Department Manager/Chef (https://www.heb.com/recipe/cookingconnection)All planning and execution of product/store selling and customer culinary consultation.Drove business and community awareness of HEB and Cooking Connection. Created new meal solutions; providing recipes; offering culinary expertise; and educating customers in cooking technique and product lines including online for HEB.Managed all associated product, inventory, and personnel in one of the top sales stores in Texas.

Brand/Image copywriter-producer for video and digital distribution.Innovator in creative/technical management of advertising andpublic affairs.Staffing and resource expert in performing-production arts: event management; and hospitality. Community advocate; political and public affairs director. Operational designer of training and processes.

Broadband Sales and Community Support

Organized company sales support operations Executive management of all startup operations, risk assessor expansions. Assigned and scheduled staff, production crews, support vendors, and Master Control for daily broadcast of programming on 24/7 network. Executive-in-charge of all field production/studio equipment and facility management for two 5000 ft. studio/stage facilities. Producer/Director of national Telly Award winning concert television programs.

Held various positions at establishments and new businesses involving regional and European cuisines. Restaurant start-ups, special events and catering are a specialty.

Screen Actors Guild franchised agency representing on-camera and voice talent to commercial, film, and series producers. Acted as Executive Associate for all agency long-term planning, facilities, and support for Ivett Stone Agency, and her professional work teaching and directing many plays in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area. Ivett had a long career as a professional actress nationally and as a casting director. Ivett (spouse) passed in 2008.

Reorganized, developed marketing, and launched studio services to Greater Austin area agencies and producers As Uptown Studios Austin. Project Management for VOD, Studio and Special Events, Marketing Communications(2004). Manager Creative Services: Management and consolidation of Advertising Sales Operations in large Texas Region. Managed capital purchases of over $500,000 per year in sales, engineering, WAN/LAN infrastructure, MPEG over fiber networks. Directed public affairs, local programming, distribution, logistics, and quality control of vendors. (2000-2003) Community Programming Manager, Paragon Cable Dallas/Metro System. Designed and operated local cable channels for 98,000 subscribers. Launched popular news programming which was successful for 9 years till system was sold. Creative support to advertisers, the public, civic, government and educational contacts. PCTV Group led all cable systems in Texas Cable and Telecommunications Community Awards(1991-2000)

Director of Broadcast and AV Communications for nation's most trusted consumer electronics specialty retailer. Launched a number of B2B and B2C retail support services, and new ventures for Tandy Corporation. Provided direction for internal training and all TV media. Designed, implemented, and managed a new in-house production and creative group to handle all TV, AV, Film, Training, and Consumer Communications to support nearly 7,000 company-owned and dealer stores. Managed all TV/Film facilities and personnel. Executive-in-Charge of outsourced production companies, writers, animators, production crews, contractors, and capital/operational budgets.