Executive Chef Community Relations

Brian Swift

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Director of Operations Sodexo/ Sodexo Magic

Resource Manager Set up new vendor accounts, utilizing local and community resources.

7/2022 – present Oversee 11- 613 frontline crew and managers, union and non-unionized.

Engage students, clients and district supporters improving community relations fostering K-12 programs.

Build sales, control costs, maintain budget requirements, and impact P & L.

Organize and perform all catering duties including sales, planning, and directing.

Supporting the South Central, Mid-West and Mid-Atlantic regions in all operational segments.

Manage small accounts to large accounts, public and private.

Manage phases of recruitment, training, identifying staff for succession planning and professional growth.

Director of Operations / Sodexo/ Sodexo Magic Flint Community School District, Flint MI

Regional Executive Chef Chef instructor for culinary classes with Crim Fitness Foundation

4/2018 – 7/2022 Managed union/non-union employees developing labor benchmarks that reduce labor costs by 2-12% annually.

Engaged with clients and district supporters improving community relations fostering K-12 programs.

Select, train and developed staff resulting in career advancement.

Area operational responsibilities between Flint, Saginaw and Beecher MI.

P &L, budget, and financial growth responsibilities.

Essential Worker through Covid years providing meals for the Flint MI & Romulus, MI communities at large.

Ensured fundamental financial and safety systems were in place resulting in reduced product and labor costs.

Ensured compliancy with federal and state requirements achieving 97% or higher on Quality and Safety audits.

General Manager / Sodexo/Sodexo Magic Hamtramck Public School District, Hamtramck, MI

Regional Executive Chef Unit growth management team member for K-12 food service operations for areas throughout

7/2009 - 4/2018 Michigan, Indiana and Washington D.C.

Implemented D.E.& I. initiatives through diverse hiring and unconscious bias skill training.

Improved income for Hamtramck Public Schools with annual profits exceeding $400k year over year.

Procured government commodity contracts and equipment purchasing.

P &L, budget, and financial growth responsibilities.

Developed cooking competitions engaging 1st -12th grade students and utilizing local businesses.

Built new kitchens and set up future construction developments improving the student experience.

Interim General Sodexo/ Sodexo Magic Pontiac Public School District, Pontiac, MI

Manager / Directed, implemented, developed, supervised in all areas of food production, inventory recording, budgeting,

Executive Chef recipe development, individual culinary training/education and K-12 culinary arts instruction.

7/2008 - 7/2009 Developed training programs for over 142 unionized employees within 28 units.

Organized city-wide health fairs and provided culinary education in low-income residential areas.

Procured government commodity contract and equipment purchasing.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of Phoenix Michigan State University Henry Ford Community College

Detroit Campus Southfield, MI East Lansing, MI Dearborn, MI

Major: Business Administration Major: Food Industry Management Major: Culinary Arts

Master of Science Bachelor of Science Associate of Science

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OSHA 10-hour Hazard Recognition Training for General Industry Safety and Health

Serv-Safe Manager Certification, National Restaurant Association Education Foundation

AFFILIATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, EXPERIENCES

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Detroit Alumni Chapter member, and Delta Pi Chapter member

Crim Fitness Foundation – Community K-12 Culinary Instructor for Flint Community Schools

African American Leadership Forum, (AALF) – past Chicago-land Regional Membership Chairperson, Sodexo Employee Group

Intergenerational Generation (I-GEN), Sodexo Employee Group

Amateur and team ice sculpting

National Society of Minorities in Hospitality Alumni

American Culinary Federation, Michigan Chef de Cuisine Chapter

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