Experience

• South Seattle College

  Faculty - Hospitality Management BAS Program

  • Create and Teach courses in the following fields: Employment Law/Human Resources Management; Risk Management; Finance and Accounting; and, Marketing
  • Partner with hospitality industry partners to create pathways for employment of students and graduates including mentoring and internship programs.

• Consultant for Start-Up Businesses

  Risk Management/Human Resources

  • Created all internal employment policies, investor documents and vendor agreements for early stage technology companies in preparation for raising private capital
  • Managed Company’s intellectual property assets
  • Negotiated sales and licensing agreements
  • Assisted in raising over $6 million from angel investors

• Wade Cook Financial

  Co-Chief Operating Officer

  • Directly supervised human resources, purchasing, marketing, accounting, information technology, legal, investor relations and public relations departments
  • Coordinated outside counsel and auditors for SEC compliance and litigation matters
  • Coordinated filing of all required SEC documents including working with CFO, outside auditors and the Audit Committee/Board of Directors
  • Negotiated and drafted all licensing, service, publishing and vendor agreements
  • Assisted Human Resources with training and responded to all EEOC and related employee administrative claims

• Pinnacle Realty

  Corporate Secretary, Risk Management

  • Successfully managed risk management, purchasing, marketing, compliance and business ethics departments (staffing, budgeting, employment reviews)
  • Supported Human Resources through the creation and enforcement of employment policies and training programs
  • Investigated EEOC and related employment matters
  • Supported business operations through the negotiation of vendor and facilities agreements for IT support, office leases/Tenant Improvements and equipment
  • Developed national safety training programs for 5500 employee company
  • Created national vendor pre-qualification program for managed properties covering over 20,000 vendors
  • Negotiated all insurance purchases including employee benefits, workers compensation and property/GL programs
  • Managed outside legal counsel and PR firms
  • Rolled-out national employee arbitration/dispute resolution process
  • Created and enforced Compliance/Business Ethics Group
  • Managed all fair housing, property and liability claims from 200,000 residential units of multi-family portfolio of managed properties