Babe's Chicken Dinner HouseSenior Leadership
Aug. 1994 - Dec. 2011Dallas/Fort Worth AreaOver a 17-year career, functioning in various roles, I served as a key player exponentially growing the business, building numerous teams, developing hundreds of people, and leading different facets of the operation. Being highly customer centric, I increased customer counts, maximized word-of-mouth advertising, yielded higher than industry standard profitability, and remained steadfast in waste reduction.
In cooperation with ownership, I implemented measures to increase efficiency and improve effectiveness of daily operations, created and evangelized company culture, and helped a small independent family-owned restaurant business become a nationally recognized leader in the comfort food sector through creating memorable, must-do dining experiences, featuring top-notch guest service and superior food quality. In addition, I cultivated and supported all vendor and supplier relationships, fostered continuous improvement, developed leaders, and taught multiple components of management seminars, including communication, risk management, government regulation, recruiting and retention, leadership development, and utilizing management levers.