English language coaching for business employees for all levels from A1.1 to C1.1. Improving English language grammar, speaking, writing and comprehension with great student success within the Mayer-Melnhof Karton group and Siemens Austria. Students have been across Austria, France and Turkey.

An idea born from not wanting to leave my dog at home while working 18-20 hours per day in my previous catering firm. Against popular belief in a new town and country, together with my co-founder I built and operated a thriving boutique doggie daycare and retail store. A world class business in an idyllic seaside paradise. Powerful branding and constant creative marketing combined with outstanding service delivery saw an at capacity business sold 10 years to the day after I opened the doors for the first time. Having achieved consistent annual growth, I could not have been prouder of my achievements.- Brand development and awareness- Advertising and Promotion utilising Print, Outdoor, Social Media, TVC, Radio, E-mail, SEO, Online (Google Ads & Analysis)- CRM using DM & Social Media- K9 behaviour training, socialisation, and care of up to 60 dogs per day and client management- Customer Event Planning and Management- Staff Training and Management- Payroll and Accounting- Store Management

Co-creation of a new catering company from the ground up, starting with commercial kitchen planning and construction. Immediately secured major New Zealand sporting event catering contracts, (Ironman, V8 Supercars Corporate), generating multi-million dollar annual turnover. Delivered above expectations resulting in repeat business. Through networking I captured contracts for prestige brand event catering, (Louis Vuitton, Riviera Yachts, Land Rover, Jaguar, BMW). As the business grew, I took over kitchen management and grew profit margins to 34%, considerably above benchmark for the industry. I developed further strengths in event planning, logistics, staff management, customer relations management, event management and business development.- Co-creation of startup catering company delivering the highest standards of food and service for 25 to 4,500 guests- Advertising and marketing planning creating brand awareness and desire to engage services- Secured major new contracts leading to multi-million-dollar turnover- Database management, DM, Radio, Print, Outdoor, Web, CRM- Client Liaison - event creation, planning and management, going the extra mile to ensure total client satisfaction, leading to repeat business and referrals- Staff Management and Recruitment of up to 1000 employees, coaching staff to achieve their best results- Kitchen Management – Daily production planning, ordering, supply management, logistics and site maintenance- Financial planning – Budget creation, monitoring, analysis, and revision- Cash flow management – Accounts Payable and Receivable

Founding my first company at 26 years old and designing, developing and taking a new product to market was a huge learning curve. I used all my skills and learnt a lot along the way. After creating enough independent awareness and sales to welcome interest from major retail chains, it became apparent my cost model with local production did not fit an external retail sales cost model. Instead, I sold the design. My first business success.- Market Research and Product Design- Creation of new product (Kiwi Woodfired Smokehouse)- Advertising and Promotion utilising Print, Radio, TVC, Online, Exhibitions, DM- Production management- Sales and supply management- Stock management and logistics

This was a short term role during my 18 month 'Gap Year' to London and Europe. During my time in the Secure File Management department, I identified faults in the file management structure. I designed and implemented a new company wide reporting procedure under Audit requirements to discover missing and outstanding customer files.

In my first job after completing University, through hard work and dedication I was promoted three times in as many years, won employee of the year, was sent to Singapore to learn a new global ordering system which I then implemented in New Zealand, and was privileged to attend a Mercedes-Benz Management seminar at the global training centre in Stuttgart, Germany.I was able to develop the skills in Marketing I had learned at university, in a corporate environment for a major worldwide prestige brand, and excelled in doing so.- Marketing for Mercedes Benz passenger cars and commercial vehicles - Market analysis - Advertising campaign creation and management- Event sponsorship and brand management- Marketing event planning and management- New product launches- Dealer training and support- CRM program development and implementation- CSI programme implementation- Awarded employee of the year 1999