Devon Brown
Summary
Upbeat education professional devoted to promote student learning and enhance individual potential. Skillful in directing classroom environments and enhancing student behavior through positive and forward-thinking approaches. Caring relationship-builder with analytical mindset and good decision-making skills.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Second Grade Teacher
Houston Independent School District
2025 - Current
- Designed and implemented engaging lesson plans to foster student interest in learning.
- Assessed student progress using varied evaluation methods to ensure individualized instruction.
- Collaborated with parents and guardians to support student development and address concerns.
- Evaluated educational resources for alignment with curriculum standards, ensuring comprehensive coverage of key concepts.
- Developed classroom management strategies to maintain a positive and productive learning environment.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop cross-curricular projects, fostering critical thinking skills and interdisciplinary learning.
- Built positive relationships with parents to involve families in educational process.
- Differentiated instruction to meet the unique learning needs of each student, ensuring all students were able to access the curriculum successfully.
Kids Parents Night Out Team Member
Lifetime Fitness
10.2023 - Current
- Maintain records of children's attendance, development, and incidents.
- Monitor and interact with children to maintain a safe and healthy environment
- Create games and activities that help foster and promote positive interactions and participation amongst children while help building confidence and creativity
- Prepare and set up for class and transfers kids to and from programming
- Greet, acknowledge, and interact with members and parents in a friendly and professional manner and ensuring that their kids will enjoy their time in the Kids Academy
- Assisted in daily operations to ensure a clean and safe environment for members.
- Engaged with members to provide exceptional customer service and support their fitness goals.
Lead Bartender/Supervisor
Loews Hotel
09.2021 - 10.2023
- Trained and coached new hires on all aspects of the job from drink preparation, menu knowledge and knowledge to building valuable customer relationships and upselling techniques
- Greeted patrons and took food and beverage orders.
- Handcrafted alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, including hotel specialty cocktails
- Helped test and create signature cocktails to add as additions on the menu
- Cleaned and maintained bar area; arranged bottles and glasses to create attractive displays.
- Collected money from customers and processed card payments
- Resolve any issues and guest complaints with a sense of urgency and care
- Adapt to busy and high volume work environments
- Utilize my skills and be a team player to help assist with coworkers and guests
Operations/ Event Manager
Levy Restaurants/ Mercedes Benz Stadium
08.2017 - 05.2023
- Handle the preparation and submission of expense reports, and manage the reimbursement process, ensuring accuracy and timely processing.
- Conduct meetings, site visits, and showroom appointments with clients
- Maintain the highest level of confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive information
- Directly oversee and manage the completion of events from start to finish
- Oversee meeting logistics, including agenda preparation, minute taking, and post-meeting recaps.
- Prepare paperwork needed for events/concerts. Provide routine information regarding events, operations, policies, and procedures for various operations within the unit.
- Maintain a variety of files and records of information (e.g. event files, expense records, vendor files, etc.).
- Assist with payroll and onboarding new employees and getting them acclimated with the CRM
- Organize and maintain community office space to run proficiently and effectively.
- Maintain calendar, arrange appointments, coordinate on projects with the Management Team.
- Place and answer phone calls, take accurate messages, direct inquiries appropriately.
- Maintain inventory of office supplies.
- Worked Super Bowl LIII, Imagine It Festival, local music festivals, weddings, birthdays, events and concerts
- Schedule appropriate staff levels in accordance with budget and business forecast
- Develop training programs to train, motivate, and mentor employees
Sales and Catering Manager
Uncle Julio's
11.2018 - 07.2020
- Perform operational duties; by implementing goals to achieve outstanding guest service, quality of food, increasing sales and monitoring cost controls
- Recruit, train, and manage staff of 30+ and provide constructive feedback
- Ensured all employees adhere to company's policies, standards, and procedures
- Adhere and respond to food and beverage quality and service complaints by ensuring customer satisfaction and repeat business
- Improved productivity and morale by initiating systems for accountability and implementing effective training programs to promote a proactive and team oriented culture
- Trained service staff to enhance customer service and profits through suggestive selling
- Organized and prepare floor plans for server sections and large party planning
- Maintained high standards of quality control, hygiene, health and safety
- Product purchasing & Purchasing & Inventory Management.
- Responsible for management of brand standards
- Re-evaluate beverage and wine list offered, highlighting new trends and new products to managers
- Schedule meetings with prospects and market to local businesses within the area
- Negotiate, upsell, and execute catering contracts
- Create and execute plans for sales, profit and staff development
- Prepare and generate reports for labor, food control and sales
- Oversaw staff scheduling and training, enhancing team performance and customer service quality.
After School Program Leader
Boys and Girls Club
11.2015 - 11.2018
- Make efforts to boost students academic performance
- Act as a mentor and a guide to students and provide assistance to them in learning academic subjects efficiently
- Helped students in prioritizing goals and setting targets
- Coordinate, map, and track performance and achievements of students
- Escort and supervise students in field trips and school activities
- Collaborating with lead teachers to recognize issues students are facing and recommend solutions.
- Maintain a well-kept classroom that encourages children to create, explore and make decisions with confidence.
- Help tutor students with their academic studies
- Facilitate community outreach programs to help enrich and cultivate students academic performance and providing resources to help build their future
- Organize and present lesson plans to students and reports to parents
- Facilitated engaging after-school activities to promote student participation and social skills.
Assistant Manager
EAN Holdings (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
07.2013 - 11.2015
- Ability to gain customer rapport and sell products to match their needs
- Awarded the customer service vote and top performer
- Assist with preparation and implementation of the monthly budget, sales and marketing plan
- Address violations of culture, policies, and protocols and provides corrective and/or disciplinary action as needed
- Conduct morning meetings with prepared agenda and reviews daily goals
- Maintain and input all leads, accounts, contacts, and groups into the company's CRM.
- Interact and conduct quality assurance with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
- Engage in customer interaction while providing quality service and exceed customer satisfaction
- Ranked top 5 salesperson in the region and 8th in the whole state
- Provide customer support, problem solve and create solutions to customer complaints and concerns
- Organize and implement strategies for daily operations according to volume of reservations and needs of corporate accounts/ outbound sales and marketing
- Administrative and clerical duties
- Manage employees scheduling and paid time off
- Negotiate and close contracts
- Maintain confidentiality with customers personal information
- Collect payments/ accounts receivable
- Foster client relationships through ongoing communication with contacts to ensure repeat business and referrals
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Managerial Science
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA12.2012
Skills
- Coordinating events
- Educational program development
- Team leadership
- Effective time management
- Project execution
- Client support
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Analytical problem-solving
- Curriculum design and implementation
- Interpersonal skills enhancement
- Workplace safety awareness
- Effective behavior management
Accomplishments
Top Performers Award
Certification
- CPR and Pediatric AED February 2025 to February 2027
- TABC Certification
Timeline
Kids Parents Night Out Team Member
Lifetime Fitness
10.2023 - Current
Lead Bartender/Supervisor
Loews Hotel
09.2021 - 10.2023
Sales and Catering Manager
Uncle Julio's
11.2018 - 07.2020
Operations/ Event Manager
Levy Restaurants/ Mercedes Benz Stadium
08.2017 - 05.2023
After School Program Leader
Boys and Girls Club
11.2015 - 11.2018
Assistant Manager
EAN Holdings (Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
07.2013 - 11.2015
Second Grade Teacher
Houston Independent School District
2025 - Current
Bachelor of Business Administration - Managerial Science
Georgia State University
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