Mike Schafer Email and Phone Number

Counsel potential adopters and conduct adoption interviews to ensure animal welfare needs would be met.Socializing/dogs and cats.Conduct on-site shadow sessions with potential volunteers.Represent the volunteer organization at public events.Plan and execute monthly social events.

o Prepare and package all meals within clients' nutritional requirements and calorie limitations. o Plan, prepare and serve meals for parties and events, overseeing beverage, serving and cleaning staff.

o Develop, document and serve vegan, gluten-free, soy-free meals that meet strict nutritional requirements.o Create and manage relationships with vendors of products that meet strict criteria.o Respond to all messages and customer service inquiries related to cuisine.

o Oversight of hands-on cooking class business with revenue over five hundred thousand dollars per year.o Supervised a team of over 25 people.o Made final programming decisions to maximize business based on local market demands.

o Coordinated store operations for a specialty retailer with revenue over 4 million dollars per year.o Set employee goals in in a wide range of areas including sales, stock and cooking class operations; Trained employees to meet or exceed corporate expectations in key areas.o Led a team of employees to execute visual merchandising directives to company standards.

o Drive retail business and motivate staff to achieve daily revenue and customer service goals.

o Prepared and fired all components of Garde Manger station dishes under Chef Michael Voltaggio.o Demonstrated proficiency in a wide variety of molecular gastronomy techniques.

o Functioned as level II technical support for a school district of 38 school sites, supporting a wide array of software on multiple versions of Mac OS and Windows platforms.o Deployed internet based IT Help Desk and developed FAQ database to assist first tier technical support team.o Wrote detailed technical documentation to assist teachers and site staff in deploying software for classroom specific use.o Launched and produced content for SVUSD.tv, the first Internet based video service operated by a K-12 educational institution.o Trained employees to use various software programs such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Apple iLife, and Final Cut Studio.