Joseph Berger

Experience

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  Gold Coast Travels and Expeditions Panama

  Jul 2005 - now

  Tour Operator

  Gold Coast Travels & Expeditions is a family-run tour operation where I take on various roles as needed, including asset maintenance, tour guiding, and operational setup. Currently, I serve as the Business Development Manager, focusing on creating and innovating tours. Having grown up in Panama's tourism industry, I’ve worked with numerous companies like Aventuras 2000, GAPA Travels, and Panama Travel Experts. Despite collaborating with these prestigious firms, my roots and passion remain with my family business, where I began my guiding career. Mostrar menos

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  Hutchison Ports PPC

  Nov 2007 - Mar 2009

  Staff

  Back when Pier 6 was a Cruise terminal. My responsibilities ranged from setting up the facilities for the cruise ship's arrival at the pier, once the passengers would start disembarking, we were in charge of selling off-shore tour packages available during their time in Panama.

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  Shipsagent Group

  Jun 2011 - Jan 2012

  Boarding Officer

  Maritime Industry. This job involved working with vessels arriving to the Port of Colon. Very dynamic job,working in both an office environment to maintain correspondence with the owners of their vesselmovements, and working in the shipping environment attending the captain with the paperwork referent local activities, such as docking and fueling operations, canal transits, restocking supply, transferring crew members

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  Aventuras 2000

  Nov 2013 - now

  Tour Guide

  For the last decade, I have seasonally worked with Aventuras2000 as a Tour Guide for cruiseships arriving to the port of Colon, ranging from Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, TUI, Viking and MSC. My areas of expertise include historical, cultural and ecological tours in the province of Colon.

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  Sitel Group

  Jul 2014 - Jan 2014

  Sales Agent

  Sitel is company dedicated to outsourcing services as a call center. The project I was working for isoutsourced by a company called TXU, this an electricity retail provider in Texas. More specifically, Iworked in the Sales Department attending incoming calls requesting electricity services for theirhomes.

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  Luna's Castle

  Sept 2015 - Feb 2016

  Receptionist

  At this Hostel I worked as a receptionist dealing mostly with a backpackers travelling through Panama.This included taking care of check ins and check outs, resolving problems throughout the day, answering questions and giving out information on things to do in Panama.

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  Kartoonland

  Nov 2016 - now

  Business Development Manager

  As the founder of Kartoonland, Joseph Berger leads a vibrant community dedicated to creating unforgettable events and parties. Kartoonland offers a unique blend of entertainment, including DJ services, sound equipment rentals, and merchandise sales. With a focus on quality, creativity, and community engagement, Joseph has transformed Kartoonland into a recognized brand in the event industry, known for its energetic gatherings and strong ties to local culture.

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  RJ's 2002 Restaurant and Catering

  Feb 2018 - Jun 2018

  Cook

  Started off washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Moved my way over to prepping and when the original cook quit, I moved up to cooking breakfast shift and by the end of my time there I was working Lunch and dinner shift. Located in a golf community in Florida, we also catered to the different heritage clubs with the according cuisines for the germán heritage club, the Irish heritage club and so forth.