Experience

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  St. George Spirits

  • Alameda, California, United States

  • Tasting Room Associate

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Alameda, California, United States

    Provide full customer educational experience (company history, technical breakdown of spirit making process, tasting notes, etc).Weekly deep cleaning & maintenance of front of house.Host tours for industry professionals (weekly) & provide bartending services for catered events at the Distillery.

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  Souvenir Coffee Co.

  • Berkeley, California, United States

  • General Manager / Head of Operations

    • Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
    • Berkeley, California, United States

    • Implemented uniform S.O.P.’s at all locations & generated weekly reports for each location.• Oversaw expense reports, implemented budget adjustments for company for retail, baking & roasting divisions.• Weekly inventory & ordering, calendaring, administration duties, setting meetings & weekly agendas. Interviewing & hiring/onboarding.• Created training guides for supervisors for each location, trained supervisors on running store meetings, coming up with agendas and how to set up reviews for employees. • Oversaw the Green Buying program, with a focus on fresher green coffee for roast and release. • Sample roasted, conducted cuppings to pick new green and ran production cuppings. • Conducted employee reviews, disciplinary meetings with employees and employee terminations.

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  Fort Point Beer Company

  • San Francisco, California, United States

  • Regional Assistant Manager

    • Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
    • San Francisco, California, United States

    Directly managed the Ferry Building location while providing support (inventory, ordering, shift management) to all other locations (Lower Haight & Valencia).Supervise & implement protocol for S.O.P.'s ranging from new menu items, standards of service & beer releases.Founded a beer education program for FOH employees which helped boost product knowledge while empowering them to feel more comfortable talking about beer with customers.Weekly inventory & ordering; design & implementation of weekly inventory procedure at all locations, scheduling, administration duties, setting meetings & weekly agendas. Interviewing & hiring/onboarding.Assisted GM of Valencia location in reopening restaurant after closure due to COVID-19.Re-organized back-stock areas to enhance speed & efficiency of restocking items.Implemented keg line and deep cleaning scheduleGeneral maintenance at all locations.Product research and pricing.

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  Proper Hospitality

  • San Francisco, California, United States

  • Bartender

    • Aug 2021 - Oct 2021
    • San Francisco, California, United States

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  The Open Tab News

  • California, United States

  • Contributing Writer/Editor

    • May 2016 - Sep 2021
    • California, United States

    Contributed articles ranging from news to interviews & reviews.Article editing & source analysis/vetting.Website editing, arranging & updating.Podcast planning (agendas, interview guests, etc) & hosting, sound & video capture plus editing.

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  Mochuelo

  • The Hotel Piccadilly

  • Acting Restaurant Manager & Bar Supervisor

    • Aug 2019 - Jun 2021
    • The Hotel Piccadilly

    Opening & Closing restaurant duties.Oversee cocktail menu redesign, cocktail creation & creation of specials, etc.Inventory of liquor & beer, plus ordering low stock products.Education of servers concerning new cocktails & liquors/liqueurs.Modification of pricing for current inventory items.Implement reopening S.O.P. for COVID 19.Work in collaboration with Kitchen Manager for food specials, etc.Social Media Manager – curate & edit social media posts (Instagram, Facebook).

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  Spokeasy Public House

  • 1472 N Van Ness

  • Beertender

    • Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
    • 1472 N Van Ness

    Keep up to date on beer trends while looking ahead to see what will sell to customers.Open & Close Bar.Cleaning duties, implemented a deep cleaning schedule.Daily register and accounting paperwork.Inventory & Ordering.

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  Vino Grille & Spirits

  • Fresno, California Area

  • Bartender

    • Apr 2018 - Aug 2019
    • Fresno, California Area

    Performed opening & closing duties.Scheduling of bartenders & bar-backsCocktail creation & menu curationInventory & orderingMonthly costing analysis & product pricingImplement new standard for service, etc.Beer buyer

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  Copper River Country Club

  • Bartender

    • Dec 2016 - Apr 2018

    Open Private Members AreaCocktail creation & menu curation, & creating cocktail specials.Bartend Special events, brunches, banquetsMonthly Inventory & PurchasingPrepare food, drinks, packaged items for daily sale.Oversee banquet bar and table set-up & break down.

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  Taste Kitchen

  • The Streets, Fresno CA

  • Partner

    • Jun 2012 - Sep 2017
    • The Streets, Fresno CA

    Book & coordinate a schedule of events & catering, while establishing connections with new venues, & helping plan larger events for the public.Pick up deliveries which include produce, meats, & poultry, in addition to any cooking prep for the truck.Oversaw expense reports, implemented budget adjustments for company.Weekly inventory & ordering, calendaring, administration duties, setting meetings & weekly agendas.

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  Zen Wok Fusion

  • Fresno, California Area

  • Beer Buyer

    • Oct 2015 - May 2016
    • Fresno, California Area

    Oversee beer products, from inventory to ordering. Rotating beer stock (bottles & kegs) as well as planning weekly specials at both locations.

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  Peeve's Public House

  • Bartender

    • Jan 2015 - Oct 2015

    Customer Service, Take Orders, Run Food, Open & Close Bar, Cleaning duties, Daily register closing.

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  Delta Pacific Beverage Company

  • Sales Representative

    • May 2014 - Nov 2014

    Cold calling/drop ins existing accounts. Creation of new accounts for both on & off premise locations.Setting up event & promotional nights.Weekly/Bi-Weekly/Monthly check-ins.Track sales reports, spending, mileage, etc.