High Energy Business Professional with a blend of expertise including:
Project Management, Technology and Software Utilization, Website Design, Visual Design, Budgets, Hiring, Training, and Facility Operations.
* Track record of success in turning around underperforming operations
* Ability to collaborate and work with multicultural internal and external clients
* Outstanding written/verbal communication skills; speaks basic Spanish
.Freelance Designer, Pittsburgh, PA, US, Scenic/Set Designer, painter, construction
Scenic Designer / Artist
* 2011, Godspell, Phase Three Productions, Pittsburgh, PA
2010, South Park Theater’s Summer Season, Pittsburgh, PA
The Mousetrap, Proof, Almost Maine, Nuncrackers
2009, Applehill Playhouse’s Summer Season, Delmont, PA
The Day They Kidnapped the Pope, Dixie Swim Club, Robin Hood, Glorious, Princess and the Pea, Cat in the Castle, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat, Briar Rose, Pinocchio, Unnecessary Farce, Busybody
2007, Kimberly Akimbo, Off The Wall Theater, Washington, PA
Pittsburgh Regional Theater
*2006, Proof, Clarion University, Clarion PA
KCACTF Design Entry
Properties Design
* 2007, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Applehill Playhouse, Delmont, PA
2007, Cabaret, Applehill Playhouse, Delmont, PA
2006, The Threepenny Opera, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2006, The Triangle Factory Fire Project, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2006, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
Poster Design
2006, The Threepenny Opera, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2006, Truth Pulses On, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2006, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
2005, Bat Boy: The Musical, Clarion University, Clarion PA
2004, Halcyon Days, Clarion University, Clarion, PA
KCACTF Regional Award
Celebrity Cruise Inc., Miami, FL, US, Production Manager
* Worked 12-14 hour days, 7 days/week, for 6 straight months to achieve high CSI goals
* Delivered exceptional entertainment for guests under challenging conditions.
* Led, empowered, coached and motivated 24 direct reports.
* Received unusual praise from a cruise ship manager.
* Successfully built an atmosphere of trust and loyalty with employees from diverse cultures.
* Managed scheduling, payroll, weekly safety training, and budgets.
* Utilized vast theatrical knowledge to fully run three Broadway scale production shows
(in coordination with Q-Dos Production Company) and created the Variety Shows on board.
* In charge of reaching out to Guest Entertainers, ensuring they embarked the vessel
successfully and had all of their technical requirements for each of their shows.
* Stage managed the productions shows, guest entertainment shows, and variety shows.
Maintained the theater's scheduling, repairs, and replacement of equipment.
West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, US, Office Coordinator/Webmaster
* Orchestrated positive opinions building by devising a unique system,
which built ongoing patient loyalty and positive thoughts about AGH.
* Received access to media development requiring special high-level approval from both
the CEO and the Chairman of Neurosurgery, which resulted in a major improvement in quality.
* Reorganized and redesigned the Neurosurgery official website, which resulted in a much
more user-friendly and streamlined site; received rare praise from several doctors.
* Negotiated an incredibly high metric for insurance approvals, never seen before at AGH.
* Scheduled appointments, exams, testing, and surgeries for up to 6 neurosurgeons.
* Efficiently and effectively managed clinics while maximizing patient flow.
* Created numerous spread sheets, form letters and reports to aid in office efficiency.
* Demonstrated excellent time management skills with 100+ week patient flow.
* Trained new employees in authorizations and clinical responsibilities.
* Selected as the point person for computer support, due to ability to explain information.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA, US, Technical Theater and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Technical Theater and Design:
Set Design... Scenic Painting... Dean's List ... VP of National Theater Fraternity
Relevant courses included: Arts Management ... Psychology ... Sociology
Acting ... Playwriting ... Creative Writing ... Journalism I & II ... Stage Management
Computer/Internet Research ... Board Drafting ... Multimedia Design ... CADD
KCACTF Regional Award for Design, 1st Place
Regional design for poster design.
