Ronald Hunter

• Director for 375 room hotel with 21,000 sq. ft. of meeting space. Managed team of 5 Sales Managers that increased catering revenues by $311k in my 14 months as Director. Also acted as the hotel liaison with The Car Park to coordinate parking for events. Position was eliminated due to budget cuts.

• General Manager for 3rd party vendor servicing Riverfront Park including The Looff Carousel, Ribbon Café, all Concessions and Catering and Summer Concert Series food and beverage. Also includes Dwight Merkel Sports Complex and Manito Park Bench Café. Executed all functions of HR. Position also did all scheduling, ordering and vendor setup. Major focus was to be creative in ways to bring guests to the businesses and have them return with very little advertising. Contract Ended.

• General Manager for 4 restaurants including 2 franchises (Qdoba and Fatburger). Responsible for all daily operations and HR including execution and design of marketing and social media. Direct and assist in writing menus. Day to day management of restaurants as well as execution of Concert Series food and hospitality.

• Oversight of all retail, catering and athletics dining services and production areas. Responsible for implementing client initiatives, designing, implementing and improving systems and enhancing operational outcomes. Support of several accounts as well as several contract types including P&L and Fee based. Direct oversight of 17 managers reporting for 21 locations. Daily management of multiple priorities. From 2010-2013 Acted as Retail Manager and General Manager at Gonzaga as well as the Community Colleges of Spokane. During this time I also spent 10 days in Austin, Texas at the Circuit of the Americas running concessions for 32 outlets. This included ordering, staffing, deposits and event set up.

Director of Retail and Food services for a major Spokane hospital system. Included 3 cafeterias, 5 coffee stands , full service catering and 3 gift shops.

• Oversaw 12 McDonald's restaurants.