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South Portland, Maine, United States

Santa Clara, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Operations Manager in charge of culinary promotions and marketing events in the luxury appliance, high-end construction, real estate, education and non-profit industries. ACHIEVEMENTS:• Contracted multi-year programs and events for Google, Bay Area Regional Energy Network, Kaiser-Permanente, Sara Lee Foods, Marin Community Foundation, Wolf-Sub Zero, Hestan Culinary and numerous event producers. Negotiated contracts and coordinated logistics for local and national events. • Co-created first in-house culinary programs for Standards of Excellence "Food for Thought" monthly cooking events in five live showrooms. Delivered over 500 in-store and off-site events from 2001-2009. • Established in-store culinary demonstration programs and events for Miele, Dacor, Wolf Range, Fisher-Paykell, Kitchen-Aid TurboChef and Viking. Recruited and trained appliance demonstrators to showcase brand features and benefits. Personally executed culinary demonstrations at Standards of Excellence, BSC Culinary, Atherton Appliance, University Electric, Airport Appliance and Friedman’s Appliance. Personally demonstrated at culinary festivals and major home and trade shows.• Worked with luxury real estate companies and builders throughout Northern California that included St James Properties, Toll Brothers and Shea Homes to design culinary events for open houses and model home showcases greatly increasing attendance and impact of events. Developed culinary demonstrations to promote upgraded appliance packages.• Collaborated with national and local vendors cultivating innovative, long-term partnerships leveraging relationships with demonstrators, chefs and authors for cutting-edge high-end events, home shows and culinary festivals. •

Sausalito, California

San Rafael, Ca

Manage all aspects of retail musical instrument sales and service including sales training, strategic planning, business development, relationship management, sales forecasting, marketing, P&L accountability, security training and employee safety protocol. ACHIEVEMENTS:• In first year, showed a 20% spike in sales and averaged a 7.2% yearly growth over the next 7 years. • Significantly increased sales and brand loyalty by developing a successful training program that taught staff dynamic qualification skills, proven sales techniques and methods of engaging the consumer through live demonstrations.• Established reputation for excellent customer relations by providing individualized attention to each account, building customer trust and respect, and winning product loyalty over competitors. • Created unique retail experience by arranging highly effective audio and visual product displays resulting in greatly increased consumer interest and brand awareness.• Maintained longstanding diplomatic relationships with competing vendors and representatives.• Organized sales meetings that targeted key selling techniques and sales principles. • Developed deep relationships with industry leaders, influencers and education groups to drive brand awareness and sales.

Bachelor’S Degree, Music Performance, General

Music Theory And Composition