Outdoor

Kayaking

Mountain biking

Mountaineering

Hiking

Bouldering

Back packing

Alpine climbing

Designing jewelry

Glacier travel

Back country skiing

Long distance bike touring

Pack rafting

I am a professional business manager with 5 years of managing restaurants successfully,  I have experience in marketing and brand promotion,  as well as researching business competition and designing strategies to promote my restaurant sales, business development, and identifying and adjusting target customers. I have a strong background in financials, budgets and reviewing monthly P&L's.
I have 3 years of intensive employee training and development where I designed and authored a manual for a company to use for all future training purposes.
As well as a business manager, I have over 8 years in varying areas of outdoor accomplishments.  I have spent 8 months alpine climbing throughout the western US, planned an unsupported mountain bike trip from Canada to Mexico and organized a 7 day overnight back country kayak trip through the Bob Marshall Wilderness.  All of these endeavors require an in depth knowledge on outdoor gear to adequately prepare.

•	Hired, trained and developed staff of 40 people for a new restaurant concept
•	Collaborated on developing a New American Cuisine Menu
•	Controlled financials including labor, food, beverage, and entertainment cost
•	Analyzed Profit and Loss Statements to adhere to monthly budgets
•	Managed weekly live music entertainment
•	Led detailed training courses on MICROS and Opentable
•	Planned and implemented private parties of up to 300 people
•	Maintained operations by developing policies and standards for management team
•	Monitored a full service bar with handcrafted cocktails to achieve a 20% liquor cost, 17% draft beer, and a 32% wine cost
•	Wrote weekly schedules for all staff members to accommodate fluctuating business levels

General Manager

•	Demonstrated well defined goals, positivity, and leadership to establish a welcoming and exciting environment for both employees and guests
•	Elevated gross sales of the Helena, Montana location in 2012 by 15% as the Assistant Manager
•	Consistently hit a monthly 24.5% food cost by performing weekly inventories of goods and evaluating Profit and Loss reports.
•	Monitored a bar servicing beer and wine. Changed variety by season and pricing to achieve a 19% cost on draft beer and 29% on wine. 
•	Wrote weekly sales forecasts and schedules for kitchen staff,servers, hosts, and bartenders to adhere to a 18.5% labor cost
•	Built strong vendor relationships to place food and beverage orders bi-weekly
•	Controlled overall cash flow on a daily basis to meet weekly and monthly goals
•	Participated extensively in community and donation events to sponsor and contribute to local groups and causes

Assistant Manager

•	Traveled with the company to open 8 different Mackenzie River Pizza locations in numerous states
•	Developed and designed a methodical and detailed corporate training manual for future store openings of BOH operations
•	Responsible for training and developing 500 employees on all BOH and kitchen related duties
•	Instilled the company motto and created a unique, genuine, and exciting workplace
•	Set up and designed the order and flow of each distinct kitchen layout
•	Developed accounts and relations with local vendors and distributors for each location

Corporate Culinary Trainer

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Ashley Holshue

Levy Restaurants

Glacier Restaurant Group

Glacier Restaurant Group

American Red Cross

Capital High School

Northwest Culinary Academy Of Vancouver

University of Montana