Founder of local restaurant chain with a mission to improve our lives. Vision to Execution - Imagined, developed, and brought to life, proprietary branding and food products using data-driven research, testing, and analysis.Fast Expansion - From vision to launch to present day, oversaw and directed employee growth and multi-million dollar budgets.Entry- to Mid-level Job Creator - Provided jobs and leadership to over 100 employees with varying backgrounds and skills. Implemented tools to handle rapid industry turnover and labor challenges.Retail Real Estate & Construction - Negotiated all real estate and construction contracts. Oversaw multiple restaurant programming, branding, architecture, and construction projects with a hand-on approach

All things operational, from founding to exit, with a focus on scalable growth and culture.Mass Hiring & Training - Designed agency hiring and training practice for untrained social media work force that would begin immediate work on blue chip clients.Rapid Growth Manager - Managed a doubling of staff 3 years in a row, requiring hiring, consistency, and process development. Grew from scrappy startup to legit company, whose processes were easily integrated into Deloitte.Culture Keeper - Championed the shared cultural vision. Developed and nurtured company culture through ceremony, branding, events, purpose, and communication style. Acted as a voice of the company image through weekly meetings, public events, and social activities.Scalable Systems Builder - Developed, with increasing complexity, all HR and financial systems and corporate policies needed scale the company from founding to exit.Growth Analyst - Acted as the primary analyst for company growth, and developed tools, pro formas, and financial models to predict and plan for growth. Developed labor cost controls to understand deep financial project profitability.Finance Systems Developer - Developed all financial systems, reporting, and closeout practices to be GAAP compliant and robust enough to handle the strictest requirements for investor audits.Executive Relationship Builder - Established all key consulting relationships needed for operational growth, including banking, auditing, appraisals, real estate, architecture, legal, insurances, and more.Real Estate & Construction - Managed operational growth into new territories, including offices in New York and California. Negotiated, planned, and oversaw multiple tenant improvements and 3 company headquarters relocations. Managed the facilities, space upgrades, furnishing, technology integrations, and space planning for primary office locations.

Hospital and Research Center Builder - Provided project engineering services for Harborview Hospital Expansion and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center construction projects. Projects included hospital expansion, patient rooms, and more complicated projects like MRI rooms, pulmonary function testing rooms, surgery banks and pharma clean rooms classified as Class C & D. Risk Manager - Managed project estimates/bids, contract risk management, cost control, subcontractor coordination, RFI’s and related change work, infection controls, and closeout. Relationship Leader - Managed construction projects end-to-end, providing leadership for construction superintendent and crews as well as relationship management and coordination with project owners.

Financial Risk Assessment - Developed cost budgets for Costco remodel projects up to $10M. Built standardized estimating databases system using excel. Provided company with custom automated takeoffs improving department-wide efficiency.

Custom Builder - Managed 2 timber/steel framing construction crews in both commercial and residential construction projects. Projects included mixed-use retail, restaurants, government offices, churches and custom luxury homes.HR Systems Builder - Managed hiring process for potential crew members including testing and skills evaluation. Developed training program for new crew members for specialty framing skills.