Experience

Palen Music Center

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  I am in charge of day to day operations when it comes to running a full-service music store. This includes managing sales-floor staff, education representatives, music lesson teachers and repair staff. It is also my job to ensure that the business is running properly and smoothly within the budget that is given out to me via our company President.

• Education Representative

  • Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

  While in this position I was the go to sales representative for 20 local schools and their instructors. While in this position I would give recommendations based on my experience in music retail as well as advice on what would be best for a schools band program. I was also in charge of day to day operations within the stores repair shop. This would include, but not limited to, calling of repair estimates, communications between the repair shop and the store front, operations within the repair shop and at times working the sales floor when needed.



Welk Resorts

• United States
• Hospitality
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Professional Musician

  • May 2017 - Dec 2019

  I was the bassist for the Tony award winning musical “Million Dollar Quartet”. During my three year run I performed over 500 shows for thousands of people. I was the bassist for the Tony award winning musical “Million Dollar Quartet”. During my three year run I performed over 500 shows for thousands of people.



Hoover Music Company

• Assistant Manager

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  While I was assistant manager I was in charge of all purchasing and receiving for our store. I was also the direct point of contact for all of our education representatives that called on local schools and their directors. I also managed all sales staff and was in charge of many of the day to day operations of running the music store.

• Sheet Music Coordinator

  • May 2013 - May 2017

  I was in charge of the largest sheet music department in Southwest, Missouri. I maintained inventory and ensured that we had the largest sheet music to choose from. I also worked very closely with all major sheet music distributors, private lesson instructors in the area as well as all local schools. In addition to sheet music, I also worked as a sales associate on the sales floor.