Ian Maksik Professor of Service"
Author
Trainer Country Clubs, Hotels, Resorts, Caterers & Restaurant Groups
Speaker Major Industry Events, Director of Catering
Ian Maksik is a renowned hospitality professional & service arts trainer
of owners, management & staff in major US cities & in over 20 countries.
Known as "America's Service Guru" & due to his vast catering sales
experience Ian's been dubbed by TV host, Bill Bogg's as "King of the
Caterers". Ian's a Cornell Hotel School graduate, former Hilton GM &
Catering Editor of CUE (NY Magazine). Ian is a facility opener for the
hospitality industry & one of the few Certified Dining Room Grand Masters.
MILESTONES INCLUDE...
Author of "Service Stinks "& "The A to Z's of Professional Table Service",
which has been serialized in Catering Magazine
Frequent keynote speaker, trainer & lecturer at NACE, ISES, ABC, NRA,
AH&LA, Mafsi, Cater-Source & Starwood Hotels
Owned & operated The School for the Service Arts & Sciences, now called The
Service Arts Institute
Owned USAWAITER the largest server employment agency in the USA
Authorized Sales Rep. for Restaurant Associates, Ark Restaurants,
Continental Hosts and others
Leading site-finder for the Catering Industry with over three-hundred
venues video-taped for possible bookings through IBM Ltd
Guest lecturer at FIU, New School & Career Day lecturer at NYC high schools
promoting hospitality careers for graduates
SOME HOSPITALITY ADVENTURES...
?Presently Taurnant GM, Director of Catering & Training of a large
restaurant & catering group in NY, NJ & PA
?Opened & Trained the staff of Jaguar in Florida. Jaguar operates twenty
plus restaurants in Latin America & the USA
?Director Sales & Marketing for Ome Caterers, NJ with over twenty-five
million in annual sales
?GM of the famous Glen Island Casino working on behalf of Deloitte & Touche
as a federal monitor against a Mafia owned operation
?Director of Off Premise Catering, Madison Hotel, Morristown, NJ for six
years booking & supervising huge high-profile events
?President Imaginative Banquet Management & Imaginative Business Meetings
booking thousands of social & corporate events ?Director of Sales&
Marketing, Continental Hosts, Ltd. with over twenty-five million in annual
sales both on & off premises
?Up -graded Imperial Manor, Paramus, NJ turning a low-priced high volume
catering facility into a five-star prominent operation ?Opened Albee's of
Huntington on Long Island as GM and built the operation from hard-hat
through opening while initiating sales ?Purchased & operated Carriage Club,
Supper Club, Teaneck, NJ selling over one-million in sales pre-opening
?Opened The Atrium, West Orange, NJ from hard-hat through opening and
initiated a sale of the property to Continental Hosts Ltd. ?Partner in
Restaurant Marketing Plus, marketing NYC restaurants, hotels & caterers
bringing over one-thousand groups into the city
?Director of Catering, Sales & Marketing for Singer's Hotel, Spring Valley,
NY turning a resort hotel into a popular catering facility ?Built &
managed as GM, Terrace on the Park, World's Fair Grounds, Flushing, NY
working for Continental Hosts from hard-hat
through the opening, supervising construction & selling millions in
catering prior to the grand opening
?GM, F & B Director & Director of Catering & Sales for this very busy
transient Hilton Inn at JFK International Airport in NYC
?GM of the World's largest theatre-restaurant, The Town & Country Club,
Brooklyn, NY feeding over 6000 covers a night
?Club Officer US Army Fort Lee Officer's Open Mess, Fort Lee, VA... Totally
responsible for this facility as well as 17 bar operations
EDUCATION...
Certified Dining Room Grand Master
BS Degree, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University
Certified in Staffing, NJSA
Advanced Quartermaster Certification
Certificates of Appreciation for Training from ISES, NACE, ABC, ICA
Computer Literate... Prepared training manuals for hotels, caterers,
restaurants & hospitality groups... Can communicate in Spanish
REFERENCES...
?Mike McDonald-- GM, Indian Creek Country Club & Education Chairman CMAA in
Florida-- 305-***-****-- *********@***.***
?Kim Osborne of OAS--booked Ian throughout the Caribbean as an F& B trainer
& certification facilitator --202-***-****
?Dr. Jennifer Calhoun, PhD--AH&LA- worldwide training colleague-- 321-689-
8986-- ******@***.***
?Gary Abyeta-- Publisher Catering Magazine-serialized Ian's book--602-265-
7778-- *******@************.***
?Paul Headly--Angler's Club, Key Largo-- trained staff for several years--
***-***-****--****@****.***
?Prof. Bill Hansen-trained his students at FIU--305-***-****--
****@******************.***
?Bob Brown-Worldwide Hospitality Trainer - ***-**-**** - ***@**********.***
Ian Maksik 2055 Center Avenue Fort Lee, NJ 07024 Ste. 4A 201-944-
0879 Cell: 954-***-**** ***@*********.***
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At a recent ISES meeting a colleague said,
"There are some salespersons who claim they can sell the Brooklyn Bridge,
but
Ian Maksik can sell the water under it."
Note: Just returned from training the entire FOH staff of Radisson Grenada
Beach Resort Hotel...Contact Daniel ********...**@*********.***