Experience

Woke Chicago

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Experience and Partnership Lead

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Woke Chicago is a nonprofit organization that shares compassion to under-resourced communities thru yoga, meditation & self-care practices. Connecting people from all walks of life. Creating opportunities to give back. www.wokechicago.org IG: @wokechi_ or @wokechi_carl Woke Chicago is a nonprofit organization that shares compassion to under-resourced communities thru yoga, meditation & self-care practices. Connecting people from all walks of life. Creating opportunities to give back. www.wokechicago.org IG: @wokechi_ or @wokechi_carl



Pro Outdoor Services

• Scottsdale, Arizona

• Professional Sales Specialist II

  • Feb 2018 - Mar 2020

  Outside sales professional focused on turning a homeowners dream/vision into a reality. Built new systems/strategies to set up the company for immediate success as well as future growth. Creating new relationships with cooperative partnerships with other businesses/trades. Create a fun & challenging work environment. Outside sales professional focused on turning a homeowners dream/vision into a reality. Built new systems/strategies to set up the company for immediate success as well as future growth. Creating new relationships with cooperative partnerships with other businesses/trades. Create a fun & challenging work environment.



Hyatt Hotels Corporation

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rooms Control/Front Office Lead

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2017

  Responsible for forecasting and pre-placing guest reservations into specific room types to help maximize hotel occupancy while increasing hotel revenue (493 guest rooms) ​Head trainer for Front Office; Responsible to train all new hires, created a new 14 day training program following Hyatt standards while making it personalized for our property. First in charge of scheduling and completing; major guest room renovations, switching over to RFID key system and implementation of new parking structure. In the top 2 every month for front office up sells which adds in excess of 600K/year in additional revenue. Known for exceeding guest expectations and maintaining poise and a sense of humor in stressful situations. Comprehensive knowledge of housekeeping duties to flip rooms quickly. Very keen sense to read guests quickly and being one step ahead to show how much we really care. Filled in as Front Desk Manager for over 4 months when we were short a manager. ​Graduated Ladder Climbers Class March 2017 Show less



Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery

• United States
• Restaurants
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lead Bartender

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2015

  Serve directly under the owner in a position to learn all aspects of the business. Known for exceeding guest expectations and maintaining poise and a sense of humor in stressful situations. Comprehensive knowledge of mixing / serving alcoholic drinks and TOAST certified ​Developed repeat business by establishing close and lasting relationships with guests ​Possesses a fantastic memory and great listening skills resulting in the correct placement of orders ​In charge of handling money, bartender cash outs, reports and ordering inventory ​Travel to new openings to train new bartending staff – Trained new bartenders at home pub Show less



Card Payment Direct

• Sottsdale, AZ

• Executive Sales Director

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2012

  Outside sales, knocked on doors of local small business owners to help them with merchant services Recruited, trained, coached and motivated a team of (25-50) 1099 Independent outside sales representatives located all over the country. Responsible for processing payroll and hosting live Gotomeeting webinars on a daily basis. Wrote, acted in & produced over 200 different training videos. Demonstrated exceptional dedication to help grow this company to be worth over $40 Million. Took my personal multi-tasking skill set to a whole new level! Show less



Axis Radius

• Scottsdale, AZ

• VIP Door Host/Bottle Service

  • Sep 2009 - Jan 2011

  Responsible for VIP list, crowd control, negotiation & sales of bottle service & tables. Demonstrated exceptional customer service and customer retention while experiencing the night club life. Made sure all of my customers had a great time to build a repeat customer list. Responsible for VIP list, crowd control, negotiation & sales of bottle service & tables. Demonstrated exceptional customer service and customer retention while experiencing the night club life. Made sure all of my customers had a great time to build a repeat customer list.



Liberty West Painting

• Phoenix, Arizona Area

• Sales Account Executive

  • Apr 2007 - May 2009

  Responsible for outside sales and building long lasting relationships from the ground up in multi-housing, commercial, hotel/resort and HOA industries. Demonstrated exceptional personal development in the long life cycle of larger sales. Sold and managed production of over $2.71 million to date. Extensive cold calling experience both in person and over the phone. Responsible for outside sales and building long lasting relationships from the ground up in multi-housing, commercial, hotel/resort and HOA industries. Demonstrated exceptional personal development in the long life cycle of larger sales. Sold and managed production of over $2.71 million to date. Extensive cold calling experience both in person and over the phone.



New Image

• United States

• National Recruiting Specialist

  • Mar 2006 - Apr 2007

  New Image is a new Authorized service provider of the Home Depot Utilized public speaking and presentation skills to groups of up to 8 business owners for the purpose of generating interest and creating a consensus of support for Home Depot’s business venture. Demonstrated outstanding negotiation skills in individual interviews with large multi million dollar contracting companies for the purpose of brokering business partnerships. Traveled to different cities all over the country to partner local business owners with their local Home Depot stores Show less



National Services Group, Inc.

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Feb 2002 - Mar 2006

  Business Owner - Residential Exterior Painting Company Managed 1 General Manager, 2 District Managers, 32 Managers and 84 painters. Job included business consulting and motivational meetings. Sales revenues in excess of $1.48 million in 2005. Demonstrated exceptional public speaking skills to groups of up to 500 University Students. Business Owner - Residential Exterior Painting Company Managed 1 General Manager, 2 District Managers, 32 Managers and 84 painters. Job included business consulting and motivational meetings. Sales revenues in excess of $1.48 million in 2005. Demonstrated exceptional public speaking skills to groups of up to 500 University Students.