Bio
Experience
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Project Specialist
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United States
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Utilities
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700 & Above Employee
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Design Specialist
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Feb 2019 - Present
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Sr Design Specialist
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Feb 2019 - Present
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Mxdmediem Illustration and Design
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Baltimore, Maryland Area
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Illustrator and Designer
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Oct 2013 - Present
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Baltimore, Maryland Area
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Accent-E
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Baltimore, Maryland Area
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Graphic Designer
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May 2017 - Oct 2017
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Baltimore, Maryland Area
Start up entertainment consultant agency
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Fleet Street Tavern
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1823 Fleet Street Tavern
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Chef Consultant / Graphic Designer
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Feb 2014 - Feb 2016
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1823 Fleet Street Tavern
Helped open restaurant from branding to kitchen operations
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Kitchen Supervisor, Prepared Foods
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Nov 2005 - Oct 2012
• Supervise kitchen staff of twenty-nine employees, performing routine on-boarding, on-going skills training, employee conflict resolution and mediations and performance reviews and evaluations.• Develop kitchen staff thru training, coaching and mentoring to ensure strong performance.• Prepare schedules for thirty-two department resources, including seven sub-departments (3 managers, 29 employees), meeting labor allocation specifications, routinely satisfying budget constraints and reducing labor costs for department and store.• Maintain compliance standards and perform daily audits of safety, sanitation, food quality, display, packaging & quality standards to optimize financial, customer sertvice and operational performance.• Complete purchase orders and food ordering by assessing inventory deficits, cross-referencing prior sales and anticipating future events while staying within budget limits.• Routinely create menus given previous sales trends, current and future events, food trends, budget limits and residual store assets and overstock.• Prepare and cook food for prepared foods department, fresh pack and catering.• Setup, prepare, assess and improve merchandising of prepared foods, fresh pack, signage.• Manage receiving from and returns to vendors and suppliers.• Complete and manage routine and annual department and store inventories,• Manage/maintain kitchen upkeep/cleaning, including equipment maintenance, supply clean-up, dishwashing, coolers/deep freeze routine deep cleans.• Assist other departments (catering, seafood, bakery) as necessary with food preparation, cooking, resource allocation and additional coverage needs.• Assist customers with recommendations, product searches, allergen information, recipes, cooking techniques, delivery and in-home assistance and other related industry solutions.
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Certified Realtor
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Jul 2002 - Jul 2010
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Tax Preparer
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Jan 2004 - Apr 2009
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Corporate Trainer, Kitchens
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Apr 2001 - Jan 2006
Successfully opened three (3) Chili’s stores in the Mid-Atlantic region training twenty (20) or more cooks per restaurant (total of over 60 trained/managed) on cooking, food prep, kitchen maintenance, cleanup, inventory and receiving.
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Saute Chef
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May 2003 - Nov 2003
saute chef, food preparation, cooking, receiving
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Kitchen Manager/Corporate Trainer
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Nov 1996 - Apr 2001
Successfully opened 15 Ruby Tuesday restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic region, management and training of fifty (50) or more restaurant employees and staff per restaurant (over 750 trained/managed) including training staff on and personally performing duties of cooking, food prep, kitchen management, ordering, receiving, menus, scheduling, kitchen maintenance/cleaning, expediter, buser, bartender, waiter and host.
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Line Cook
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May 1997 - Mar 1998
cooked line
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Bakery Manager
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Sep 1994 - May 1997
managed bakery, supervise staff, ordering, receiving, baker
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Line Cook
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Jul 1992 - Oct 1994
cooked line
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Fry and Grill Cook
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Jun 1988 - Jun 1992
fried chicken, flipped burgers
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Paper Boy
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Jun 1985 - Jun 1988
delivered papers, collected money, sold subscriptions
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Paper Boy
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May 1984 - Sep 1987
delivered papers
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Education
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2015 - 2017University of Maryland Baltimore County
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design -
2011 - 2015Community College of Baltimore County
Associate's Degree of Fine Arts, Art & Design -
1989 - 1993Loch Raven High School
High School Diploma, College Prep
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