Nicholas Deveno
Narragansett,RI
Summary
To secure a position in a company that offers room for growth and potential longevity.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bartender/Server
OCEAN CLIFF
03.2013 - Current
- Provided Fine dining Service
- Upselling Food and Beverage Wine and Spirits
- Mastered knowledge in describing and pairing fine wines
- Launched new products into the marketplace, conducting market research to identify potential areas for growth.
Office Manager
DEVENO LLC
04.2002 - Current
- Company Overview: Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office
- Organized schedules for employees, managed payroll, and provided estimates
- Managed telephone services, e-mails, and faxes
- Assembled marketing strategies for the company
- Interviewed potential employees, and provided company training process
- Construction - Residential & Commercial/Office
Office Manager
DeVeno construction & Landscaping
02.1998 - Current
- Payroll, job estimates, returning emails, answering phones, marketing and advertising
Bartender
Bouchards
04.2023 - 01.2025
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
- Contributed to a positive work environment through effective teamwork and communication with colleagues.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Developed loyal clientele by consistently delivering outstanding service and engaging in friendly conversation.
- Trained new bartenders on drink preparation, product promotion, garnish preparation, and sanitation protocol.
- Assisted with staff training, sharing expertise in bartending techniques and customer service best practices.
- Educated customers on drink options, making personalized recommendations based on preferences or dietary restrictions.
Customer Service Representative
T-Mobile Premium Retailers
03.2014 - 06.2020
- Became manager and top seller of Apple products
Event Coordinator
The regatta @ ocean cliff
05.2012 - 03.2016
- Showing Venues to prospective clients, coordinating the flowers, lodging, hair stylist, themes, hiring bands/ DJs, etc
Personal Assistant
Estate Management
02.2002 - 11.2006
- Organized private parties and functions, Managed e-mails, faxes, returned voice mails and regular mail
- Organized business trips and personal trips, Took care of household finances, paying bills also induced light house keeping, cooking, shopping, Driving Mr Barton and his children to appointments, school, airport etc
- Managed property maintenance in both of his residence along with many other projects
Bartender/Server
Central Park West
06.2000 - 06.2006
- Serving, bartending, host, head trainer
- Mastering tableside service, studying fine wines and appropriate food pairings
- Providing exceptional fine dining and customer service
Education
Bachelors - Business Management
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA05.2002
Skills
- Payroll
- Guest services
- Project Management
- Microsoft Excel
- Construction
- Serving Experience
- Customer service
- Basic math
- Communication skills
- Microsoft Outlook
- Project Coordination
- Property Management
- Construction Management
- Micros POS
- Cash Handling
- Events management
- Computer literacy
- Upselling
- Account management
- Writing skills
- Negotiation
- Microsoft Word
- Bartending
- Marketing
- Typing
- Restaurant Experience
- Computer skills
- Time management
- Budgeting
- Sanitation
- POS
- Banquet Experience
- Host/Hostess
- Sales
- Supervising Experience
- Microsoft Office
- Management
- Office Management
- Merchandising
- Construction Estimating
Certification
- Bartender, 01/01/20 to Present
- Servsafe
- Bartender License, 07/01/98 to Present
- Boston Bartending School
- Real Estate License, 11/01/21
- MAST Permit
- Food Handler Certification
- OLCC Service Permit
- TABC Certified
Additional Information
Serv safe certified
Awards
Employee of the Year, 09/01/19, We get secret shoppers that come in and dine that grade us. Also the person who gets the most compliments and fills in the most gets a 20,000 bonus at the end of the summer.
Groups
Ocean Cliff, 01/01/20 to 01/01/25, Serv safe certified
Accomplishments
I have been very successful in my hospitality career. I’ve climbed the corporate ladder at every company I’ve worked for. And I’m confident in my abilities and skills.
Timeline
Bartender
Bouchards
04.2023 - 01.2025
Customer Service Representative
T-Mobile Premium Retailers
03.2014 - 06.2020
Bartender/Server
OCEAN CLIFF
03.2013 - Current
Event Coordinator
The regatta @ ocean cliff
05.2012 - 03.2016
Office Manager
DEVENO LLC
04.2002 - Current
Personal Assistant
Estate Management
02.2002 - 11.2006
Bartender/Server
Central Park West
06.2000 - 06.2006
Office Manager
DeVeno construction & Landscaping
02.1998 - Current
Bachelors - Business Management
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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