Steven Barnes Email & Phone Number

Tucson, AZ, US

Arizona, United States

• In my current role as an Executive Consultant/Private Investor, I:
• Provide comprehensive human resource and crisis management solutions for multiple privately held companies, addressing operational challenges and implementing effective strategies.
• Perform thorough stock financial research and market analysis to assess market trends, identify investment opportunities, and inform portfolio management strategies.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest developments in the real estate industry by reviewing property listings, industry journals, and relevant literature, ensuring informed decision-making.
• Oversee vendor selection, project design, and remodeling efforts, defining the scope of work and competitive pricing strategies to enhance property value and increase sales potential.
• Manage end-to-end project execution, ensuring quality control and maximizing returns by minimizing downtime and optimizing resources throughout the project lifecycle.

MO, IN, KY, IL, OH, MI, NM, AZ

• In my previous role as Special Projects Manager/General Partner/Region Manager, I:
• Spearheaded the operations of multiple $30 million/year facilities, including 8 restaurant concepts, by optimizing and improving processes and the overall approach toward projects.
• Oversaw the openings of several new stores all over the US. Worked harmoniously with internal and external stakeholders to assess project status while coordinating staff and internal resources simultaneously.
• Recruited key individuals, delivered training, and developed top performers; passionate about growing others.
• Directed the employees' efforts during project implementations, such as store openings, to ensure project timelines, milestones, and deadlines were successfully maintained and achieved.
• Responsible for escalating and resolving issues, prioritizing, and managing business requests for risk identification, mitigation, remediation planning, and execution, as well as scoping, requirements gathering.

Greater St. Louis Area

• In my previous role as District Manager, I:
• Oversaw the operations of 8 restaurants in IL, MO, and KS. Served as a team leader, creating and managing routines, establishing goals and objectives and conducting meetings with branch managers to design business.
• Provided quality customer service by overseeing the execution of customer service strategy and client review processes while tracking branch performance against set goals and objectives.
• Coached individuals by providing frequent performance evaluations and expectations that focused on setting goals, deadlines, and holding direct reports accountable.
• Resolved all employee and recurring customer complaints and issues, acting as a frontline for the company and conducting regular reviews in order to outline lacking areas and develop improvement processes.
• Served as the Human Resources Manager, spearheading the sourcing, assessing, recruitment, hiring and onboarding of new employees, employee training, development, and offboarding of transitioning staff.

• In my previous role as Managing Partner, I:
• Oversaw the daily operations of a 4-6-million-dollar restaurant. Identified the restaurant’s weaknesses and conceptualized and implemented solutions to ensure smooth operations and steady growth.
• Built a positive business reputation and handled overall customer service experience by ensuring the company delivered quality services to the delight of the customers.
• Ensured effective recruiting, onboarding, professional development performance management, and retention of over 90 employees and 4 managers.
• Adhered to company, federal, state and local business requirements, enforcing compliance and taking necessary actions.
• Collected, interpreted and reviewed financial information, predicted future trends and reported to the management and stakeholders, and provided advice on how the restaurant and future business decisions might be.