Please find below my professional history since 2003 and a link to view the entire professional history:
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 Assigned Geographic Production Area (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.