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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Caa-Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles Ca

Fulfilling the combined roles of DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS and SALES MANAGER I partnered with our department's Executive Chef in Leading Wolfgang Puck Catering's Events and Exclusively contracted Food & Beverage Account Team at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Century City, Los Angeles, CA.Responsible for Managing the 30+ Wolfgang Puck Staff Members who operated the Daily Breakfast & Lunch Cafe at CAA in addition to Selling, Planning & Managing all of the Events for the 1000+ Employees at the World's Leading Talent Agency in its Los Angeles headquarters.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Hired to Amplify Alligator Pear Caterers' Sales Growth by establishing new Account Business Customers and Event Venue Exclusivity under an Employment Contract attached to their COVID-19 Small Business Federal Stimulus:SUCCESSES:• Added Three of SoCals’s largest Kaiser Permanente Hospital Centers (LA, Baldwin Park & Downey) to Alligator Pear’s Weekly Scheduled Lunches for 400+ doctors at each location, and became the Preferred Caterer for their Special Events.• Sold and Catered an Important series of large meetings at Adventist Health Medical Center (Simi Valley) which led to an Exclusive Catering Contract still in existence in 2023.• Added Meals On Wheels Santa Monica & West LA as Exclusively Contracted Catering Customers in less than one month’s time, during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Duties:• Increased Catering Sales and Planned Events from Booking thru Execution.• Traveled to External Venues for Site Visits, Tastings and Performance of Weddings, Events, Exhibitions.• Created and Customized Menus with Executive Chefs.• Hired new Catering Staff and made sure they fully Understood their Roles and Duties.• Monitored the Quality of Food & Service provided by Tasting and Asking Customers for their Views.SUCCESSES:• GREW the Catering Events Sales Eclipsing a slower Winter Season to over $40,000.00 in Revenue in just the First Week in June.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Responsible for overseeing and managing all the company’s staff (kitchen and floor) while ensuring that the event’s guests receive impeccable service and quality while they dine.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Managed and Traveled with Five-Star Service aboard the historic (previously owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post) Chapel Hill Railroad Pullman car based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Publicly (on stage) communicated new LG Electronics Product Information to thousands of Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Event Attendees in Las Vegas, NV.