Career Summary Started with Fred Meyer stores as a parcel clerk in 1976 and worked my way through multiple management positions and became a Store Manager in 1984. Moved into Store Operations Support rolling out Fred Meyers first food direct delivery system and worked on many IS roll out projects including payroll, time and attendance, building maintenance processes and procedures, cashier training and daily labor reporting. In 1992 I was promoted to a Regional Garden Center Specialist helping grow Fred Meyer into a leading garden center retailer. In 1997 I was promoted to Smitty's Market Place in Arizona as the Regional Supervisor for Garden, Patio and Pool and later promoted to Smitty's Food District Manager. I Returned to Fred Meyer in 2000 and after completing Store Director Training I became Food District Manager for the east Portland region. In 2003 I left Fred Meyer for Shopko Stores in Greenbay Wisconsin as a Regional Director of Stores. Returning to Arizona in 2006 I became a Golf Caddie and spent 2 years working at the TPC of Scottsdale and East Hampton Golf Club in NY. In 2008 I joined Safeway Stores as a Wine Steward and was promoted in 2009 to back stage Liquor Merchandiser. I became the Sales and Market Development Manager for Mudshark Brewery in 2014.

Highlights:

• Buying
• Retail
• Advertising
• apparel
• Sales
• Training
• Merchandising
• Management