Fireworks Display Company — Avon Park, Florida
Southeast Regional Manager: 03/07/2024 – Present
Essential Functions:
Manage all aspects of day-to-day operation of the facility and Assigned Geographic Production Area (AGPA).
Ensure compliance with company policies, guidelines, and all standard operating procedures.
Serve as the primary local contact for the AGPA and report local issues accordingly.
Manage and maintain the security, safety, and integrity of the facility, supplies and equipment.
Manage the work done by facility employees, technicians, and vendors.
Recruit, develop, train, maintain, and assign technician crews to all contracted productions.
Schedule facility staff as needed for all pre-production preparations, executions, and post-production procedures.
Implement needed policy and procedural changes within the facility.
Synchronize efforts with other departments to provide customer satisfaction within contracted budgets.
Cooperate with other facilities and staff as needed to ensure successful productions regardless of geographical location.
Maintain compliance in cooperation with all local, state, and federal regulations, as well as, associated inspecting officials.
Maintain open communication between staff, employees, technicians, clients, and government officials in a timely manner.
Maintain complete and accurate records for production contracts, hazardous material inventories, personnel, facility expenditures.
Maintain complete and accurate records for all facility assigned vehicles and equipment, including those owned by the company, leased, and/or rented.
Maintain real-time data analyzation of all hazardous material, supply, and equipment usage to remain in compliance with company prescribed standards.
Maintain sufficient inventory of hazardous materials, supplies, and equipment for all contracted and forecasted productions.
Assemble hazardous materials into completed fireworks show shipments.
Create and continuously adapt operational schedules for all contracted productions within the AGPA.
Schedule and track all accommodation and airline bookings for technicians and drivers within the AGPA.
Create, modify, and track all facility and contracted production rental equipment needs within the AGPA.
Develop, revise, and manage the use of industry unique and company specific fireworks firing display methods.
Develop, track, and manage vehicle toll transponder program within the AGPA.
Maintain magazine facility grounds, explosive magazine buildings, and other magazine facility structures.
Order, pick up, return, and track all rental truck bookings, and usage as needed according to the production schedule within the AGPA.
Process and maintain hazardous material inventories according to all local, state and federal regulations.
Special Effects and Fireworks Display Company — Tampa, Florida
Chief Executive Officer: 05/31/2022 – Present
Roles & Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
Created the company's vision, mission, and long & short-term goals.
Developed and executed industry specific business strategies to drive growth and profitability.
Communicating company performance and strategic initiatives to the partners.
Operational Oversight
Ensuring efficient business operations across all departments.
Allocating resources effectively to meet organizational goals.
Managing relationships with partners, regulators, and the employee's.
Financial Management
Overseeing budgeting, financial planning, and risk management.
Ensuring financial health and profitability of the organization.
Working with the partners to align financial strategies.
Team Leadership
Building and leading an effective management team.
Establishing a strong company culture and motivating partners, investors, and employees.
Making key hiring decisions and fostering leadership development.
Risk Management and Compliance
Ensuring the company adheres to legal and regulatory requirements.
Identifying and mitigating potential business risks.
Encouraging integrity in business operations and fostering social responsibility.
Driving Innovation and Growth
Exploring new business opportunities and expansion strategies.
Encouraging innovation and adaptation to manufacturing changes.
Investing in technology and processes to stay competitive.
Special Effects and Fireworks Display Company — Tampa & Jupiter, Florida
Facility Manager: 01/05/2015 – 05/26/2020
Essential Functions:
Manage all aspects of day-to-day operation of the facility and Assigned Geographic Production Area (AGPA).
Ensure compliance with company policies, guidelines, and all standard operating procedures.
Serve as the primary local contact for the AGPA and report local issues accordingly.
Manage and maintain the security, safety, and integrity of the facility, supplies and equipment.
Manage the work done by facility employees, technicians, and vendors.
Recruit, develop, train, maintain, and assign technician crews to all contracted productions.
Perform daily facility subordinate meetings to progress the attainment of facility objectives.
Schedule facility staff as needed for all pre-production preparations, executions, and post-production procedures.
Implement needed policy and procedural changes within the facility.
Synchronize efforts with other departments to provide customer satisfaction within contracted budgets.
Cooperate with other facilities and staff as needed to ensure successful productions regardless of geographical location.
Maintain compliance in cooperation with all local, state, and federal regulations, as well as, associated inspecting officials.
Maintain open communication between staff, employees, technicians, clients, and government officials in a timely manner.
Maintain complete and accurate records for production contracts, hazardous material inventories, personnel, facility expenditures.
Maintain complete and accurate records for all facility assigned vehicles and equipment, including those owned by the company, leased, and/or rented.
Review expenses and costs related to the facility and all contracted and forecasted productions to remain within budget.
Maintain real-time data analyzation of all hazardous material, supply, and equipment usage to remain in compliance with company prescribed standards.
Maintain sufficient inventory of hazardous materials, supplies, and equipment for all contracted and forecasted productions.
Participate in both long-term and short-term planning and budgeting.
Participate in, and request production meetings as needed regarding upcoming productions and overall facility needs.
Periodic and annual review of overall facility and personnel performance.
Assemble hazardous materials into completed fireworks show shipments.
Create and continuously adapt operational schedules for all contracted productions within the AGPA.
Create, develop, and manage facility LAN, FTP's, remote and cloud based file backup systems, cloud based file management systems.
Responsible for overall maintenance of all facility IT requirements.
Create, modify, and track all accommodation and airline bookings for technicians and drivers within the AGPA.
Create, modify, and track all facility and contracted production rental equipment needs within the AGPA.
Create, revise, and manage the training and overall responsibility of maintaining all facility IT requirements.
Develop, revise, and manage the use of industry unique and company specific fireworks firing display methods.
Develop, track, and manage vehicle toll transponder program within the AGPA.
Create, schedule, and maintain all aspects of the annual technician training seminars within the AGPA.
Maintain magazine facility grounds, explosive magazine buildings, and other magazine facility structures.
Meet with clients and all authorities having jurisdiction for review of proposed fireworks show locations.
Order, pick up, return, and track all rental truck bookings, and usage as needed according to the production schedule within the AGPA.
Process and maintain hazardous material inventories according to all local, state and federal regulations.
Recruit, develop, train, and maintain technician crews for all floating vessel contracted productions.
Special Effects and Fireworks Display Company — Tampa, Florida
General Manager: 03/14/2003 – 01/04/2015
Essential Functions (in addition to those listed under Facility Manager):
Analyze all data regarding hazardous material supply and equipment usage, as well as, generate projected usage and future order values.
Generate hazardous materials, supplies, and equipment purchase orders and process acquisitions.
Recruit, hire, develop, train, and maintain all needed employees for all non-production facility positions within in the AGPA.
Process and maintain all imported and domestic hazardous material shipments into stock and all company and regulatory documentation.
Responsible for maintaining a professional presence at tradeshow events to increase sales and bolster relations with production management companies.
Negotiate, review, and manage all property leases within the AGPA.
Create, process, and manage bookings and documentation for exported equipment and hazardous material shipments according to the ocean freight carrier requirements and local, state and federal regulations.
Establish and maintain long-term relationships and rapport with all clients, technicians, vendors, and authorities having jurisdiction.
Special Effects and Fireworks Display Company — New Castle, Pennsylvania
Technician: 10/27/2000 – 03/13/2003
Essential Functions:
Overall responsibility of ensuring that all logistical aspects of the production are properly scheduled and that it is executed according to the clients conception.
Collaborate with the Account Producer on all client envisioned and contracted aspects of the production.
Hire, train and supervise all needed employee's for each particular assigned account.
Maintain proper annual staffing levels using future estimated usage.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Meet with client on all envisioned and contracted aspects of the production.
Coordinate and schedule with all job site property managers, foremen, etc.
Coordinate the scheduling of equipment loading, unloading and transfers with the Warehouse Manager.
Coordinate the acquisition, disposition and transfers of the fireworks with the Magazine Supervisor.
Coordinate with all other vendors and required services.
Create production work schedules for all assigned employee's, vendors and job site personnel.
Perform equipment installation and fireworks loading inspection meetings with all authorities having jurisdiction.
Monitor compliance of, evaluate and recommended changes to the company standard operating procedures in order to provide a safe and efficient employee work environment.
Conduct post production meetings with client, all authorities having jurisdiction, other vendors and all job site property managers, foremen, etc.
Process all company directed post production documentation and requested communications.
Fireworks Display Company — Boca Raton, Florida
Technician: 07/03/1998 – 03/01/2003
Essential Functions:
Overall responsibility of ensuring that all logistical aspects of the production are properly scheduled and that it is executed according to the clients conception.
Collaborate with the Account Producer on all client envisioned and contracted aspects of the production.
Hire, train and supervise all needed employee's for each particular assigned account.
Maintain proper annual staffing levels using future estimated usage.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Meet with client on all envisioned and contracted aspects of the production.
Coordinate and schedule with all job site property managers, foremen, etc.
Coordinate the scheduling of equipment loading, unloading and transfers with the Warehouse Manager.
Coordinate the acquisition, disposition and transfers of the fireworks with the Magazine Supervisor.
Coordinate with all other vendors and required services.
Create production work schedules for all assigned employee's, vendors and job site personnel.
Perform equipment installation and fireworks loading inspection meetings with all authorities having jurisdiction.
Monitor compliance of, evaluate and recommended changes to the company standard operating procedures in order to provide a safe and efficient employee work environment.
Conduct post production meetings with client, all authorities having jurisdiction, other vendors and all job site property managers, foremen, etc.
Process all company directed post production documentation and requested communications.
Aircraft Ground Handling Service — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fuel Handler Supervisor: 02/07/2002 – 10/16/2002
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with Fueling Director on daily fueling schedule coherence.
Coordinate with subordinate Fuel Handlers on work shift objectives and applied responsibilities.
Continual updates to the terminal and concourses arrival and departing flight information communication system.
Assist the Fueling Director on generating the weekly airport fueling schedule.
Assist the Fueling Director on creating the fuel handler employee work schedule using the weekly airport fueling schedule.
Overall work shift responsibility for adhering to company, airport, local, state and federal fueling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Monitor compliance of, evaluate and recommended changes to the company and airport standard operating procedures in order to provide a safe and efficient employee work environment.
Facilitate training program through providing employee assistance and mentoring.
Data analyze fuel usage for airline invoicing.
Establish needed fuel inventory through data analyzed usage and future estimated use.
Process fuel depot fuel usage summary and usage request forms.
Fuel aircraft according to each flight request and in accordance to that particular airlines aircraft fueling standard operating procedures.
Fuel ground service vehicles to each airlines request in accordance with that particular airlines ground service fueling standard operating procedures.
Fast Food Restaurant — Coral Springs, Florida
Assistant Manager: 10/24/2001 – 01/21/2002
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with General Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall work shift responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of company standard operating procedures to provide a safe employee work environment.
Coordinate with employee's to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Facilitate training program through providing employee assistance and mentoring.
Monitor and manage guest needs and complaints to ensure complete satisfaction.
Luxury Department Store Chain — Boca Raton, Florida
Inventory Accountant Processing Supervisor: 10/19/2001 – 10/21/2001
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with Inventory Account Specialist and all Floor Team Leads for operational coherence.
Coordinate with Floor Team Leads to provide a professional image with excellent customer service.
Overall responsibility for my assigned floor teams on adhering to company inventory control accountability standards.
Assign inventory tasks to Floor Team Leads in most efficient order depending on counting base control flow.
Process Floor Team Leads inventory control forms and assist the Data Team Manager with accuracy of values.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Pizza Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Assistant Manager: 04/11/2001 – 10/08/2002
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with General Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall work shift responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of company standard operating procedures to provide a safe employee work environment.
Coordinate with employee's to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Facilitate training program through providing employee assistance and mentoring.
Monitor and manage guest needs and complaints to ensure complete satisfaction.
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Installation and Service Company — Margate, Florida
Installation and Service Assistant: 03/05/2001 – 04/06/2001
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with the Project Manager, Account Manager and Installation Foreman for installation coherency.
Evaluate account blueprints and recommended changes to the Home Builder, Building Inspectors and Installation Foremen for the safest, most efficient installation process.
Install new residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
Ensure proper installation according to and in compliance with all local, state and federal codes and regulations.
Perform installation inspection meetings with all authorities having jurisdiction.
Physically load and unload equipment from the truck at the dispatch facility and job-sites adhering to Federal Department of Transportation regulations.
Meet and greet arriving home owners for review of their new home installation.
Fast Food Restaurant — Boca Raton, Florida
Assistant Manager: 04/27/1998 – 02/13/2001
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with General Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall work shift responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of company standard operating procedures to provide a safe employee work environment.
Coordinate with employee's to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Facilitate training program through providing employee assistance and mentoring.
Monitor and manage guest needs and complaints to ensure complete satisfaction.
Sport Vehicle Dealership — Pompano Beach, Florida
Service Technician Assistant: 10/20/1997 – 04/18/1998
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with Operational Director and Service Manager for operational coherence.
Meet and greet arriving service department customers.
Physical acquisition and deposition of customers equipment.
Courtesy clean departing serviced water sport equipment.
Assist Service Technicians with the repairs and testing of customer equipment.
Install non-mechanical sporting equipment enhancements to customer's water sport equipment.
Local pickup and delivery of service department equipment, tools and supplies.
Detail and restore used equipment purchases for resale.
Assist the Equipment Assembly Team Manager on the transfer, assembly and inventory management of the new sporting equipment.
Local delivery of newly purchased sporting equipment to consignee's.
Provide and train novice water sport equipment customers using the Introductory Operation and Maintenance Program.
Assist Operational Director with the relocation of the business to a new property.
Assist the Race Team Manger with the relocation of the race team's race & development and service facility to a new property.
Maintaining freight shipment transfer station, parking lots and dumpster areas on all five company properties.
Pizza Restaurant — Pompano Beach, Florida
Assistant Manager: 05/15/1997 – 10/12/1997
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with General Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall work shift responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of company standard operating procedures to provide a safe employee work environment.
Coordinate with employee's to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Facilitate training program through providing employee assistance and mentoring.
Monitor and manage guest needs and complaints to ensure complete satisfaction.
Pizza Restaurant — Fort Lauderdale & Oakland Park, Florida
Multi-Store Training Manager: 09/05/1995 – 05/05/1997
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with Market Director and Area Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Manage all operational aspects of two locations at one time to create a collective workflow and usage costs between both locations.
Train newly hired store managers as assigned by the local market corporate office utilizing a fast track training program.
Coordinate with subordinate managers and the employee bases to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of, evaluate and recommended changes to the company standard operating procedures in order to provide a safe and efficient employee work environment.
Facilitate mentoring of subordinate managers and employee bases to ensure coordinated teamwork, an environment of welcomed structured feedback and to create an energized atmosphere of inspired leadership by all.
Administer and track company training program progress and hold subordinate management responsible for assigned training tasks.
Evaluate subordinate manager and employee performance in order provide comprehensive one on one meeting evaluations.
Analyze and manage documented guest needs and complaints through guest followup to ensure complete overall satisfaction.
Develop store specific promotional offerings, facilitate the company's local store marketing program and ensure adherence to the current nationally promoted marketed promotional offerings.
Evaluate local, regional and national events to create and maintain employee schedule's and rectify all scheduling challenges.
Maintain proper annual staffing levels using market fluctuations and future estimated usage.
Data analyze food and paper usage for compliance with company prescribed standards.
Establish proper inventory control through data analyzed usage and future estimated use.
Pizza Restaurant — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Store Manager: 08/11/1992 – 09/04/1995
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with Market Director and Area Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Coordinate with subordinate managers and the employee base to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of, evaluate and recommended changes to the company standard operating procedures in order to provide a safe and efficient employee work environment.
Facilitate mentoring of subordinate managers and employee base to ensure coordinated teamwork, an environment of welcomed structured feedback and to create an energized atmosphere of inspired leadership by all.
Administer and track company training program progress and hold subordinate management responsible for assigned training tasks.
Evaluate subordinate manager and employee performance in order provide comprehensive one on one meeting evaluations.
Analyze and manage documented guest needs and complaints through guest followup to ensure complete overall satisfaction.
Develop store specific promotional offerings, facilitate the company's local store marketing program and ensure adherence to the current nationally promoted marketed promotional offerings.
Evaluate local, regional and national events to create and maintain employee schedule's and rectify all scheduling challenges.
Maintain proper annual staffing levels using market fluctuations and future estimated usage.
Data analyze food and paper usage for compliance with company prescribed standards.
Establish proper inventory control through data analyzed usage and future estimated use.
Pizza Restaurant — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Assistant Manager: 01/07/1992 – 08/10/1992
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with General Manager for administrative, financial and operational coherence.
Ensure compliance with local, state and federal food handling procedures and regulations.
Fully comply with local, state and federal labor laws.
Overall work shift responsibility for adhering to company food, paper and labor usage standards.
Monitor compliance of company standard operating procedures to provide a safe employee work environment.
Coordinate with employee's to provide a professional food industry image with excellent customer service.
Facilitate training program through providing employee assistance and mentoring.
Monitor and manage guest needs and complaints to ensure complete satisfaction.
Pizza Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Crew Member: 10/25/1991 – 01/06/1992
Essential Functions:
Meeting and greeting customers while promoting a positive atmosphere and guest relationship.
Operating cash registers, receiving payments and expediting orders.
Process telephone order taking.
Before and after shift food preparations.
Cooking and assembling food and drink products.
Maintenance of dining room, bathrooms, kitchen and stock areas.
Maintaining parking lot and dumpster areas.
Pizza Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Crew Member: 09/17/1991 – 10/24/1991
Essential Functions:
Meeting and greeting customers while promoting a positive atmosphere and guest relationship.
Operating cash registers, receiving payments and expediting orders.
Process telephone order taking.
Before and after shift food preparations.
Cooking and assembling food and drink products.
Maintenance of dining room, bathrooms, kitchen and stock areas.
Maintaining parking lot and dumpster areas.
Pizza Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Crew Member: 08/09/1991 – 09/07/1991
Essential Functions:
Meeting and greeting customers while promoting a positive atmosphere and guest relationship.
Operating cash registers, receiving payments and expediting orders.
Process telephone order taking.
Before and after shift food preparations.
Cooking and assembling food and drink products.
Maintenance of dining room, bathrooms, kitchen and stock areas.
Maintaining parking lot and dumpster areas.
Family Casual Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Bus Boy: 05/03/1991 – 05/24/1991
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with waitstaff to clear, clean and restock tables for the next awaiting party.
Process mid-meal tabling clearing, cleaning and drink refilling.
Restock and clean waitstaff stations during and after shifts.
Maintenance of guest areas before, during and after shifts.
Assist dishwashers with the processing of bus trays into the dish washing station, through the dishwasher and then to move cleaned items out to the waitstaff stations and cook line.
Process trash from the waitstaff stations and kitchen then transferring it to the dumpster.
Maintenance bathrooms, parking lot and dumpster areas.
Nightly cleaning of all waitstaff station and cook line anti-fatigue mats.
Fast Food Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Crew Member: 04/09/1990 – 05/02/1991
Essential Functions:
Meeting and greeting customers while promoting a positive atmosphere and guest relationship.
Operating cash registers, receiving payments and expediting orders.
Before and after shift food preparations.
Cooking and assembling food and drink products.
Maintenance of dining room, bathrooms, kitchen and stock areas.
Maintaining parking lot and dumpster areas.
Fast Food Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Crew Member: 08/11/1989 – 11/15/1989
Essential Functions:
Meeting and greeting customers while promoting a positive atmosphere and guest relationship.
Operating cash registers, receiving payments and expediting orders.
Before and after shift food preparations.
Cooking and assembling food and drink products.
Maintenance of dining room, bathrooms, kitchen and stock areas.
Maintaining parking lot and dumpster areas.
Full Service Restaurant — Tamarac, Florida
Bus Boy: 07/071989 – 08/09/1989
Essential Functions:
Collaborate with waitstaff to clear, clean and restock tables for the next awaiting party.
Process mid-meal tabling clearing, cleaning and drink refilling.
Restock and clean waitstaff stations during and after shifts.
Maintenance of guest areas before, during and after shifts.
Assist dishwashers with the processing of bus trays into the dish washing station and to move cleaned items out to the waitstaff stations.
Process trash from the waitstaff stations and kitchen then transferring it to the dumpster.
Full Service Restaurant — Margate, Florida
Busser: 01/13/1989 – 05/04/1989
Essential Functions:
Maintain management's professional and formal guest relations standards and procedures.
Escort unaccompanied female guests to and from the restrooms when available.
Collaborate with waitstaff to clear, clean and restock tables for the next awaiting party.
Process mid-meal tabling clearing and cleaning, drink refilling and the filling of guests special mid-meal requests.
Arrange tables for large parties and assist waitstaff with food and drink serving.
Package and assemble meal left over portions upon waitstaff and/or guests requests.
Restock and clean waitstaff stations during and after shifts.
Maintenance of guest areas before, during and after shifts.
Assist dishwashers with the processing of bus trays into the dish washing station and to move cleaned items out to the waitstaff stations.
Fast Food Company — Margate, Florida
Crew Member: 09/1988 – 12/1988
Essential Functions:
Meeting and greeting customers while promoting a positive atmosphere and guest relationship.
Operating cash registers, receiving payments and expediting orders.
Before and after shift food preparations.
Cooking and assembling food and drink products.
Maintenance of dining room, bathrooms, kitchen and stock areas.
Maintaining parking lot and dumpster areas.