Experience

College Chefs, LLC

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Chef

  • Aug 2022 - Present



The Lexington School, Lexington, KY

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Kitchen Staff/Lead Line

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2022

  - Prepared large quantities of food using multiple methods for a school and staff (700+) with special dietary needs including Gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan, pork free, egg free, and various other allergies. - Maintained a safe kitchen through sanitization, regular maintenance, and implementation of safety protocols. - Cleaned and inspected galley equipment, kitchen appliances, and work areas to ensure functional operation and cleanliness to ensure compliance with local and federal regulations. - Create menu items to include writing recipes and calculating or scaling of ingredients to meet the school’s needs to include catering special events. - Direct four cooks to assist in preparing and serving meals as well as training of new employees. Show less



Pasta Garage "Italian Cafe"

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Line Cook

  • Sep 2018 - Apr 2020

  • Prepped food quickly with ability to cut and scale ingredients according to specification and minimize waste. • Multitasked to handle multiple tickets during busy service as well as coordinated orders for private parties. • Upheld high standards of sanitization and quality of products. • Prepped food quickly with ability to cut and scale ingredients according to specification and minimize waste. • Multitasked to handle multiple tickets during busy service as well as coordinated orders for private parties. • Upheld high standards of sanitization and quality of products.



Portofino Restaurant

• United States
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Line Cook

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2018

  • Trained and mentored line cook with no previous experience on multiple stations. • Consistently came up with daily specials and recipes to provide unique and delicious variety. • Assisted in creating daily prep lists and produce orders to ensure supplies were consistently available and replenishing items as required. • Responsible for working multiple stations to include salad, grill, sauté, and point. • Trained and mentored line cook with no previous experience on multiple stations. • Consistently came up with daily specials and recipes to provide unique and delicious variety. • Assisted in creating daily prep lists and produce orders to ensure supplies were consistently available and replenishing items as required. • Responsible for working multiple stations to include salad, grill, sauté, and point.



Pomeroy

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• GIS Consultant for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Provide excellent customer service to troubleshoot & resolve GIS problems for KYTC customers that use spatial tools in desktop (local and via Citrix), mobile, and Web environments. Support remotely sensed data (LiDAR & aerial photography) as well as other non-GIS (CADD & Global Positioning System [GPS], etc.) data integration. • Develop & manage multiple complex GIS projects using ESRI mobile, desktop, and web technologies. • Research, develop, write technical documentation & apply better spatial information methods, standards, and tools to promote effective information creation & sharing to improve KYTC business efficiency; Support the spatial database librarian on metadata creation and maintenance. • Perform quality analysis/quality control on data & products. • Assist in customer training for transportation Web, desktop, & mobile GIS classes to share best methods and help customers maximize their effectiveness. • Assist in reporting project work following standardized PMO processes. Show less



TEKsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• GIS Consultant for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

  • Jul 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Provide excellent customer service to troubleshoot & resolve GIS problems for KYTC customers that use spatial tools in desktop (local and via Citrix), mobile, and Web environments. Support remotely sensed data (LiDAR & aerial photography) as well as other non-GIS (CADD & Global Positioning System [GPS], etc.) data integration. • Develop & manage multiple complex GIS projects using ESRI mobile, desktop, and web technologies. • Research, develop, write technical documentation & apply better spatial information methods, standards, and tools to promote effective information creation & sharing to improve KYTC business efficiency; Support the spatial database librarian on metadata creation and maintenance. • Perform quality analysis/quality control on data & products. • Assist in customer training for transportation Web, desktop, & mobile GIS classes to share best methods and help customers maximize their effectiveness. • Assist in reporting project work following standardized PMO processes. • Perform other duties as assigned. Show less



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Watch Supervisor

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Led the day to day operations within an intelligence work center supervising 12 military analysts and managing 7 civilian personnel on proper workflows for RFIs, compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines, proper quality control checks on finalized products, accountability of watch standing and watch supervisor responsibilities.• Identified potential areas for improvement in workflows to develop workarounds and implement them by conducting training and writing procedures on these new techniques to increase workplace efficiency.• Trained and maintained a high competency with systems and analytical proficiency in the work center to include assisting in training all new analysts. • Prioritized tasking for a 24-hour watch consisting of 12 military and 7 civilian personnel responsible for responding to time-critical RFIs critical to mission success for NSW units deployed worldwide; dynamically balanced a constantly shifting team environment that required multi-tasking and quick, solid decision making in order to maintain efficiency and meet deadlines. Show less

• Collections Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2016

  • Selected to obtain this highly technical qualification with certification to conduct national level collection management of remote sensing assets and become the lead Collection Manager for the command. • Influential in the department by expanding the collection capabilities both internally and to the customer. Ensured continuity of collection requirements for all requests for information (RFIs), and the ability to provide current data that wouldn’t have otherwise been available and coordinate with outside entities for advanced geospatial products. • Took personal initiative to create a thorough collection plan and matrix for all training sites that otherwise would not have been collected. This continues to provide updated information to all NSW units throughout all their levels of training. Show less

• Geospatial Analyst

  • Dec 2012 - Jan 2016

  • Used a multi-faceted approach through the interoperability of multiple software programs to create products that provided solutions to various problem sets that were easy to manipulate and understand.• Performed advanced and extensive research, analysis, and reporting to create over 1200 advanced geospatial products in a high-intensity, time sensitive environment that supported special operations worldwide.• Manipulated, edited, and reclassified various datasets and maintained local and national databases. Utilized high-resolution terrain data derived from LIDAR, stereo pair imagery, and other airborne and national assets and manually edited Digital Surface Models (DSM); DSM products were utilized to provide a wide range of products to include route studies, advanced terrain analysis, and line of sight studies.• Incorporated geospatial data from a broad spectrum of sensor platforms to include Commercial, NTM, and various airborne sensors to conduct Panchromatic, Multispectral, Infrared, and Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery exploitation; analysis was critical in directing target based mission planning.• Conducted in-depth Imagery/Geospatial analysis of physical and cultural features in desert, mountain, jungle, littoral, riverine and urban locations; analysis provided crucial information to effective mission planning, providing dimensions of buildings and tactically relevant information necessary for successful mission planning.• Provided humanitarian assistance/disaster relief by coordinating with other organizations to identify locations of victims and create time sensitive geospatial products for helicopter landing zones. The 6 products created led to the quick delivery of 170 tons of relief supplies to typhoon victims. Show less



Office of Naval Intelligence

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Supervisor / Imagery Analyst

  • Nov 2009 - Oct 2012

  • As an imagery analyst, created and disseminated over 1700 imagery based reports and 500 geospatial products in a high-intensity, time sensitive environment, supporting maritime operations worldwide. • Provided maintenance for all imagery systems beyond what the position required to assist the system administrator in ensuring that productivity would not be hindered. • While deployed was named the number 1 analyst among 14 peers for dedication to the job by maintaining systems as well as testing and implementing a new web-based tool that helped increase productivity by 60%. This led to the department earning the Intelligence Excellence Award in 2011. • Prepared, conducted, and disseminated daily briefs for leadership on production, operations, system status, and schedule updates. • The only one of 15 analysts in paygrade to earn the position of Watch Officer (supervisor) on the Fleet Imagery Support Team. Went on to manage a team of 12 peers that was recognized for having the highest quality and quantity of products created in the command. • Provided insight in the realignment of manning to better support job requirements that increased moral in the work-place and created a surplus of manpower to increase support to customers. • Recognized for instilling integrity to the position to professionalize all products produced. This resulted in better quality assurance practices and a decrease in overall discrepancies, including security/classification issues at the command, by 80 percent. Show less



Panera Bread

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Day Baker

  • Aug 2008 - Jan 2009

  • Quickly learned multiple roles to be more of a reliable asset for opening and closing shifts. • Prepared customer drink and food orders to exact standards and specifications of the customer and the restaurant. • Responsible for prepping and scaling ingredients efficiently and quickly to keep the restaurant well stocked throughout service. • Quickly learned multiple roles to be more of a reliable asset for opening and closing shifts. • Prepared customer drink and food orders to exact standards and specifications of the customer and the restaurant. • Responsible for prepping and scaling ingredients efficiently and quickly to keep the restaurant well stocked throughout service.



Bald Headed Bistro

• Cleveland, TN

• Expo Chef/Baker

  • Aug 2007 - Apr 2008

  • Responsible for baking all bread products daily as well as food and station preparation for dinner service. • Operated as the main communication between front of house and back of house to • Oversaw the plating and seamless delivery of quality food to customers while maintaining cleanliness and an A+ health code standard. • Worked multiple stations to include salad, brick oven, and dishwasher to ensure continuity of service. • Responsible for baking all bread products daily as well as food and station preparation for dinner service. • Operated as the main communication between front of house and back of house to • Oversaw the plating and seamless delivery of quality food to customers while maintaining cleanliness and an A+ health code standard. • Worked multiple stations to include salad, brick oven, and dishwasher to ensure continuity of service.



Pathway Press

• Advertising Intern

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

  Created multiple advertisements for Pathway Press to be published in their monthly magazine. Applied my skills with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign to create new and creative ads for the company. Created multiple advertisements for Pathway Press to be published in their monthly magazine. Applied my skills with Adobe Photoshop and InDesign to create new and creative ads for the company.