John Bohannon Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Fresno, CA, US

• Established and continues to manage one of the top performing franchises in the Denver Metro area. Provides businesses of all sizes with temporary and permanent placement candidates in the areas of manufacturing.
• Oversees recruitment for staff and placement and implements social media staffing initiatives to reach target market, grow the company’s reputation, and build referrals from candidates.
• Continually seeks new channels to fill the candidate pipeline with quality employees for temporary and direct hire positions.
• Builds and maintains profitable, long-term relationships with legacy clients while conducting outreach through networking, marketing, prospecting, and lead generation to establish new accounts.
• Manages a team of four direct reports while mentoring in sales techniques.
• Sets the strategic vision and direction for the company.

Reno, Nevada, US

• Consistently promoted to larger and more complex branded casino/hotel operations across three locations in Black Hawk, CO and Bossier City, LA. On three separate occasions, assigned to turn-around under-performing.
• Managed two casinos with attached hotels, 1,000 employees, and eight restaurants.
• Improved operating profit by 24% by training staff to focus on margin improvement and efficient revenue generation through new SOPs and guest services.
• Focused on creating a positive company culture for all employees while being vigilant on customer interactions, resulting in improving secret shopper scores by 19%.
• Successfully launched a gaming expansion of new games, bet limits and operating hours while achieving dominant market share for the new revenue streams.
• Increased property courtesy score by 53% by implementing ongoing staff training and revised incentives based on positive customer relations.

Reno, Nevada, US

• Managed the $5M casino renovation for the first-generation barge.
• Increased operating profit by 18% by identifying and rectifying operational inefficiencies, improving customer service standards, and implementing employee training procedures.

Reno, Nevada, US

• Oversaw the transition for the newly acquired Central Station Casino, including changing business operations to match corporate standards and turning around the struggling location.
• Transformed revenue-tracking performance metrics to a more accurate bottom-line orientation.
• Served as the change agent, winning over existing employees to higher customer service performance standards and creating a positive company culture.
• Successfully improved operating margin by 3% despite severe construction disruption that included the loss of almost all parking and the main entrance.

• Led the opening marketing team for the new casino that opened in Dec 1998. Implemented a multi-channel B2C marketing plan consisting of advertising, direct marketing, and email database.
• Captured 20% of the market share within 6 months of opening within a highly competitive space.
• Opened Colorado’s largest casino hotel in Sept 2000, achieving 90% occupancy within five months through targeted database marketing.

• Served as GSM for the casino prior to the opening of the new 367-room hotel; held full responsibility for group sales for both the hotel and the casino.
• Hired opening sales team for the hotel, managed 9 direct reports, and developed the sales and marketing plans specific to the corporate conference and tourism markets.
• Achieved 90% occupancy in the first year for the new hotel and conference center.
• Generated 35% of the hotel occupancy from corporate, leisure and convention market segments.