Chris McDonald

Chris McDonald

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Fixing up old houses one at a time!

  • Education

    • San Francisco State University

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor's degree Theater History
    • Semester At Sea / ISE

      2006 - 2006
  • Experience

    • Intrepid Travel

      Mar 2009 - Nov 2015

      Assist in management of several different travel brands. Worked with Trek America, Intrepid Travel, and Topdeck Travel. Write and Edit trip notes, confirm contracts, and work with VendorsDuring peak season manage up to 20 leaders, and train incoming group leaders. Led overland camping tours across US, Alaska and Canada. Trips ranged from 2-9 weeks. Drove a 15-seat passenger van with trailer (32 ft in total). Organized camping reservations and sold activities to passengers through venders across the US. Led hikes through various national parks and provincial parks. Gave daily-briefings on the history, geography and tourist information on the location we were arriving to that day. Worked on several coach tours for Topdeck Travel

      • Assistant Deputy Operations Manager

        Apr 2014 - Nov 2015
      • Tour Leader

        Mar 2009 - Mar 2015
    • AmeriCan Adventures

      Mar 2014 - Jan 2016
      Assistant Operations Manager

      Assist in management of several different travel brands. Worked with Trek America, Intrepid Travel, and Topdeck Travel. Write and Edit trip notes, confirm contracts, and work with VendorsDuring peak season manage up to 20 leaders, and train incoming group leaders. Train for Topdeck Travel and facilitate their training trip in North America(this company was originally PEAK adventure travel which i work for as a manager since March 2014)

    • AmeriCan Adventures

      Jan 2017 - now

      Training Manager will oversees the training of Group Leaders for AmeriCan Adventures. Directly manages all classroom training and oversees on-the-road training of first year group leaders. This position also provides support for first year Leader Recruitment as needed. Operations and Training manager at American Adventures. Trains and manages 50 plus leaders year on year. Oversees day to day management of leaders as well as development. Facilitates four training programs over the course of the year, and helps in the recruitment process. Works with brands to develop product for new and existing trips.

      • Training Manager

        Jan 2016 - now
      • Operations Manager

        Jan 2017 - Apr 2020
    • Nest Investment

      Aug 2019 - now
      Multi Tasker, real esate investor, and busy body
    • Mike's Bikes

      Apr 2020 - now
      Sales Associate
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Commercial Drivers Licence, CPR, Scuba Advanced Diver