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Eat Drink Dish is an award-winning restaurant recommendation and lifestyle platform founded and operated by Golnaz Yamoutpour Established in 2014, Eat Drink Dish has become a trusted partner for chefs, restaurateurs and business owners looking to connect to an authentic and passionate food-centric audienceEat Drink Dish reaches over 7 million people per year

(Pajor Graphics, Inc.) ASI/KORT partnered with Eat Drink Dish to develop specialized designs and signage for the hospitality space. I was the project manager and liaison.

(Pajor Graphics, Inc.) Hired by CEO on temp/contract basis to upgrade digital marketing and help to identify strategic acquisition targets, resulting in acquisition of KORT— a youthful brand with great start-up vibes yet with a mature client roster. Customers include NBC KARE11, Schwan’s Foods, and lots and lots of local restaurants, breweries and small businesses.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Brought high-energy and a creative perspective to a motivated and hungry sales team during a time of tremendous transformation at EPICOR. In my yearlong stint, which ended in my accepting a unique opportunity/passion project, I helped manufacturing leaders transform their production capabilities and efficiencies. ***EPICOR drives business growth by providing flexible, industry-specific software (ERP, HCM, MES, PS/FS, EMI, etc.) designed around the needs of our manufacturing, distribution, retail, and service industry customers. More than 40 years of experience with our customers’ unique operational requirements are built into every solution—in the cloud, hosted, or on premises. With this deep understanding of your industry, Epicor solutions manage complexity, increase efficiency, and free up resources so you can focus on growth. *Epicor is owned Clayton, Dubilier & Rice of New York City

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I've turned my love of food & wine into a fun gig with the newly expanded Cork Dork Wine Company. Owner Russell Fay is known for seeking out unique wines that make this unassuming, unpretentious shop a neighborhood favorite that is also sought out by hospitality pros for their home tables. It's a wine, spirits and craft beer destination for foodies.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As part of a B2B sales unit comprised of two team members, I was responsible for recruiting new affiliates ("authorized partners"​) throughout the Americas and the Caribbean for use of Everything DiSC® and Patrick Lencioni's The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ tools.Responsible for full sales cycle from lead generation to signed contractAmong many achievements, including meeting and exceeding sales goals, I helped to establish the channel development marketing communication function (brochures, standardized message creation, drip marketing and e-mail campaigns). I was specifically noted for strong writing and editing skills.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I was on a three member B2B support team that assisted some 1,800 business affiliates in the use of leadership development and workplace assessment solutions.Our unit consistently achieved high customer satisfaction ratings, and I launched the official network LinkedIn group which I also monitored and promoted.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I supervised and coached 15-20 direct reports at any given time (and an additional 15-20 indirect reports) while representing brands such as Yoplait, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Cheerios, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, Progresso, Totino's, Nature Valley, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen, Gardetto's, Chex, and othersI was able to achieve an increase in team quality and efficiency scores at the same time our overall supervisory staff was cut in half, doubling the number of my direct reports. I was also responsible for the daily shift scheduling for our department of 40.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Seasonal internship: constituent/public relations for state senator* Formulate written responses to constituent concerns requiring knowledge of political issues and priorities and the senator's position on each* Address constituent concerns on the phone and in person* Monitor media coverage and news for district* Host constituents at the capitol office* Manage voter database

Strategic Communication @Soc

Washington, D.C.

Ba, Political Science, German, Psychology

Northfield, Minnesota "Mare Balticum", interdisciplinary (Economics/German/Int’l Relations) program in the Baltic states and countries.

Preparatory School, Exchange

Ap German; Ap Psychology