Javier Quintana
Whittier,USA
Summary
Enthusiastic Vocational Instructor with many years of experience in the industry field. Proficient in offering differentiated instruction to help students reach educational goals. Talented and committed teacher passionate about helping students succeed in life.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
CTE Teacher
West Covina Unified School District
West Covina, California
08.2025 - Current
- Instructional Leadership: Design and deliver hands-on training in hair styling, chemical services, and salon safety based on California State Board standards.
- Business Mentorship: Utilize 20+ years of management experience to teach students the fundamentals of salon operations, client retention, and financial literacy.
- Curriculum Development: Create engaging lesson plans that translate industry-standard practices into digestible learning modules for students.
- Professional Development: Guide students through the certification process and prepare them for successful entry into the beauty and wellness workforce.
General Manager
Sola Salon Studios
10.2023 - 09.2024
- Oversee Area Manager and Facility Mangers for 27 CA corporate locations. Focused on creating culture, stylist retention, and developing property management relationships
- Focused on hospitality, occupancy rate, and renewal rates to keep independent contractors successful.
- Execute CAPEX budgets and balance PNL’s to end positive for all 27 locations.
- Manage building audits to ensure facility management of all maintenance items executing and managing in timely manner while communicating plan to all tenants
- Traveled to each location to build relationships and trust to ensure occupancy to budget.
Store Manager
Starbucks
01.2020 - 10.2023
- Leading a team of store partners to create and maintain the Starbucks experience for our customers and partners.
- The store manager is required to regularly and customarily exercise direction in managing the overall operation of the store. In particular, a majority of time is spent supervising and directing the workforce, making staffing decisions (i.e., hiring, training, evaluating, disciplining, discharging, staffing, and scheduling), and ensuring customer satisfaction and product quality.
- Managing the store’s financial performance.
- Protecting the brand and managing safety and security within the store.
District Leader
The Beautiful Group; Regis Corporation
01.2002 - 12.2020
- Director of Operations for 29 salons including but not limited to guest experience, team development, and retail performance.
- Travel from salon to salon and coach and mentor, coach enforcing company expectations, communicate quotas and goal set performance.
- Assist in staffing and scheduling salons by partnering with management team to manage P&L’s and recruitment. Hire and develop talent.
- Coach leaders to performance manage lead with curiosity and empathy while creating a positive work environment.
- Partnered closely with AP and HR in all areas.
Retail store manager
Claire’s Inc.
01.1995 - 01.2002
- Oversee all aspects of daily store operations including customer service
- Implement selling strategies, and analyze budgets and sales reports while maintaining inventory levels
- Team leadership managing, hiring, recruiting, providing direction, and developing staff.
Education
General Studies
Cerritos Community College
Cerritos, CACerritos, CA
Skills
- Retail Management
- Business management
- Customer relationship management
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Training and development
- Student engagement
- Workplace safety
- Real-world application
- Train-the-trainer
- Coaching techniques
- Feedback delivery
- Project-based learning
- Teamwork
- Vocational education
- Career Pathway Understanding
- Budgeting
- Training and Development
- Scheduling
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong communication skills
Timeline
CTE Teacher
West Covina Unified School District
08.2025 - Current
General Manager
Sola Salon Studios
10.2023 - 09.2024
Store Manager
Starbucks
01.2020 - 10.2023
District Leader
The Beautiful Group; Regis Corporation
01.2002 - 12.2020
Retail store manager
Claire’s Inc.
01.1995 - 01.2002
General Studies
Cerritos Community College