Advised partners in cultivating company’s growth from small catering business specializing in weddings and corporate events. Since 2013, the company tripled its business within three years. With over 100 weddings in 2016 and 80 plus corporate events, the company achieved a record breaking profit of $2M. Successfully strategized with owner to optimize back to front-end business operations, cost efficiency, management of staffing and logistics. Clients included: Facebook, GSV Labs, SF Police and Fire Departments, UCSF, Genetic, Northface

Worked with Partners in re-organizing infrastructure and operations of business including management of all accounts in the South Bay area in the interim.

Developed and operated in-house food and corporate catering service for Abbott's 200 employees. Transformed their basic deli to a fresh, healthy international experience daily. Collaborated with Executive Assistants to manage company-wide annual, product-launches and Abbott-hosted corporate events.

Operations/Business Development - worked with talented Chef to cultivate his vision from side venture into a certified catering business setting up the business itself, establishing clients, managing event design and coordination, staffing and logistics for private parties, corporate events, and weddings.• Handled all contracts, financial records, expense reports, and client communication.• Planned and executed menus and each event’s vision with client and Chef/Partner.

Managed the HR, day-to-day retail and warehouse operations of the company’s west coast region.Served as satellite HR department to Headquarters to restore and update employee records, re-establish standard hiring and termination process, work with Director of Operations to complete proper and compliant Employee Handbook.Piloted the changeover of company’s health insurance plan and employee benefits.Worked with CFO and Partners’ to ensure accuracy in payroll and revamping of sales commission plan.Via Netsuite CRM, maintained HR and client database and sales figures records and reports for data analysis and forward planning.Minimized staffing challenges such as screening final candidates, conducting appraisals and performance reviews for all retail sales and warehouse staff and managers, establishing career paths, recommending training and/or termination.Monitored and worked with retail and warehouse managers to maintain optimal health, morale, safety security standards.Strategized with Director of Operations to optimize operations to scale to volume as well as work/people flow and cost efficiencies, including complete overhaul company’s 36,000 sq. ft. warehouse and centralization of company’s entire sales to order-fulfillment processes and inventory.Executed Partners’ vision and drove plans of company expansion, corporate headquarter relocation, rapid growth out of start-up status.Directly reported to Partners and CFO on business performance, new initiatives and other pertinent issues.

Global talent acquisition: Prepared non-immigrant and immigrant petitions for companies ranging from start-up companies to publicly-traded, multinational corporations for submission to the USCIS.Worked directly with foreign national employees to prepare and assist in application process through green card to nationalization.Collaborated with partners and paralegal team to develop a client/case strategy. Proactively coordinated with attorneys and paralegal team in developing and implementing new strategies approaching corporate restructures, current changes with USCIS Service Center processes and changes in U.S. Immigration Law practices.Worked with partners and directed application solutions team to manage, create and run database reports of case status for corporate clients. Analyzed and monitored all informational requirements, developed database specifications, and enforced all database standards.

• Prepared non-immigrant and immigrant petitions for clients ranging from non-profit to high tech and insurance companies for submission to the USCIS.• Maintained direct contact with clients and employees regarding preparation of cases.• Worked with Sr. Partner to develop methods to effectively standardize firm’s casework.

Managed firm’s major client’s database of cases; created and ran database reports of case status for corporate clients, liaison with corporate clients and foreign national employees on progress.

Incorporated business entities such as preparing by-laws and minutes, articles of incorporation, statement by domestic stock corporation, and stock ledgers.