Professional Profile

Seasoned, multi-lingual international manager/entrepreneur with ten years' experience building and leading businesses in Europe and the U.S. Created two successful businesses by identifying strategic opportunities in the market and implementing effective business planning and innovative marketing. Ideation and execution in operations with focus on improvement and effective communication.

Professional Experiences

GENERAL MANAGER - THE RED MOOSE LODGE
Eden, UT 2009-present

  • Serve as General Manager for 27 room lodge with yearly revenue over $250,000
  • Oversee all activities including marketing, sales, HR, budgets and financial plans, accounting, spa, group accounts, deal with contractors, suppliers and customers; address problems and troubleshoot
  • Work closely with all departments of resort including maintenance, housekeeping, and activities

CO- FOUNDER & MANAGER - SNOWBOARD MONTANA
Missoula, MT 2006-present

  • Manage Montana's most popular web-based social network for snowboarders
  • Doubled website visits and page views over the past year and doubled online membership yearly
  • Work directly with leading winter resorts, sports equipment retailers and regional businesses
  • Designed and implemented media kit
  • Event design management

COURSE MANAGER / ESL TEACHER - TRINITY SCHOOL & PRIVATE
Rome, Italy 2002-2005

  • Prepared 50-90 hour ESL courses catering to diverse populations including middle and high school students, top managers, general managers from the Civil Protection and Constitutional Court judge
  • Built and maintained relationships between clients and Academia
  • Coordinated teachers with clients to maximize learning and addressed overall concerns from teachers
  • Entrepreneurial Language consultant for students including an Undersecretary and a Logistics consultant
  • Differentiated instruction to meet the individual needs of each student

CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR - HOSTEL CASANOVA
Rome, Italy 2000-2002

  • 24 hours a day, 7 days a week start-up hotel with yearly revenue of €120,000
  • All management & marketing duties for profitable youth hostel serving 20+ international guests daily
  • Full responsibility for recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising international staff
  • Scaled occupancy to full during on-season and high occupancy rates during off-season in 2 year period
  • Negotiated preferred vendor status for guests with local and foreign businesses and establishments
  • Designed and implemented reservation system to increase booking efficiency and boost sales

HELP DESK COMPUTER LAB - UM SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Missoula, Montana 2005-2009

  • Developed solutions to technical issues troubling faculty, staff, and students & assisted in Vista rollout

NONPROFIT WORK -
Rome, Italy & Missoula, Montana

  • Red Cross- Disaster Action Team, Rome Independent Film Festival- Translator and Advertising, University of Montana- International Peer Assistant, Dickenson Lifelong Learning Center- ESL teacher, Big Brothers and Sisters- Big Sister, Totalfest Music Festival- helped write bylaws

Education

University of Montana -School of Business Administration
Missoula, Montana May 2009

 
Bachelor of Science; Double Major: International Business & Management
GPA 3. 9; graduating with High Honors in top 5% of the School of Business Administration
Scholarships based on academic excellence, totaling over $10,000, include: J.E.Corette Memorial scholarship, Kenneth H Davis Endowed, and The Robert and Louise Betzner Scholarship

First Responder - first aid/ emergency care trained and CPR/AED certified