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Milton, Washington

Provided overall financial management, and electronic and print marketing support for the group’s bed and breakfast inn located in Savannah, Georgia. Established a financial reporting and control process to allow all accounting and reporting to be done off-site. This allows the staff at the inn to concentrate on the guest service and inn maintenance.Performed all financial duties to include Federal, State and Local government reporting.o Maintained company on QuickBooks. Responsible for Chart of Accounts, Revenue Management, Accounts Payable, Financial Statements, Account and Bank Reconciliations.o Prepared Books for year-end submission to outside CPA firm. o Instituted a relationship with outside payroll company (Intuit Payroll). Monitor all weekly payroll activity. Transfer and reconcile payroll data to QuickBooks.o Managed all State and Local audits.o Established and monitored Operational and Capital Budgets.o Managed Cash daily. Move Funds between Bank Accounts when needed.o Maintained Operational and Financial statistical data. Performed Operational and Financial forecasts and analyses.Managed the company’s marketing effort.o Maintained relationship with all outside Advertising Agencies and Web-based Directories.o Assisted in the creation and update of the inn’s web site. The website is the center of the marketing strategy designed to show the look and personality of the inn.

Spartanburg, South Carolna

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Initially sat on the Board then joined the staff to provide business direction to the non-profit spay and neuter clinic which performed over 4,500 surgeries annually. Transferred clinic from a manual accounting system to QuickBooks. Established a Budgeting and Forecast system.

Spartanburg, South Carolina

Provided daily, direct administrative support to the Vice President of Operations over a nine-year period for a hotel chain that grew from one hotel to 475 hotels and over 7,000 employees.Wrote and managed the Operations Guideline which detailed the management of each hotel. Created a unique process to guarantee the most current policies and procedures were always in effect at all hotels. Managed the Budget process for Regional and District Management.Created and managed a Customer Service Department that processed and managed approximately 600 telephone calls, e-mails, letters, and faxes directed to the Corporate Office per month.

Seattle, Wa

Co-founder and partner of real estate development and venture capital company with full P&L responsibility. Raised in excess of $5,000,000 in private capital.

Dallas, Texas

Co-founder and owner of a hotel development company in the fledgling budget extended stay lodging industry. Developed company-owned extended stay hotels from real estate procurement and hotel construction, through to operations. The company was one of the first entrants into the budget extended stay hotel market that soon became one of the hot niche markets in the industry.  Implemented a strategic business plan and built and operated two extended stay hotels in Charlotte, North Carolina and three in Dallas, Texas.Had complete P & L responsibility.Created new systems in all areas of the hotels’ operations to ensure guest satisfaction and repeat occupancy, as there were no off-the-shelf systems for extended stay hotels. Managed the company’s first hotel while developed marketing/pricing strategy in new marketplace with new product. Achieved average occupancies in the 90% range, proving product viability.

Seattle, Washington