Midwest Athletics, Roseville, Michigan – (7/2003 – Present)Youth Basketball Training / Tournament CompanyOwner / Manager: Responsible for planning and executing youth basketball training and weekend AAU sanctioned tournaments. Also, manage 6 court basketball facility offering open gym, adult and youth leagues, three-on-three tournaments, summer youth camps, Saturday clinics and is host to various local basketball tournaments. Responsibilities include training and management of employees, book keeping, and asset and facility management. Develop and manage informational website to promote activities, execute marketing programs targeted at local communities and schools. • Organized, hosted and garnered team participation for 16 youth tournaments in 2009. • Partnered with AAU to establish 3 seasonal Detroit Basketball Leagues. Organized weekly schedules and play for 26 teams per league.

BRAKES EXPRESS, Farmington, MI (7/2000 – 6/2003)Four unit auto repair business specializing in brake workOwner / Manager: Responsible for all activities associated with the day-to-day management and operation of four Brakes X-press facilities. Responsibilities included hiring, training and management of employees, parts ordering, business functions such as advertising and marketing, book keeping, management of assets and customer retention and follow-up.• Achieved four store annual revenue of $800,000THE BRAKE SHOP, Fraser, MI (1993 – 2000)Brake Repair Franchise CompanyGeneral Manager (1997-2000) – Supervised four district managers and all day to day operations and employees associated with 23 corporate owned brake stores. Responsible for hiring and training of employees, overall store management and profitability. Provided on-going coaching of district managers regarding performance of their stores. Designed sales incentive programs for district and store managers to achieve sales goals.District Sales Manager (1995-1996) – Responsible for managing employees and store operations at five brake repair facilities. Participated in the daily management of each store to insure sales performance, quality of work, and resolve day-to-day employee and store issues.• Turned poor performing location (bottom 5%) in to 2nd ranked store in less than 3 months• Number one district manager based on store performance and sales Customer Service Manager (1993-1994) – Managed all customer complaints for 110 franchises nationwide. Worked with customer and franchisee to provide acceptable resolutions for both parties.