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Redlands, California, United States

Pasadena, California

Catering to Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA & ﹰCal-tech for corporate and special events.Since joining the management team my responsibilities include but are not limited to working with regional leadership in the transition from the culinart to eurest brand refreshing the retail, visual, and digital content of all cafes. In addition to assisting regional leadership in premiering a new event concept at explore JPL OPEN HOUSE welcoming 23,000 visitors. Day to day tasks are to manage staff and all catered events as well as assist in all logistics at 3 cafes, 2 coffee carts, and 2 retail stores as needed.Team lead on transitioning to a fully compostable product line, vendor on boarding and corporate compliance.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl

• Oversaw all aspects of post-production, from editing pictures and using software to manipulate final picture to resizing/cropping pictures and editing.• Executed digital photography work flow: capturing, downloading, editing, printing, backup and cataloging.

Rancho Cucamonga, California

long term freelance contractor for the 2018 minor league baseball season I managed the operations of Professional Sports Catering at Loan Mart Field for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.My responsibilities included: coordinated with the city of Rancho cucamonga and the Quakes team to produce events.Oversee food and beverage locations facility maintenance. Scheduling and staffing all food and beverage departments.Vendor relationship and inventory managementEnforce osha, health department and internal corporate food and beverage safety standards.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Increased sales monthly through customer relationship management & self-motivation.• Formulated & simplified sales inquiry methods effective in closing sales were adopted regionally.• Communicated with vendors & fostered relationships resulting in a reduction of delivery fees• Provide exceptional phone etiquette and customer service. Responsible for visual merchandising and development of gift baskets for all VIP customers and charity give aways

Miami, Florida

• Collaborated with human resources on the coordination of job fairs, recruitment, orientation & training of all new hires both in person & with an educational video.• Coordinated schedules and managed a staff of 35 up to 100 people on event days.• Delegated the zoning, organization & storage of the catering dept. for stadium renovations

Crandon Park Tennis Center Miami Fl

Clients were Itau, Lacoste, and Santander. supervise catering staff on suite level for the duration of the event for Great Performances contracted for the duration of the event process.

Pembroke Pines

Cafe Iguana is a 25,000 sq. ft. entertainment facility hosting special events. Offering catering, billiards, a viewing theater and nightclub with DJ’s & live music performances open seven days a week. • Manage daily office & nightclub operations, conducted an internal audit.• Expanded sales by reopening the catering department and booking private events.• Renegotiated undesirable vendor contracts.• Hosted recruitment events, trained and mentored staff.

Pompano Beach Fl

• Long term freelance contract doing photography, editing, marketing, content development, social media management, and customer service.• Negotiate bids for sales on overstock, amazon, eBay, shopify and seller central inventory management.• Competitive pricing analysis, product and ingredient contents descriptions.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• File clerk, organize and maintain back office binder production; copy or scanning big brother equipment• Pack and ship court reporting documents and other administrative tasks assigned

Seminole Hardrock Hotel & Casino

• Promoted events through different forms of media, including local magazines and internet.• Developed a sociable persona, maintained positive customer relations and oversaw VIP servers, bottle sales, promoter lists.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Manage store operations and a staff of 4-6 associates at 2 locations selling over 1 million annually. • Conducted all opening, and closing banks as well administrative tasks as assigned

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Hospitality Administration/Management

Activities and Societies: Cruise Ship Operations Study at Sea Europe, Senior Student Lead for SBWFF & Wine Spectator Restaurant LabFocus.

Aa, Business Administration

Associates of Art in Business Administration, Broward College Davie Fl (954) 201 - 7350 Additional focus in radio TV broadcasting.