Diamond Bar, California, United States
Senior Food & Beverage and Clubhouse Facilities Executive with extensive and far reaching leadership experience across luxury dining, catering, private clubs, large-scale entertainment, and event environments. My career has been built on creating exceptional guest and member experiences while delivering strong, sustainable financial performance. I lead with a disciplined, hands-on approach grounded in accountability, integrity, and service excellence modeling engaged, passionate and charismatic hospitality. Throughout my career, I have directed complex, multi-outlet food & beverage and facilities operations with full P&L ownership, overseeing annual revenues ranging from $7M to more than $26M. I am known for driving record profitability through record sales increases, strategic cost controls, labor optimization, and capital planning, while modernizing facilities and elevating service standards. I have led organizations of up to 500 employees across culinary, service, events, and facilities teams and thrive in high-stakes, high-visibility environments, including executing fully integrated, week-long Academy Awards and PGA operations. In parallel with my corporate leadership, I am the Founder and Principal Visionary of Love Train Ministries, a grassroots foundation dedicated to community building, discipleship, and peacemaking. Through this work, I strengthen and connect faith, education, and nonprofit organizations, develop community leaders, and serve as a central go to resource linking individuals and families to meaningful support networks. This ministry reflects the same leadership philosophy that defines my executive career: build strong cultures, develop people, and create lasting, values-driven impact. The most unique and special icing on my cake is my heart and soul, radiating a positive demeanor. This fuels my never-give-up, can-do, faith-driven belief that nothing is impossible, everything is an opportunity, and forward momentum is unstoppable. It is the foundation of my commitment to living a happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise life. Negative thinkers may look upon me with disdain, as I do not tolerate passive aggression. For professional inquiries, you may reach me at: [email protected]
Career Highlight: Lead an organic community-building foundation focused on ministry, discipleship, and peacemaking by strengthening existing organizations, developing leaders, and connecting individuals to meaningful support networks. Serve as a central connector and data hub for community organizations, fostering collaboration, interdependence, and measurable social impact through love-in-action initiatives. Key Achievements & Contributions: ● Founded and lead a grassroots, faith-based community ministry focused on “Love Your Neighbor,” building and strengthening faith, education, and nonprofit organizations through strategic networking, discipleship, and community development initiatives. ● Serve as a central connector and data hub, designing referral pathways that link individuals and families to appropriate support services, increasing successful community placements and follow-through across multiple regions. ● Develop and mentor of community-building leaders, guiding churches, colleges, schools, and nonprofits into deeper, self-sustaining models of collaboration, service, and shared responsibility. ● Drive organizational sustainability by cultivating a growing donor and philanthropic partner base, securing ongoing funding to support operations, outreach programs, and leadership development. ●Expand regional visibility and credibility through strategic media engagement, including a live Good Life TV interview (Turner Foundation, Santa Barbara), strengthening partnerships and accelerating community adoption of the mission. Good Life TV Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h915r3mUd7Y&t=45s
Career Highlight: Build and lead purpose-driven ventures across ministry, hospitality, and entertainment, combining values-based leadership with strong business execution. Help people, programs, and creative projects grow by connecting talent, organizations, and communities to meaningful opportunities and sustainable results. Key Achievements & Contributions: ● Founded and scaled Love Train Ministries into a multi-sector platform spanning ministry, disaster relief, hospitality, and entertainment, positively impacting hundreds of individuals and organizations through coaching, management, and community-focused initiatives. ● Serve as coach and consultant to leaders, creatives, and operators, improving strategic clarity, operational effectiveness, and long-term sustainability across faith-based and commercial environments. ● Act as agent and manager for talent and projects, negotiating partnerships and placements that advance careers, expand audience reach, and strengthen brand visibility. ● Lead hospitality and entertainment initiatives that elevate guest and community experiences, driving repeat engagement, relationship-based growth, and revenue opportunities. ● Demonstrate career progression from hands-on founder and operator to trusted advisor and connector, building long-term relationships across ministry, hospitality, and the entertainment industry.
Career Highlight: Partnered with business owners to position their company for rapid, sustainable growth by aligning operations, leadership, and financial discipline. Helped founders move from reactive execution to scalable systems that improved performance, profitability, and enterprise value. Key Achievements & Contributions: ● Advised owners on operational restructuring, process optimization, and leadership alignment, supporting growth stages from early scale to mature expansion. ● Designed and implemented scalable operating frameworks that improved execution speed, reduced inefficiencies, and enabled 2–3× growth without sacrificing quality or culture. ● Identified cost leakage and operational bottlenecks, driving measurable margin improvement (10–25%) through workflow redesign, labor optimization, and accountability systems. ● Partnered closely with founders to strengthen decision-making, governance, and KPI visibility, enabling clearer forecasting and faster strategic pivots. ● Demonstrated career progression from tactical problem-solver to trusted owner-level advisor, supporting long-term growth, succession planning, and business readiness for investment or exit.
Career Highlight: Launched and operated an innovative scratch-kitchen café/diner, building a loyal customer base and achieving consistent profitability, even through the disruptions of COVID-19. Led the business hands-on from concept to execution, balancing culinary creativity with disciplined operations and financial control. Key Achievements & Contributions: ● Opened and scaled a from-scratch culinary concept, overseeing menu development, sourcing, staffing, and daily operations while maintaining strong quality and consistency. ● Sustained positive cash flow and operating profitability throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by quickly adapting service models, cost structures, and customer engagement strategies. ● Implemented tight cost controls and labor optimization, improving margins by an estimated 10–20% while protecting guest experience and team morale. ● Built a highly engaged local following, driving repeat business through authentic hospitality, community connection, and reputation-based marketing. ● Demonstrated entrepreneurial growth from concept creator to resilient operator, successfully navigating crisis conditions while strengthening systems for long-term stability.
Career Highlight: Led end-to-end food & beverage and clubhouse operations for a private-equity-backed, multi-amenity country club, aligning premium member experiences with strong ownership ROI. Delivered consistent financial performance while modernizing facilities, systems, and service standards across golf, dining, events, and social programming. Key Achievements & Contributions: ● Held full P&L ownership across multi-outlet dining, events, and clubhouse facilities, managing operating and capital budgets while supporting long-range planning and private-equity return objectives. ● Executed phased capital upgrades across dining venues, event spaces, culinary infrastructure, and guest amenities, improving reliability, asset utilization, and overall member satisfaction. ● Modernized service delivery through enterprise technology adoption (MICROS, Toast, CMMS) and strategic vendor partnerships, increasing operational visibility, uptime, and service consistency. ● Optimized labor deployment, procurement, and inventory controls using data-driven forecasting and workforce planning, reducing waste and improving margins by 8–15% while preserving premium service standards. ● Recruited, developed, and led cross-functional teams across culinary, FOH, events, and facilities, implementing SOPs and performance-based training that strengthened accountability, engagement, and service excellence.