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Denver

Currently saucier for El Five. Recruited to be on the opening team for the newest restaurant in the group. Helped to standardize recipes and create the existing sauce recipe set. Head hummus honcho. Responsibility for daily inventory and production of all sauces and sauce components - approximately 40-50 items depending on the current menu.Previously, started as a pantry cook at Root Down on the evening line and at the poaching station during brunch. Was given the unique opportunity to work completely alone during overnights as a prep-cook during 10 months of restaurant renovations. Advanced to role of saucier. Did brief tour of duty at Vital Root restaurant during the opening to help standardize sauces and production workflow.

Englewood, Co

AAA Four Diamond rated resort. Line cook in the kitchen serving the hotel's outlets: lounge, room service, and Baca, the fine dining restaurant featuring “contemporary Colorado fusion cuisine.” Rotated through all stations: salads and desserts, grill, and sauté. Assisted with banquet plating.

Denver, Co

Team lead for outsourced trustee program providing IRAs, Roths, ESAs, HSAs, tax-reporting, and legal/compliance support to 80+ community banks with $1B in trusteed accounts for 30,000+ participants. Provided operational guidance to various functional areas regarding the administration of self-directed retirement accounts. Wrote internal memos for tax correction deadlines, prohibited transactions, ESOP rollovers, and other technical and procedural matters. Real estate in IRAs subject matter expert. On Information Security Implementation and Escalation Committee; coordinated investigations and responses to instances of breached client information. Reviewed and responded to legal documents submitted by clients and counsel. Investigated and resolved escalated issues. Developed Q&A-styled, intranet-based knowledge resource and taught others to develop and post content to the site. Department liaison for orientation to area’s operations for company's passport learning program.

Denver, Co

10-K/Q data analysis and processing. Reviewed, analyzed, interpreted public company SEC filings. Analyzed segment performance data to determine SIC and NAICS coding. Same day publishing required precision as work was instantly available to professional subscribers globally.

Broomfield, Co

Tax consulting and business turnaround. Helped small businesses and individuals to achieve tax compliance and negotiate settlements with the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities. Identified federal and state liabilities, investigated payment strategies, and educated clients on personal and business tax compliance. Prepared and negotiated installment agreements, offers-in-compromise, and certificates of subordination and discharge. Analyzed, reviewed, and helped prepare financial statements as well as individual and business tax returns. Provided advice regarding business closures, the formation of new business entities, and business sales and transitions. Negotiated and sold upgraded resolution packages to clients.

Denver, Co

The Denver Research Group was a consulting firm with ties to the Aspen Institute think tank. The Fairness Project was a web-portal designed to provide accurate, unbiased, and predictive information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Data entry, database management, internet research, web design consulting. Current events research and analysis.

Englewood, Co

Member of a team of three assistants supervising 60+ registered representatives in a 24x7 call center. Handled and resolved elevated calls from clients, monitored system performance, assisted in the development and implementation of an employee scorecard, employee monitoring, development, and feedback, coordinated inter-departmental training and communication, assisted with payroll and scheduling, and ensured smooth day-to-day operations. Worked closely with the Service Manager to handle compliance issues including maintenance calls, Reg-T calls, day trading calls, account opening documentation, bad check issues, money laundering prevention, and account closures. Created a system to develop high potential employees resulting in several subsequent promotions. Project lead for change to way managers measure and interpret quality assurance metrics throughout the call center. Six sigma team member. Assisted on technical projects that examined systems’ requirements streamlined and simplified the desktop software.

Englewood, Co

Member of the first team chosen to support roll out of the firm's discounted trading service. Assisted clients with all aspects of account maintenance from account opening to funding to trading to withdrawals and closures. Troubleshooting for all types of account difficulties from trading inquiries to required documentation to technical support. Liaison between users and developers for workstation improvement and refinement.

Englewood, Co

Provided information and transaction processing for 401(k) clients in a high-volume call center in accordance with the rigorous corporate and regualtory standards. Subject matter expert for mandatory required distributions. Calculated and processed mandatory required distributions and trained a group of colleagues on this formerly complex process. Served as a mentor for new hires.

Denver, Co

Evening bartender and lunch waiter.

Denver, Co

Lobby lounge bar manager. Bartending, scheduling, inventory, cash control. Refined daily inventory ordering simplifying procurement and shortening month-end inventory.

Denver, Co

Part of the opening team at Denver's first wine bar. Selected, maintained, and promoted menu of 60+ wines by the glass, 350+ bottles, and 200+ other fine spirits. The list was recognized by Westword, Decanter, and the Wine Spectator earning the Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence. Managed a $40,000+ beverage inventory. Wrote and presented wine tastings and cigar-liquor pairings. Staff training, inventory and cash management, payroll, AP/AR.

Washington Dc

Bartender and server. Reprogrammed the Micros POS to increase usability and accuracy. Trained new bar employees to the corporate standards.

Washington Dc

Service bartender for the new restaurant of a James Beard Award winning chef. Established workflow and procedures that allowed a closet-sized cutout area to function smoothly as a full service bar. Barista service.

Kenosha, Wi

Bartender at a popular family-style restaurant.

Zion, Il

General laborer on teams building new and renovating existing schools. (June - September 1991, 1992)

Waukegan, Il

Store opening and closing duties; employee scheduling; cash handling and reconciliation; customer service.

As, Culinary Arts

Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA.

Mba, Business

Finished degree in just over two years while working full-time.

Ba, Psychology, Special Honors

Activities and Societies: Theta Delta ChiAttended the university on a full, academic scholarship.

Education record