Experience

OpenAI

• United States
• Research Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Food

  • May 2023 - Present

  Food. Food.



Verizon

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Food Services

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2023

  Responsible for providing onsite food programs 24/7 for 130k employees, across 300 locations and 1100 points of service. Manage a team of 6 and supervise up to 380 contingent workers globally. Financially accountable for $50M budget (pre-COVID) -100% performance to budget every year. Achieved $10M (~15% under budget) in cost savings in 2019 through improved efficiencies and contract renegotiations -Revised and executed COVID19 Transformation Plan --donated food to feed 30K+ people --extended wage and benefits to 380+ workers --reduced 11M+ pieces of plastic --rapidly revised and restored food models at 900+ service points across 300+ locations -Creative leadership on major real estate projects of 1M+ square feet from concept through opening -Negotiated and executed a contract strategy with a total value of $400M+ that included paying off amortization, bringing material savings to Verizon and driving governance and accountability. Show less



Yahoo! Inc.

• Director, Global Food Program

  • Jan 2015 - Jul 2017

  Responsible for feeding 8K+ employees at 30+ offices globally across Americas, EMEA and APAC. Manage up to $50M annual budget -Negotiated and executed a new contract valued at $120M to improve cost and onsite experience -Traveled to Dublin, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangalore to meet with executive leadership and build strategies to improve culture and morale. -Scaled a feedback tool globally and managed a team to address 1K+ questions and comments annually. Responsible for feeding 8K+ employees at 30+ offices globally across Americas, EMEA and APAC. Manage up to $50M annual budget -Negotiated and executed a new contract valued at $120M to improve cost and onsite experience -Traveled to Dublin, London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangalore to meet with executive leadership and build strategies to improve culture and morale. -Scaled a feedback tool globally and managed a team to address 1K+ questions and comments annually.



Guckenheimer

• United States
• Restaurants

• Executive Chef at Square Inc.

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2014

  Responsible for construction of a new kitchen and dining room at HQ. Create vision and maintain standards for kitchens and onsite employee experience to support Square's business and cultural objectives. Led a staff of 20 to serve 700+ meals daily. -Partnered with CEO, CFO and Chief People officer on daily and pop up food programs -Consistently exceptional satisfaction ratings from employees Responsible for construction of a new kitchen and dining room at HQ. Create vision and maintain standards for kitchens and onsite employee experience to support Square's business and cultural objectives. Led a staff of 20 to serve 700+ meals daily. -Partnered with CEO, CFO and Chief People officer on daily and pop up food programs -Consistently exceptional satisfaction ratings from employees



Bon Appétit Management Company

• United States
• Restaurants
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Chef at Google Mountain View

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

  Recruited from restaurant industry to corporate food service and assigned to a premium cafe operation supporting Google top engineers and executives at the flagship campus -Transformed operations and customer experience --Increased employee participation to 1K+ meals daily --Improved positive feedback to 96% (up from ~75%) --Received high scores (98-100) when audited by Google, Santa Clara Board of Health and Compass. Recruited from restaurant industry to corporate food service and assigned to a premium cafe operation supporting Google top engineers and executives at the flagship campus -Transformed operations and customer experience --Increased employee participation to 1K+ meals daily --Improved positive feedback to 96% (up from ~75%) --Received high scores (98-100) when audited by Google, Santa Clara Board of Health and Compass.


Waterbar Restaurant
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Sous Chef

  • Dec 2007 - Jul 2011

Fish Restaurant
• Germany
• Food and Beverage Services
• Sous Chef

  • Apr 2004 - Nov 2007

Gramercy Tavern
• United States
• Food & Beverages
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Line Cook

  • Nov 2005 - Apr 2006

Farallon Restaurant
• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Line Cook

  • Mar 2003 - Aug 2003