Highly skilled and results-driven Special Events and hospitality professional with experience in developing and implementing successful marketing strategies for large-scale events, and culinary services. Possesses a proven track record of exceeding sales targets through comprehensive market research, effective branding, and targeted promotional campaigns. Adept at building strong relationships with clients, guests and vendors to ensure seamless event execution and customer satisfaction. Excellent communication and negotiation skills coupled with a strong business acumen to drive revenue growth and achieve organizational goals.
Results-oriented operations, and restaurant manager offering 18 years of high-level experience supervising, marketing and completion operations on a daily, monthly and yearly basis. Fluent in human resources and adept at directing the work of completion consultants and completion supervisors in operation functions, including inventory management and marketing. Directly trained and managed over 50 supervisors while leading a total staff of 200 team members — successfully introducing lean production to increase productivity, cut completion costs, and to ensure guest relationships are made, cultivated, kept, and satisfied.