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Qile Lakey

Business Creative / Growth Manager
Salt Lake City,UT
Qile Lakey

Summary

Astute and Motivated Business Professional bringing 12+ years of entrepreneurial and business experience, including operations management, competitive analysis, and financial management. Demonstrated success in growth and innovation, while bootstrapping profitable businesses and subsequent sales. Capitalized on new trends and technologies to boost business initiatives and reach sales objectives. A Results-driven team member with forward-thinking approach, centered on company success and competitive growth. Labeled as a “refiner”, excelling with user experience.


Bringing with myself skills of an Enthusiastic Business Leader, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, innovation, attention to detail, customer satisfaction, and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow, and excel in the everchanging and ever exciting tech world.

Overview

14
years of professional experience

Work History

FITNESS:1440
Lebanon, OR

Business Owner/Operator
05.2014 - 06.2022

Job overview

  • Oversaw end-to-end business processes to maintain proficiency and profitability.
  • Monitored staff performance, providing final-say assessment over inquiries.
  • Devised and deployed sales and marketing tactics to drive strategic growth and support achievement of revenue goals.
  • Oversaw business budget planning and administration, accounting functions, purchasing and bi-weekly payroll to handle financial needs.
  • Achieved sales goals and increased revenue by close to 400%. Profits increased year over year through productive strategy development and organizational leadership.

FITNESS:1440
Cathedral City, CA

Business Owner/Operator
03.2012 - 02.2015

Job overview

  • Oversaw end-to-end business processes to maintain proficiency and build profitability within 1 year.
  • Served as primary point-of-contact with suppliers and contractors to achieve inventory expectations.
  • Monitored staff performance, providing final-say assessment over inquiries.
  • Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
  • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
  • Employed prompt decision-making and in-depth research to resolve issues.
  • Remained up-to-date on current trends and attended industry trade shows and markets to view and order inventory and updated equipment.

Pheromone Gallery
Salem, OR

Art Gallery Manager
05.2011 - 02.2012

Job overview

  • Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions regarding over 150 individual art pieces on display.
  • Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
  • Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
  • Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
  • Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.

Upper Limit Aviation
Salt Lake City, UT

Certified Helicopter Flight Instructor- CFII
05.2007 - 06.2009

Job overview

  • Trained roughly 15 individual clients in art of aviation through theoretical and practical flight instruction.
  • Verified safety of students while using aircrafts by performing regular inspections of aircrafts, checking weather reports and matching level of competence of students to complex training and instructions.
  • Adjusted and aligned course material to meet individual needs.
  • Created instructional material and training syllabi for specific areas of ground and flight training.
  • Introduced students to procedures and instrument flight techniques.
  • Led multiple training flights to include weather briefings, flight scheduling and safety measures to provide safe flights in training environment.
  • Developed lesson plans and conducted ground training modules covering aircraft systems across normal, abnormal and emergency operations.
  • Observed and evaluated students' work to determine progress, provide feedback and make suggestions for improvement.

Education

Universal Helicopters
, Provo, UT

License # 3145063 CFII from Rotorcraft- Certified Instrument Flight Instructor
02.2007

Utah Valley University
, Orem, UT

Bachelor of Science from Aviation Management And Operations

Utah College of Massage Therapy Inc
, Salt Lake City, UT

No Degree from Massage Therapy
10.2005

University Overview

Honor Roll 2004-2005

  • 4.0 GPA

Skills

  • Executive Leadership
  • Change and Growth Management
  • Sales Growth
  • Analytical and Critical Thinker
  • Systems Thinker
  • People and Culture
  • Innovative and Visionary
  • Attention To Detail
  • Organizational Skills
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Sales Objectives
  • Operations Management
  • Sales Operations
  • Financial Management

Timeline

Business Owner/Operator

FITNESS:1440
05.2014 - 06.2022

Business Owner/Operator

FITNESS:1440
03.2012 - 02.2015

Art Gallery Manager

Pheromone Gallery
05.2011 - 02.2012

Certified Helicopter Flight Instructor- CFII

Upper Limit Aviation
05.2007 - 06.2009

Universal Helicopters

License # 3145063 CFII from Rotorcraft- Certified Instrument Flight Instructor

Utah Valley University

Bachelor of Science from Aviation Management And Operations

Utah College of Massage Therapy Inc

No Degree from Massage Therapy
Qile LakeyBusiness Creative / Growth Manager