Joseph “J” Cisneros, MBA

ad1vnu@r.postjobfree.com 805-***-**** Thousand Oaks, CA Willing to relocate https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrscisneros/

Professional Experience:

Wonderwell Los Angeles, CA

Wonderwell is a boutique hybrid publishing company that publishes over 20 nonfiction books per year and offers publishing education. The company’s annual revenues are $1.6MM and they have about 10 employees. 2022-Present Chief of Staff

● CEO Optimization

● Focus on ensuring the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is organized and has time to focus on the top priorities,

● communicates and manages relationships with key business partners / stakeholders;

● manages the administration department;

● advises the CEO within project parameters and communicates information with a high sense of trust and integrity.

● Strategic Ownership:

● Conducts weekly leadership team meetings and quarterly strategy sessions with leadership team;

● champion of strategic plan and its execution;

● identifies and tracks key performance indicators (KPI) with a focus on the sales funnel;

● fine-tunes organizational tools; and

● documents processes and procedures of the administrative team.

● Human Resources:

● Responsible for the life cycle of all employees, which includes recruitment, onboarding, and separation’;

● in charge of employee benefits;

● processes payroll for contractors;

● oversees employee compliance, policies, work safety, labor laws, and protocols;

● maintains employee records;

● recruits, onboards and trains interns.

● Operations Management:

● Project manages all aspects of the sales pipeline;

● creation of all proposals, contracts and addendums, which includes a breakdown of costs of goods sold and a project budget;

● bookkeeping, including the management of all accounts payable and accounts receivable;

● post-production client relationships with a focus on sales reporting and inventory management; and

● manages vendor relationships, pricing and procurement. The FAM Music Los Angeles, CA

The FAM Music is a 501(c)3 music industry company with 500+ students/alumni focused on assisting professionals with advancing their career.

2020-Present Advisory Councilmember

● Advisor to the Board Chair:

● Specializes in non-profit governance consulting for the Board Chair;

● proves the Board Chair with frequent mentoring, with a focus on their Board Development strategy;

● Helped Board Chair transform school club into an approved 501(c)3 company and provides ongoing mentoring to ensure annual compliance is met;

● assisted with the creation of official key documentation such as the Board of Directors handbook and Articles of Incorporation; and

● led Board of Directors through the process of creating a strategic plan.

● Advisor to the Secretary:

● Onboarded, trained and continues to mentor the Secretary on all job responsibilities, non-profit best practices, and proper recordkeeping.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley Westlake Village, CA The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley is a non-profit organization that provides childcare and after school programming. The organization has annual revenues of over $5MM and they have about 125 employees.

2012-2022 Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer & Director of Program Development

(Previously Youth Development Professional, Program Coordinator, Club Director I/II, and Interim Director of Operations)

● Executive Office Operations:

● Focused on making a CEO’s time, information, and decision-making effective and efficient;

● able to handle complex follow-up, tasks and projects to ensure the CEO is focused on the most important issues;

● strong industry knowledge to serve as a thought partner and support for the CEO; and

● anticipated and averted issues.

● Administrative Management:

● Organized and facilitated meetings, agendas, goals and to-do lists for the team and administrative staff;

● ensured accountability for action items;

● responsible for the creation and management of the administrative budget (~$1MM); and

● managed the administration office, vendor relationships, organization-wide purchasing, and pricing efficiency.

● Branch Operations:

● Served on the leadership team for the organization;

● participated in decision making, strategic planning and managed critical projects;

● identified and tracked KPI’s organization-wide, with a focus on revenue-generating KPI’s impacting $2.6MM of our budget;

● onboarded Club management to ensure an understanding of the company culture and operations; and

● supervised Club management by fulfilling the role of interim Director of Operations during the 2021-2022 school year.

● Board of Directors Management:

● Served as Board of Directors liaison on behalf of the CEO;

● developed strong written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail to manage sensitive relationships; and

● responsible for committee and Board meetings, record-keeping and compliance for 25-35 members, which resulted in significantly increased Board engagement and the receipt of League of E.A.G.L.E.S awards.

● Human Resources:

● Recruited, screened and interviewed potential candidates for a position with the organization;

● coordinated onboarding training with other senior leadership; and

● recruited, onboarded and trained interns.

Core Competencies:

● CEO/Executive Optimization

● Non-Profit Governance & Consulting

● Strategic Planning & Execution

● Personnel Leadership, Hiring & Management

● Advocating Company Mission & Culture

● Project Management

Education:

● Master of Business Administration CSU Channel Islands Camarillo, CA

● Bachelor of Arts Principia College Music, Theater Elsah, IL

● Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification Aveta Business Institute Other:

● Past Advisory Board Member UC Santa Barbara PaCE Customer Experience Certificate Program

Contact this candidate