Overview
Work History
Education
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Certification
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Tatiana Kotas

San Diego,CA

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

General Manager

Dogtopia Miramar
10.2019 - Current
  • Proactively managing the business to ensure our locations success and smooth operations through strong leadership, extensive team member development and training in all positions, nurturing customer relationships to increase sales, and reforming store policies to strengthen staff and store operations.
  • Metric tracking and data utilization to understand store trends and promote growth in revenue channels.
  • Maintaining staff required for location to operate successfully through actively interviewing, hiring, and onboarding team members. Interviewing and running New Hire Orientations for other locations in our network when needed. As well as developing team members to problem solve through critical thinking exercises, coaching chats, and SMART goal setting.
  • Ensuring our location adheres to the Dogtopia standards of health and safety for dogs in our care by maintaining a clean and smoothly operating facility.

Canine Coach/Shift Lead

Dogtopia Miramar
05.2018 - 10.2019
  • Supervision of large groups of dogs in open play, ensuring a safe and clean environment for all dogs Customer facing, cash transactions, operation of POS system, and shift management etc
  • Practicing proactive playroom management to maintain a healthy and safe environment for dogs in our care.
  • New hire training and evaluations.
  • Shift management to ensure front of house task completion, cash transactions, active use of companies tech stack to ensure customer satisfaction.

Volunteer Research Assistant

Telonicher Marine Lab (TML)
01.2017 - 05.2018
  • Intertidal field work and Wet-Lab research (including but not limited to setup and breakdown of experiments, data collection and entry)

Front of House Server/Cashier

Panda Express
05.2014 - 08.2014
  • Food handling and serving. Operating and balancing cash register. Assisting customers in need to ensure a positive experience overall.

Sales Representative

Organic Oscar
05.2012 - 07.2012
  • New client acquisitions, product demos, and sales.

Administrative Assistant

1st Choice Computer Company
05.2010 - 07.2012
  • Client billing, recordkeeping and organization through Quickbooks

Volunteer Dog Walker

Escondido Humane Society
05.2010 - 05.2012
  • Dog care, socialization, and kennel cleaning to maintain health and safety.

Education

BS Zoology -

Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA
05.2018

High School Diploma -

Del Norte High School
San Diego, CA
05.2012

Accomplishments

Peer Reviewed Publication - McIntire, LC, Paulsen, JE, Kotas, T, Flagor, TE and Bourdeau, PE. (2021) Weak directional selection on inducible defensive shell traits in a marine gastropod by the inducing shell-breaking predator. Marine Biology 168:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03860-9

Certification

Dogtopia Safety Officer Training

Canine Emergency First Aid and CPR through Pooch Paramedics

Top Dog Certification

Infectious Disease Management and Prevention through Merk

Timeline

General Manager

Dogtopia Miramar
10.2019 - Current

Canine Coach/Shift Lead

Dogtopia Miramar
05.2018 - 10.2019

Volunteer Research Assistant

Telonicher Marine Lab (TML)
01.2017 - 05.2018

Front of House Server/Cashier

Panda Express
05.2014 - 08.2014

Sales Representative

Organic Oscar
05.2012 - 07.2012

Administrative Assistant

1st Choice Computer Company
05.2010 - 07.2012

Volunteer Dog Walker

Escondido Humane Society
05.2010 - 05.2012

BS Zoology -

Humboldt State University

High School Diploma -

Del Norte High School

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