
Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Ponderosa
Chico, California Area

Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Ponderosa
Chico, California Area
(Real Estate industry)
October 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)
It's all about our most valuable resource in this real estate business. No, it isn't the product (homes, property, finance). It is the people.
As the resident leader, it is critical that I maintain an environment to help the people in my office thrive in their business. That is accomplished by maintaining a culture of the highest professional standards and ethics and also to work harder as a teacher, mentor, coach and sometimes friend. I realize the great value that my incredible staff holds for Coldwell Banker Ponderosa and I constantly strive for better and more effective means to support them.
(Restaurants industry)
November 1986 — May 2002 (15 years 7 months)
From a hidden storefront cafe to one of the most popular and unique eateries in the beautiful Monterey area, Michael's Grill and Taqueria was a baby that continued to grow. Over the years, we won many awards for excellence and I am especially proud of the Reader's Choice awards we received. Many of the unique and quite addicting menu items have been often imitated, yet never duplicated. We made a point to blend the local neighborhood and always kept a cutting edge humor, which is displayed throughout the restaurants. Though I sold the business several years ago, it continues to thrive today, as each well refined piece of the operation was systemized, thus the food will live on well past my time.