Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Marketing Director For Gordon Salon, Cofounder of Gordon & Schwarz LLC.

  • Education

    • Summit Salon Academy

      2022 - 2022
      Certification Business Administration and Management, General

      Educational training for running 8 figure salons, development systems, pay structure systems, ownership opportunities and development of ESOP systems.

    • Vidal Sassoon Academy

      2016 - 2016
      Master Styling Hair Styling/Stylist and Hair Design

      The highest technical training in the United States, Vidal Sassoon Academy Chicago offered cutting edge courses designed to teach geometric hairstyling and haircutting.

    • Paul Mitchell The School - Chicago

      2013 - 2014
      Cosmetology Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor
    • Highland Park High School

      2009 - 2013
      High School Diploma Business Administration and Management, General
    • DePaul University

      2014 - 2018
      Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Business Administration and Management, Entrepreneurship

      Activities and Societies: Business Honor's Society Cohort, Extra curricular activity with Depaul Food Pantry. Attending DePaul University for a Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus in Entrepreneurship and minor in Economics, graduated with Honors and several Dean's List distinctions.

    • University of Illinois Chicago

      2020 - 2021
      Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering
  • Experience

    • Gordon Salon

      Sept 2014 - now

      Finance and Operations Administration Hair designer at Gordon Salons.

      • Marketing Director

        May 2018 - now
      • Finance and Operations Administration

        Jun 2007 - now
      • Hairstylist

        Sept 2014 - Nov 2017
    • Postmates

      Jan 2015 - Nov 2016
      Courier

      Independent contractor for PostMates, a delivery service application.

    • Kai & Co. Watches

      Sept 2015 - Nov 2017
      Founder

      I founded Kai & Co. Watches in 2015, a low volume custom watch brand, assembled in Chicago. This grew my understanding of international supply chain management, product development, product marketing, digital advertising, website/SEO education and product fulfillment. I sold the company in 2017.

    • Murasaki Sake Lounge

      Mar 2017 - Aug 2017
      Marketing Advisory Board

      Contracted by Murasaki Sake Lounge to help provide insight and knowledge for promoting the organization internally. - Ideated, produced & executed multiple in person and digital promotions that boosted revenue in historically down months- Provided numerous ideas related to focusing on the core strengths of the business and cutting arbitrary expenses as well as promoting new services and products with higher margins, and introduced a strategy to reduce rent as well as other overhead. - Introduced concepts from my experience on how to most effectively promote the inherent strengths of the only Japanese owned Sake bar in Chicago. Show less

    • Chicago Mining Company LLC.

      Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
      CEO & Co-Founder

      A Cryptocurrency mining firm focusing on investment within Cryptocurrency trading and development as well as tech securities & derivatives on the open market. Due to COVID-19 we decided to consolidate operations into purely trading.

    • The Motorsports Exchange LLC.

      Aug 2018 - now
      Founder

      The Motorsports Exchange LLC. is a vehicle rental service operating predominantly in the Peer to Peer and Rideshare economies and offers vehicles that are 'carbon postitive' by each vehicle using carbon credits to offset their own co2 output by 3 times. Our operations are entirely digital and native to the apps that we host our fleet on; Turo, GetAround and Hyrecar.

    • Medical Debt Forgiveness Network

      Jun 2019 - now
      Founder

      A 501(c)(3) non profit that buys and forgives the medical debt of low income Americans at no tax consequences to the debtor.

    • Gordon & Schwarz LLC

      May 2024 - now
      Chief Executive Officer

      Gordon & Schwarz LLC is a nationwide real estate investment firm focused on affordable housing programs & wholesaling.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Operational Excellence Foundations

      LinkedIn
      Oct 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (ICYB)

      DePaul University
      Mar 2018
    • Learning Video Production and Editing

      Lynda.com
      Aug 2018
      View certificate certificate