Experience

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  Joseph appezzato building contractor

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1997

  Assistant

  From a young age, worked summers and weekends for family construction company. I performed manual labor, directing of sub-contractors, ordering construction materials, new home marketing and bookkeeping. I've gained overall familiarity with the construction business, learned how to run a small business and became quite handy.

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  Island ecn

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

  Institutional trading account executive

  • Established, maintained excellent relationships with 25+ institutional accounts. Increased trading volume by over 40% via regular calls, emails, hands-on training, visits, entertainment.• Actively worked customer orders, insured accurate daily allocation / settlement of trades, managed soft dollar issues & odd lot rounding. Provided excellent guidance while transitioning clients from new sales stage to account management coverage in concert with internal departments.• Solely responsible to trade firm's account, always seeking to minimize losses - regularly had a net positive balance.• Recognized company wide with an employee award for job performance & leadership in a major critical situation - trading resumption after September 11, 2001 Show less

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  Assent llc

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  Managing principal

  Responsible for daily trading (over 3m+ shares), compliance & settlement activity for 35+ institutional accounts, as well as, regulatory compliance matters for the firm and 15 registered representatives. • Increased trading volume over 35% due to building strong client relationships, providing excellent service and instruction of effective trading strategies on LAVA trading system.• Proactively monitored all daily client trading activity for strict market compliance and complete accuracy of settlement & allocation instructions. Provided excellent guidance while transitioning clients from new sales stage to account management coverage in concert with internal departments.• Solely responsible to trade firm's account, always seeking to minimize losses - regularly had a net positive balance. Show less

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  Energy kitchen

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2012

  Restaurant owner, franchisee

  Designed interior, managed the build-out, led daily operations & brought sales to over $1.3 million per year - with no prior restaurant experience. Exceeded all expectations, sold business at a substantial premium over initial investment.• Hired, trained, managed team of 15+ employees with an unusually high rate of retention, while consistently keeping labor costs at ~16% of sales and maintaining high service standards• Exploded catering sales 200%+ Years 1 - 2, 180% Years 2 - 3, 90% Years 3 - 4 through up-selling current customers and seeking out local business relationships• Comprehensively revamped all internal systems, data collection & daily processes to increase their accuracy, efficiency & ease of employee training. All were adopted by entire chain.• Created and flawlessly integrated quality & accuracy checks to increase delivery service and customer loyalty.• Implemented best practices to assess weekly food cost, inventory & sales. Managed vendor negotiation & sometimes contracted with new vendors to reduce food cost by >10%. Show less

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  Boutiqueapts

  Jan 2011 - Sept 2018

  Property manager & superhost

  Designed, decorated & operate a collection of professionally managed short term Manhattan corporate apartments, and provide property management services to other short term hosts• Achieved Airbnb Superhost status (top 3%) based on consistently high service-based metrics and 5-star reviews by more than 85% of >200 guest reviews • Built and maintain productive, professional relationships with most guests. Many have returned multiple times.• Automated operations by personally creating a web-based guest registration & self-service information system. All apartments utilize smart home technologies and voice activated commands via Amazon Echo to increase energy savings and guest experience. Show less

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  Wlcm homes

  Jul 2018 - now

  Founder & superhost

  Operate a collection of professionally managed, highly-rated short term accommodations in Center City, Philadelphia.

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  Coldwell banker realty

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

  Realtor associate

  Coldwell Banker Westfield East Office is recognized as one of the top Coldwell Banker offices in the nation. We're the area experts with over 60% market share of local real estate transactions.

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  The short term shop brokered by exp realty

  Oct 2021 - now

  Investor / agent

  I help real estate investors locate and purchase STR investment properties on Florida's Emerald Coast, one of the largest vacation rental markets in the country. Since joining the team in 2022, I have helped my clients purchase well over $30M of investment properties. The Short Term Shop is the largest and best vacation rental sales team in the country. We connect investors with the best Short Term Rental investments in the best markets, and teach them to manage their properties remotely. Show less

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  Exp realty

  Oct 2021 - now

  Realtor