Experience

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  Black Diamond Meeting Solutions, Llc

  • Owner
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  Black Diamond Meeting Solutions, LLC

  • Valley City, OH

  • Owner

    • Nov 2015 - Present
    • Valley City, OH

    Black Diamond Meeting Solutions, LLC offers companies and organizations assistance with: meeting and event site selection; sleeping room blocks; onsite meeting and event management; and coordination of destination services.

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  The University of Akron

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • General Manager of Catering, Dining Services Department

    • Dec 2012 - Feb 2015

    University Catering was the primary caterer for The Unversity of Akron. This position was responsible for all aspects of University Catering including managing and directing the catering staff and students, booking and mananaging events and managing Quaker Station catering venue.

  • Interim General Manager of Catering

    • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Sales and Catering Group Hotel Coordinator

    • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

    Was responsible for group room sales and catering sales for the Quaker Square Inn and Quaker Station.

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  Landfall Travel/American Express

  • Lakewood, OH

  • Travel Consultant

    • Apr 2011 - Jan 2012
    • Lakewood, OH
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  Holiday Inn Hotels

  • Strongsville, OH

  • Director of Catering

    • Sep 2009 - Jan 2011
    • Strongsville, OH
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  HelmsBriscoe

  • Manager Global Accounts

    • Jan 2007 - Sep 2009

    HelmsBriscoe is the world’s largest meeting site selection company booking over 2.7 million room nights annually. I am an independent contractor for them. I assist organizations with finding & contracting hotels and conference centers worldwide.

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  Crowne Plaza Cleveland City Centre Hotel

  • Marketing Manager & Director of Catering

    • Nov 1999 - Dec 2006

    The Crowne Plaza is an upscale, convention hotel located in the heart of downtown Cleveland. I began my career at the hotel as the Director of Catering and was in charge of all aspects of the Catering & Convention services department. I was later promoted to Director of Marketing where my o...

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  Doubletree Hotels

  • Director of Convention Services

    • Mar 1997 - Jun 1999

    This is a large convention hotel with 850 guest rooms & 35,000 square feet of event space. I was responsible for the convention department which consisted of 3 managers that handled 60,000 group rooms & 3 million in catering revenue annually. I established goals to increase guest satisfa...

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  Red Lion

  • Director of Convention Services

    • 1997 - 1999
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  Doubletree Hotel

  • Holy See (Vatican City State)
  • Hospitality
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Convention Services Manager

    • Aug 1994 - Mar 1997

    This hotel is a beautiful beach resort with 360 guest rooms & 45,000 square feet of meeting space. I coordinated large convention groups of up to 1000 attendees.

  • Catering Manager; Sales Associate; Front Desk Agent; Server

    • Dec 1986 - Aug 1994

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  red lion hotels

  • convention services

    • 1986 - 1997