CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Sales, Food Service and Marketing professional with 30 plus years experience in the Restaurant ,Retail & C-Store Industry. Held Director level and management positions with industry leading retailers and maintained a record of consistent accomplishments in driving sales and margin. Possess a proven ability in developing and implementing regional and national programs. Recognized food service expert: serve as Serve Safe instructor.SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCESkilled in developing, positioning, and shepherding cutting edge food service and beverage programs. Expert in designing innovative programs focused on revenue growth through assortment management and sales margin analysis. Partnered with Operations to identify and address change management and training needs in support of newly designed programs.Specialties: advertising, budgeting, business plans, contract management, futures, hiring, layout design, marketing, merchandising, microsoft office, operations, pricing, program development, quality control, sales, sales management, strategic, training,