- Established and maintain social media outlets for networking, marketing, and customer/ client communications- Develop and execute wine education classes ranging from basic to advanced - Consult with stakeholders on beverage programs o Perform training seminars for staffs and servers- Designed, patented and launched “Bordo Tasters Tablet®” o Innovative system for taking notes in a wine tasting environment.• www.tasterstablet.com, www.facebook.com/tasterstablet, @tasterstablet

- Created and executed concept for a wine lounge and retail business - Featuring fine wines, craft beers, classic cocktails and tapas style food

- Sold a powerful collection of esoteric wines made by small producers from around the world. - Worked with both on and off premise wine and spirits establishments to help grow their selections, slim slow moving products, and suggest strategies for improving profit margins.- Created amazing point of sale shelf talkers for retailers- Created dynamic sell sheets which conveyed the story and importance of the products that we sold.- Developed synergistic relationships with accounts in three counties around the greater Detroit area.- Strategically grew our market penetration with independent retailers and restaurateurs

- Established 1st ever Pere-Jacques presence in NW Ohio- Successfully devised market penetration strategy and communication plan, sought out and initiated contact with area buyers, and developed sales history and reporting process enabling the establishment of over 30 customer accounts within the first 6 months- Skillfully represented the exclusive Pere-Jacques portfolio of artisan, independent fine wines - Conduct 20 - 25 sales calls per week, ensuring frequent visits to current and potential clients along with a high level of customer satisfaction and product support - Monitor importing schedules, depletion reports, and social media events

Managed the daily operation of a $3.1+ million dollar wine and beer department - 3rd largest wine store in the state of Ohio- 5,500+ different wine skus - 700+ beer skus Daily tasks included but were not limited to: managing 8 direct reports, buying, inventory control, budgeting, hiring and performance reviews, price control, merchandise management, scheduling and pay roll, training employees, the creation, implementation, and execution of departmental policy and procedures, build and maintain relationships with 26 distributors state-wide, and interacting with and selling to customers.assure compliance of my staff to company-wide safety standards.o Excellent departmental safety record of zero recordable accidents since 2004o Chair person for store “safety action team” 2008 - 2011

Tutor Program sponsored by the Robert Bosch Foundation (Tutorenprogramm der Robert Bosch Stiftung)One of 20 scholarship winners chosen nationwide to represent the United States as an ambassador to the universities in the new federal states of Eastern and Middle Germany.Responsible for instruction of beginner and advanced English conversation classes for more than 100 university level students at the Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg Created community programs to engage the public in dialogues regarding trans-Atlantic relationships between Germany and the United States