Manager Sales

DANIEL D. MUNSON

CONFIDENTIAL R SUM ***** Arrowhead Drive

Email: **********@***.***

Lockport, IL 60441 Cell

Phone: 815-***-****

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE

Management position with a company or corporation providing challenge,

growth, and long-term stability.

SUMMARY

A results oriented manager with demonstrated ability in turning marginal or

loss operations into fiscally sound operations while maintaining or

improving quality. Past successes attributable to strong team leadership

and organizational abilities, effective controls, staff training,

responsive guest and staff relations and a history of creativity in

marketing and presentation of quality club, golf, dining and catering

operations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dune Harbor Yacht Club, Portage, IN

July 2008 to April 2010

General Manager - Hired by the developer of Marina Shores at Dune

Harbor to operate a casual seafood concept restaurant including a 140 seat

restaurant and bar, 32 seat patios, 60 seat entertainment lounge, and 120

seat banquet facility. Responsible for all day-to-day operations including

developing business operating policies and procedures for restaurant and

club, food and beverage menus, banquet operations, entertainment booking,

and POS administration.

Restaurant Management Consultant

September 2005 to July 2008

Working consulting manager developing business operating procedures and

policies, menus and standardized recipes, and service training manuals for

various restaurants including a new Irish pub theme restaurant, and a

multiple food venue ice arena complex. Also assisted the owner of a 13,000

square foot, 300 seat upscale casual dining restaurant and working winery

($4M annual sales) on a one year project from final construction phase

through start-up and initial six month operation.

Victor Walker's Restaurant, Orland Park, IL

August 2002 to August 2005

General Manager - Hired by owners to assist in purchase and conversion

of a local 150 seat restaurant to a new gourmet breakfast and lunch

concept. Responsible for all day-to-day operations. Projects included

developing business operating procedures and policies, budgets,

marketing/advertising plans, and purchase/installation of P.O.S. system.

Business sold in fall of 2005.

Crystal Tree Golf & Country Club, Orland Park, IL

December 1997 to August 2002

An exclusive, 425 member, gated community club featuring a Robert Trent

Jones II Signature golf course. Amenities include an 18-hole golf course,

swim, tennis, and exercise facilities, French country style clubhouse with

pro shop, locker rooms, dining rooms, grill room, card rooms, and snack

shop with seating capacity of 225 and staff varying seasonally from 50 to

75 employees. Gross dollar volume - $3.5 million; Dues Volume - $1.8

million; Food & Beverage Sales - $1.1 million.

Club Manager - Total management of club operations including food and

beverage operations, pool and tennis facilities, administration and

clubhouse maintenance; reporting to Board of Governors and Committees;

install club accounting/point-of-sale computer system; instrumental in

guiding Board toward a club membership director program and development of

new membership classifications; improved member food and service

satisfaction level and member services throughout club while maintaining

annual budgetary goals.

Willow Bend Country Club, Van Wert, OH

October 1996 to December 1997

A corporation owned country club featuring a newly constructed 16,000

square foot contemporary clubhouse with pro shop, locker rooms, meeting and

dining rooms seating 350, and a staff anticipated to vary seasonally from

30 to 60 employees.

Interim Manager - Hired in October to oversee final construction phase

and to ready new facility for opening. Successfully opened facility in

seven weeks on Thanksgiving Day, 1996. Purchased all clubhouse, kitchen,

and dining room equipment/smallwares. Hired and trained kitchen, dining

room and clubhouse employees; developed and implemented menus, employee

policies, handbooks and personnel procedures, and programmed P.O.S.

system. Assisted parent insurance company in establishing budgets,

accounting procedures, membership drive promotions, member special events

and newsletter.

Stonehenge Golf Club, Warsaw, IN

November 1992 to October 1996

An exclusive, 420 member, family-owned and operated golf community

featuring a Ron Garl Signature designed, links style course, ranked fifth

best course in Indiana in 1993. Amenities include 18-hole Championship

course, 9-hole public Executive course, practice facilities and pool; an

English Tudor clubhouse with pro shop, locker rooms, grill, golf snack

shops, meeting and dining rooms seating 300 and a staff, varying seasonally

from 40 to 75 employees. Gross Dollar Volume - $2.0 million; Dues Volume -

$0.8 million; Food & Beverage Sales - $0.7 million. Club sold to club

management firm in December 1996.

Clubhouse Manager - Management of all aspects of clubhouse, swimming

pool, food & beverage operations, and administrative functions of the club

to assure maximum satisfaction within club's financial capabilities;

reporting directly to owners; improve controls and efficiency of clubhouse

operations; provide owners with annual budgets; selection and installation

of club accounting software and point-of-sale system; update member by-

laws, club policies and operating procedures; club director of an annual

club fund-raiser, the Labor Day Pro Charity Classic Tournament, featuring

touring PGA pros and attracting 1,000 spectators; $0.27 million annual

improvement in profitability through 1996.

Sycamore Hills Golf Club, Fort Wayne, IN

April 1989 - October 1992

An exclusive, 340 member golf club featuring a Jack Nicklaus Signature

course, ranked by Golf Digest as second-best new private course in the

United States in 1990 and number forty in the 1992-1993 top 100 courses.

Amenities include a contemporary colonial clubhouse with pro shop, locker

rooms, grill, golf snack shop, practice facilities, lounges, meeting and

dining rooms seating 350 and a staff, varying seasonally from 60 to 130

employees. Gross Dollar Volume - $3.2 million; Dues Volume - $1.1 million;

Food & Beverage Sales - $1 million.

Clubhouse Manager - Management of Food & Beverage operations,

locker rooms and Clubhouse maintenance; reporting to Board of Directors and

its committees; developed operating policies, procedures and training

programs for clubhouse employees; club director for 1992 Hoosier Celebrity

Classic Tournament featuring sports figures and entertainment celebrities

attracting 10,000 spectators; $0.25 M improvement in club profitability

through October 1992.

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. Chemical Engineering - Two

years.

R. Nelson Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN. College Prep Curriculum -

Graduate.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Culinary Federation

Club Manager's Association of America

Greater Chicago Club Managers Association (Member, Director, Community

Involvement Chairperson)

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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