Highly Accomplished Leader who expertly drives profit-centric multi-concept (i.e. fast casual to casual upscale) restaurant initiatives - both domestically and internationally - to achieve results that align with a company's mission, vision, and values, and who synchronizes short- / long-term objectives across multi-site business units.MBA Graduate who cultivates a strong brand image while driving the promotion and sale of world class products and services, delivering first-rate customer experiences and yielding high-performance results, and who excels within rapidly evolving scenarios to continually gain leverage in competitive markets.Influential Strategist who secures buy-in among cross-functional teams to attain goals and position businesses for optimal success, including exhibiting solutions-focused critical thinking to accomplish insightful outcomes while maintaining knowledge of groundbreaking trends and seeing the "big picture" to exceed expectations.Career Highlights Include:✓ Recruiting, training, mentoring, and managing top-performing teams.✓ Designing and developing synergistic menus to align with restaurant goals.✓ Continually applying trends to innovate brand-new, profit-generating strategies.✓ Offering talent with high-profile Panera Bread and Ruby Tuesday restaurant brands.✓ Directing numerous new, high-attendance store openings, including one in Trinidad.✓ Leading the start-up and successful operations of a creative new scratch kitchen concept.✓ Crafting and administering large-scale budgets while generating up to $10+ million in sales.✓ Driving prototype research and development to provide training to global managers and owners.