Experience

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  Cofca marketing group

  May 2003 - Oct 2004

  Owner

  • Spearhead the sales team of a Specialty and Natural Food Brokerage Company geared to bring in high quality chocolates, confections, and specialty foods into diverse reseller channels within California. Responsible for increasing and maintaining the company and its partner principals’ position in the market place.• Entered into Costco regional market and key California natural food distribution and retail centers.

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  75 tc

  Nov 2012 - May 2014

  Exercise project officer

  As Chief Observer Trainer and Exercise Project Officer for the training coordination, planning, support, execution, and assessment of over 10 allocated mobilized Army organizations from Battalion through Brigade and Expeditionary Sustainment Commands (One Star Level) was able to validate them for deployment to Theater in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Provided trend setting realistic Theater replicated scenario driven training events at 90% or less of estimated multimillion dollar budget costs, on time, and within the restrictive scope of work afforded by higher command and FORSCOM guidelines. Show less

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  E-webstrategy

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Business development representative

  • Run the sales and account management aspect of assigned small, medium, and enterprise level clients. Monthly contribution to marketing and sales alignment of internal direct and digital marketing efforts to attract, convert, close, and delight through inbound marketing methodology. Execute business development strategy of e-webstrategy in communicating benefit and value of available products and services: brand development responsive web design project management brand activation-inbound marketing commercial video production and development SEO, SEM and video marketing on-line ancillary supportive programs Responsible for achieving an assigned seven figure sales and profit goal towards increasing and sustaining e-webstrategy’s annual revenue growth goals and enabling market positioning at the forefront of national digital marketing industry. Report to the President and support both officers and staff members of our firm with customer acquisition and retention within assigned market channel verticals. Show less

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  Chef junction

  Mar 2016 - now

  Business owner

  • Director of a multi-discipline culinary company designed to connect our communities with flavors of the world via our multi-functional food service enablers.• Lead our company’s core efforts in setting culinary benchmark trends and spearhead celebrating exposure of talented known and up-and-coming Chefs to our community by enriching communal awareness, appreciation, and following of these gastronomic artists, along with associated collaborative services and agricultural alignments, through traditional and dynamic venues that foster advancement of constructive changes to our culinary landscape. • Ongoing support efforts, facilitated through the myriad diverse expertise provided by our industry seasoned staff and aligned partners, include provision of food service support by highly qualified proven kitchen/Back of the House and Front of the House staff to catering companies, restaurants, and event centers, as well as ongoing development of Home-Meal-Replacement distribution center/Hub for special needs diets, Al Fresco Market Fresh Café, food service operations management, corporate food truck provider, personal Chef services, on-order food service as well as retail sauce/pickled products manufacturing/co-packaging, provision of Pop-Up restaurant events, private parties, and cooking classes, and development of pro-franchise Café and Bistro establishments.• Current accomplishments include: Job placement of company staff member into Event Center Operation’s Director billet; and enabler of successful grand opening and sustainment of high profile event center at Cielo Vista, near the Dominion at San Antonio, TX. Show less