Opened small Grocery/Deli in Seattle neighborhood near Woodland Park Zoo. Responsible for all aspects from design and construction to hiring of staff, vendor partnerships and customer and employee relationships. Responsible for tax reporting, payroll processing, budgeting, forecasting and overall success of business.

Sales/Project Management of commercial equipment contracts. Position involved bid coordination and management of multiple equipment and installation contracts ranging from $100K to $2mil.

Responsible for rollout of equipment, merchandise and construction related to the layout and design of warehouses built across multi-state platform. Established and managed national supply chain partnerships.

Responsible for equipment purchasing for all stores and corporate offices. Also managed corporate fleet of maintenance trucks, vans and cars. Learned value of partnering with Vendors for long term objectives.

Responsible for logistics of store expansion during period of growth as company grew from 22 to 80 stores. Coordinated vendor and store management objectives integral to the process of design and merchandising of retail products.