The Ranch House

General Manager at James Beard award winning Rioja in Downtown Denver

• Began as a Floor Manager and promoted to Department Head for high end progressive Steakhouse & Bar with average monthly revenues of over $700k• Scheduling and Payroll of all FOH teams, total of approximately 60 employees • Collaborate with culinary team for all menu rollouts, updates and design • Responsible for ordering products and supplies needed by the FOH • Part of management team responsible for the control of labor and expenses

• Volume of up to $30,000 a night in sales, I assist everywhere I’m needed. • Left position after being contacted by Four Seasons for previously sought-after position When I accepted the position I had big shoes to fill and I feel confident that I surpassed all expectations. However after two years of applying to the Four Seasons I felt complelled to follow my dreams. I've stayed in touch with Machete as I have the upmost repect and appreciation for them but all I can do is move forward and hope to have a major impact at my next home away from home.

• Sole manager responsible for all aspects of the FOH, sister company of 12@Madison• Weekly inventory, ordering of wine and spirits, controlling invoices, payroll and quick books.• Interviewing, hiring, processing, training and management of employees.• POS management and reporting

• Overall management of the FOH team. Ranked top 25 in Denver 3 years running. • Interviewing, hiring, processing, training and management of employees. • Weekly inventory, ordering of wine and spirits, processing invoices, payroll and quick books.• POS reporting, button activation and deactivation, labor management, nightly batches.• Creation of beverage menus with rotating seasonal cocktails, maintenance of extensive wine list.• Executing fine dining service and upholding those standards among the team.• **Closed due to Covid – transferred by Owner Jeff Osaka to Sushi Rama

• Hired on as a captain but do to a major decline in business I was forced to find new employment.

• Fine dining white jacket service – tableside carving • High volume bar

• B2B sales - cold calling and door to door prospecting on a regular basis to build prospect list.• Sell Heartlands entire portfolio of products

• In-home Solar Presentations based on initial interest created with door to door sales and cold calling. • Responsible for gathering a minimum of 20 referrals each month and to always be closing. • Managed over 550 accounts in ZOHO CRM software.• Built strong relationships with each sale as an install takes several months to complete.

• Taught English at the highest ranked Middle School in the Province.• The process helped improve my public speaking, communicative skills and patience. • Learned to adapt in a new and challenging environment, remaining stress free and positive.• Effectively managed classrooms with over 50 teenage students.

• Advanced with the company from a server position to a staff supervisor.• Worked private banquets for groups of up to 150 guests and Presidential events.• Participated in high end events with celebrity chefs.

• Taught English to Elementary and Middle School students. • Learned how to succeed and overcome challenges in a foreign environment.• Created fun and interesting lesson plans complemented with regular testing to produce excellent results for my students.

• An agency based sales division, focusing on direct sales and business to business sales.• Built a new client database in Excel, and developed original marketing material. • Presented to audiences of over 100 people composed of Businesses, students and teachers

• Started and worked through construction of the hotel• Opening liquor order was successful and under budget• Hiring, Cocktail Creation, Training, Training Manuals and and endles supply of work was my responsibility. • We opened the hotel with great success hosting several large events without any major problems.