Awesome
Ms. Hall has work experience she shares with the class. She has bakery. I would take other classes she teaches.
Collin College - Management
Entrepreneur ~ Educator ~ Artist
Executive Office
Annie Laurie
Hall
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Seasoned operational and financial leader with experience overseeing industry-leading organizations and achieving objectives. Energetic visionary with demonstrated ability to turnaround underperforming operations, negotiate and improve complex customer relationships,and optimize performance through implementation of effective systems. Dynamic leader and communicator with a talent for developing highly motivated teams with the mutual goal of achieving the vision through company growth and profitability. Utilizes interpersonal skills and experience to integrate all aspects of the value chain and bring together strategy, operations, and people.
Specialties: Strategic Vision & Planning
Operations & Financial Mgt.
Organizational Growth / Turnaround
Profit & Loss Mgt.
Leadership & Team Building
Relationship Mgt.
Regulatory Compliance
Process & Performance Improvement
Metrics & Reporting
Risk Mgt.
Change Management
System Development & Integration
Executive Presentations
Management Consultant
Management and Operations consulting services for a select portfolio of small businesses. Client companies included a single physician specialty practice and a residential and commercial property management firm with multiple properties and Home Owners Associations under management.
• Improved accounting systems to provide segment specific metrics and reporting.
• Initiated change with respect to human resources functions along with operational policies, procedures and workflow to reduce costs, improve client satisfaction and enhance employee morale.
• Resolved issues with Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.
• Negotiated vendor contracts and suggested appropriate Employee Benefits options.
Chief Operating Officer
WRS provides online marketing and web-presence management for the hospitality industry.
Associate Faculty
Teach management courses (for credit); Teach cake decorating courses (continuing education)
Director of Operations
Dallas and Chicago business units provided high volume, outsourced back-office operations for Wall Street Investors in the residential mortgage industry.
• Led operations and turnaround activities for this newly acquired $20 million business unit.
• Due diligence underwriting capacity increased by 200% in 45 days; costs were reduced by 75%; accuracy rates increased from 25% to 98% within 90 days.
• Eliminated extensive backlogs and re-work and attained consistent on-time delivery while reducing costs and eliminated customer service complaints.
• Utilized Theory of Constraints and Lean techniques to increase document imaging productivity from 20,000 pages per day to over 120,000 pages per day while reducing staffing costs by $150,000 annually.
• Established Quality function and suggested changes to pricing, contracts and service level agreements.
• Developed metrics, reporting and system enhancements to facilitate decision making.
Owner
Retail bakery specializing in custom wedding cakes and special occasion cakes along with other desserts. 2 and 3 dimensional cakes and cake sculptures are available and our products are all baked fresh...never frozen.
BBA
Business Administration - Management
MBA
Business Administration
Executive MBA program. GPA of 4.0