
• Specializing in the sales and end-user training of hardware, software and service products for thehospitality industry, including hotels, resorts, casinos, golf clubs, and multi-unit operations.
• Conducted Train The Trainer workshops for all employee groups (managers, staff, human resources, accounting), including bilingual presentations.
• Aggressively expanded sales in Central and Southern California territory.
• Cultivated and managed relationships with over 400 restaurants and hospitality clients.
• Made face-to-face visits weekly with key decision-makers, developed proposals based on individual needs. Personally generated an annual revenue stream exceeding a million dollars.

• Exceeded sales plan regularly and maintained a sales volume of over $100,000 a month.
• Opened 25 new accounts in the first quarter.
• Relocated and promoted to larger territory based on sales success.
• Coached clients on cost-effective warehousing and inventory control practices.

• Brought on board to help start-up, launch and market an e-commerce business.
• Became the driving force responsible for growing company from zero to over 215 accounts.
• Aggressively promoted cutting edge technology, worked directly with retail owners and distributors, provided intensive end-user product training to staff and managers.
• Total responsibility for all product training and support. Worked with customers on-site, responded to technical questions regarding software and hardware.
• Succeeded in developing easy-to-use hardware and software training programs.
• Played an essential role in laying the ground work for a product that eventually became branded by Microsoft as www.CarParts.com.

Maom, Masters Of Art In Organizational Management - Concentration In Industrial Psychology

Activities and Societies: Practicum Research Paper: "Maximizing Training Potential in The Workplace"Expected Graduation Date: June 2008

B.S., Psychology

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