General Manager

Gary Barrett **********@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/gary-barrett-806246bb

Haines City, FL 727-***-****

General Manager

To Secure a challenging career emphasizing increasing responsibility, personal growth, and

professional achievement within your company. People oriented leader who builds strong corporate culture. I am a decisive strategic operator driving revenues and managing rapid growth.

Areas of Expertise

Excel

PowerPoint

Sabre

MS Word

Outlook

World Span

Word Perfect

Microsoft Publisher

ADP-Scheduling

TFBO-Computer entry System and scheduling

Accomplishments

Helped to develop companies from their start to accomplish successful growth.

Building successful teams with outstanding customer service and connection with each employee to achieve goals.

Helped many start up companies to become successful and profitable within 6 months, achieved short term goals and long-term goals for future development for each company.

Accomplished trainer on topics of motivation, team building, and sales success and leadership development.

Proven success in outside sales and demonstrated ability in the overall application of basic sales techniques utilized in closing deals.

Effective communication abilities with both internal and external customers, supported by formal educational training in organizational behavior and design.

Experience, knowledge and relationships in insurance industry

Resolved more than one hundred formal and informal disputes (I.E., breach of contract, intellectual property infringement, guild claims), avoiding costly litigation and disastrous public relations incidents, with a vigilant eye toward actualizing, not stifling, business and creative objectives

Career Experience

General Manager, Odyssey Aviation/Quantem FBO Group, LLC. Kissimmee, FL 2015-Present

Led the support team of day-to-day operations of the organization. Sets goals, maintain budgets, provide estimates, define metrics, assign work, and KPIs to drive the business forward.

Responsible for developing and motivating a high-performing team of twelve employees with the Odyssey Aviation organization and building collaborative relationships with peers to drive productive sourcing and training plans.

Responsible for sales, marketing and ensures compliance for safety related matters, job qualifications and certifications, while providing viable solutions and recommendations for policies and procedures based on the current culture, history, and vision for the Fixed Base Operations.

Increased sales from a negative balance through a purchase of bankruptcy to profit margins of over 2.5 million,

Overseen seven locations as a manager and executive for the company as the first General Manager in the US Locations for the company.

Coordinate contractual agreements, and maintains an agreement repository, serving the focal point within our company standards.

Responsible for HR Compliance requirements for the State of Florida.

Sales Executive/Sales Manager Macy's - Orlando, FL 2011 to 2015

Coaching and directing three hundred associates in the store

Responsible for associates’ development and training within the store

Scheduling and hiring for new employees, as well as providing a successful increase in the level of sales within the store. Went from 33% to an 87% within in 4 months with product knowledge, training as well as employee development.

Successful in training new associates by providing them the tools needed to be successful.

Responsible for HR compliance requirements for the State of Florida.

Promoted new product lines and made suggestions for the development of what the community would be looking for while shopping.

Marketing the strongest products and setting them froward to help increase sales.

Senior Flight Specialist, Avantair, Inc., - Clearwater, FL 2006 to 2011

Responsible for Coordination of flights for fifty-eight aircraft

Developed an international department to deal with international issues and planning as well as setting up all international training, paperwork and support others in department, and coordinator for overflight permits

Responsible for Training current staff in the Flight Specialist department, Flight following, pilot services, and customer service departments.

Adhering to the budgets and leadership of the teams to enhance customer experience.

Experience with:

Team Building, Scheduling, Budgets over 2 million, Safety First trainer, HASMAT, OSHA Compliance, Human Resources, Towing Large Aircraft, 25 years of Senior Management,

Additional Experience:

Chief Executive Officer, All American Air Ambulance, LLC., Land O Lakes, FL

Executive Travel Consultant, Apple One Temp Agency, Tampa, FL

Guest Services Representative, Walt Disney Co, Tampa, FL

Customer Service Manager, American Airlines, Inc., Tampa, FL

Education

Bachelors in Aviation Technology

University of Nebraska at Omaha - Omaha, NE

Associates in Aviation Technology

Central Missouri State University Warrensburg - Warrensburg, MO

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