Experience

Next Step Design

• United States
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • May 2017 - Present



Restaurant Design and Sales

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Client Services Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2017

  Coordination and Supervision - Coordinate, manage and monitor the workings of various departments in the organization. Delegate work to design team, internal drawing review and development, vendor drawing review and development. (Includes sheet metal, refrigeration systems, exhaust & M.U.A, and mill work) Purchasing & Logistics - Negotiate pricing with vendors, issue purchase orders and reconcile invoices. Arrange domestic and international shipping and/or warehousing. Human Resources - Organize recruitment and placement of required staff. Supervise staff. Monitor and evaluate performance.Sales, marketing and Customer Service - Manage customer support team. Plan and support sales and marketing activities.Attend, represent and organize RDS/GDS at trade shows. Produce marketing materials using Publisher. I.T. - Organize and manage various software and hardware vendors. I was the first line of technical support for the firm that included software updates, hardware trouble shooting, managing wide format printing. Updating and editing AutoCAD drawings as required by vendor or designers.



Galley Design and Sales

• United States
• Food & Beverages

• Client Services Manager

  • Jun 2013 - Apr 2017



Gilbertson Fereday Roberts Inc

• Marketing Manager & Corporate Chef

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2013

  GFR hired me as their corporate chef and marketing manager. As the corporate chef I have worked around the Pacific North West training and educating kitchen staffs in operation and care of their kitchen equipment. I have also worked with clients in research and development of method of operation for specific menu items to best utilize their equipments capabilities.As the marketing manager I have been responsible for developing the online presence. I have continued to develop the GFR website with new material and incorporate the website with social media such as Facebook. I am also responsible for creating literature, flyers and any other print media. This media is primarily developed with Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher. I also helped to develop email marketing campaigns utilizing Constant Contact and Mail Chimp.Internally I work doing customer service via price quoting, purchase order processing. Quotation included reviewing 114000 specifications, floor plan drawings, and working with food service design consultants. In response to specific technical questions I have built a relationship with represented factories around the country. I also function as the company IT department by administering the email server, backup server and any other technology related issue from purchasing new technology to repairing and updating PCs. GFR also has a warehouse in which they distribute commercial microwaves I am solely responsible for all shipping needs from working with freight carriers, picking and organizing orders on pallets and using the fork lift to load the truck.



M.A.F.S.I

• Intern

  • Jan 2008 - Aug 2009

  I started at M.A.F.S.I as a marketing intern and stayed on with the company after the internship. My regular duties included updating our associates’ information with current information and new information as it related to billing and e-mail marketing. I also worked with acquiring new raw data and using existing data to mine for demographical data from associates.



Alon's Bakery and Market

• Baker; Assistant Manager in Bread Department

  • Jan 2008 - Aug 2009

  As an assistant manager in breads I was responsible for overseeing the daily production of breads and laminated pastries. I was personally involved in the mixing, shaping and baking of both breads and laminated pastries. Outside of the production duties I also helped with scheduling of employees, maintained inventory, and transcribed bread formulas into excel spreadsheets to help eliminate waste by making custom formulas to match demand.



Antebellum Inn

• Assistant to Owner: Catering Chef

  • Apr 2007 - Dec 2007

  I began as a consulting chef for catering and the relationship developed into more robust position as customer service to patrons and regularly cooking for patrons. Many times I was asked to assist the owner by purchasing inventory for the kitchen and administer to housekeeping employees in owner’s absence.



Georgia College State University Instructional Technology Center

• Technical Support

  • May 2006 - May 2007

  Image Editing, Adobe Photoshop, Trouble Shooting, PC Repair, PC Cloning



Big City Bread

• Lead Pastry Cook

  • Nov 2004 - Aug 2005

  Danish, Brioche, Croissants, Cakes



Five & Ten

• Cook

  • Jun 2003 - Oct 2004

  Soup, Salad, Hot Appetizer, Deserts, Grill, Meat Fabrication



Peninsula Grill

• Pastry Cook

  • Apr 2002 - Mar 2003

  Breakfast pastry production, Cake Production, Hot & Cold Dessert Production and Assembly



Ambrosia Bakery

• Baker

  • Aug 2000 - May 2001

  Breads: Mixing, Baking, Shaping



2 Dog Cafe

• Cook

  • Feb 1997 - Jun 2000

  Line Cook, Prep Cook, Bread Baker and Dish Washer