San Francisco Professional Career Network is a goodwill group dedicated to enhancing career opportunities for unemployed professionals through speaker programs, networking and hands-on workshops. During my tenure as Founder & Director, we conducted 50+ free programs and grew our membership base to well in excess of 500, who rated us 4.5 stars out of a possible five. Speakers included renowned authors, CEOs and career management experts, and our programs directly helped many members find new opportunities and new positions. I transitioned the Director position throughout Spring 2010 and the Group is going strong. There is a subset of the Group on LinkedIn.

same as above; created to tie recommendations for position.

Collaborated on development and implemention of all business strategies, building a 60+ person residential mortgage lender in 18 months. Co-managed with CEO all Operational and Financial aspects of the company.

Authored and published 'The Franchise Ratings Guide', conducting due diligence research and collating data from 3,000+ franchisees of 216 different companies to create a 500-page text with more than 1,100 owner quotations.

Managed, led and motivated staff of 18. Responsible for all day-to-day operations, developing budget and strategic business plan, achieving gross and net profit goals, and corporate reporting and communications.

Managed and mentored team of four Business Development Managers, trained new hires and sold to exclusive strategic accounts. #1 in personal revenue production out of more than 60 sales people nationally, generating highest revenue-producing project and highest average bill rate in company which ranked #1 on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing private companies for year 2000.

Established and managed relationships with C-level executives of Fortune companies. #4 in personal revenue production out of more than 60 sales people nationally.

Sourced, recruited, interviewed, and assembled teams of consultants to fulfill clients’ needs. Conducted over 200 face-to-face interviews and developed the office’s first ‘new hire’ orientation program.

Led staff of up to seven employees, establishing high morale environment with zero voluntary staff turnover rate over two-year period. Retained as Manager upon sale of franchise, increasing sales 20% over prior year and generating the third highest dollars per customer transaction among 60+ stores nationwide.