Ryan Barker

Experience

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  Stavros, Inc.

  Sept 2007 - Sept 2009

  Personal Care Assistant

  • Provided assistance with personal care, including transfers, dressing, showering, hygiene, etc.• Organized and administered prescribed medications, supplements, and homeopathic treatments.• Maintained and organized banking records, taxes, receipts, and computer databases of finances.• In charge of calls to medical providers, ordering equipment, and setting up appointments.• Maintenance and cleaning of home.• Cooked meals, ran errands, performed other impairment-related work as needed. Show less

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  Starbucks

  Jun 2008 - May 2012

  Shift Supervisor

  • Customer service, sales in high-traffic cafe.• Register and barista experience.• Trained multiple new employees in sales, recipes, cleaning, and beverage production.• Developed quarterly bar certification program for all partners• In charge of organizing and executing daily shifts with 7+ partners• Inventory and Ordering• Constructed daily deployment charts for partners

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  Bourbon Coffee North America

  Jun 2012 - May 2021

  -Hire, train, and manage all Store Managers.-Create/maintain bonus structure, training system, raise/review systems.-Conduct regular store visits to ensure corporate structures and regulations are being followed.-Conduct weekly manager and corporate conference calls, maintain communication between all managers and corporate officers.-Oversaw major renovation of NYC location and incorporation of a full kitchen and food menu into existing shop.-Completed miniature renovation of DC and Cambridge, MA locations.-Led creation and implementation of sandwich menu that led to a 20% increase in total sales YoY in Cambridge, MA.-Marketing responsibilities include management of corporate website, social media, generating in-store marketing ideas, answering customer service inquiries, conducting regular promotional emails via loyalty systems and social media accounts to generate online and retail business.-Receives and fulfills all online store orders.-Reviews and monitors staffing levels, vendor relationships, and expenditures at all stores.-Reviews and analyzes weekly and monthly P&L data, investigates opportunities and successes across multiple stores and communicates these to Store Managers.-Assists stores in creation of monthly and seasonal promotional drinks. Ensures quality of food and beverages served Show less -Interviewing, hiring, and training of all baristas and shift supervisors. Scheduling and labor management.-Inventory management, vendor communication and ordering.-Directly manage team and provide all communication between corporate/store manager and store employees. -Drink and food creation and promotion, seasonal beverages. -Social media for Cambridge, MA location.-Daily store operations including cash handling, deposits, deployment and shift organization, ensuring compliance with cleaning and sanitation guidelines. -Serv-Safe certified. Show less

  • Operations Manager

    Sept 2013 - May 2021

  • Marketing Manager

    Oct 2013 - Jan 2014

  • Assistant Manager

    Jun 2012 - Sept 2013
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  City Feed and Supply

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

  Barista

  • Customer service, sales in café and local/organic deli and grocery store.• Register and barista experience.

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  Big Island Coffee Roasters

  Oct 2013 - Oct 2013

  Intern

  • Completed intensive two-week internship course on a small coffee farm and roaster y in Hawaii, in the Puna Region of the Big Island.• Participated in daily cuppings, including focused cuppings on water quality, defects, varietals, roast profiles, and regions.• Hands-on training with La Nez Du Café, sample roasting on a HotTop, profile and production roasting on a Diedrich.• Daily harvesting of coffee cherries, hand-sorting, fermenting, washing, and raking.

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  Fredericksburg VA SPCA

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

  Placement Coor
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  SFC Virginia Animal Rescue

  Jul 2019 - now

  Executive Director