Hospitality Portfolio
Integrating Brand Operating Culture & Commercial Strategy
Educated in instrumental conducting, I began as a sommelier telling stories through wine & spirits.
I've led teams at Michelin restaurants, Forbes hotels, & high-volume flagships.
Each instilled a new approach, evolving deliverables, & required different integration between the systems & teams sustaining them.
This wide aperture weaves three perspectives. I harmonize operations, strategic creative & meaningful culture into resonant brands with measurable commercial performance.
Foundation & Perspective
Born in Europe
to Asian & Mexican immigrants &
raised in Texas before a
career brining extensive travel,
cultivating an innate,global taste perspective 
Music Performance
& instrumental conducting
shaped practiced leadership in
multi-disciplined communication
to harmonize diverse groupsin unified execution
A Diverse Career Taught
chefs, sommeliers, artists &
performers speak similar
abstract languages, discovering
restaurants are expressionsof cultural understanding
Wine & Spirits Management
provided rich experience in
product selection, vendor strategy
& departmental reporting, which
scaled to overall divisionP&L performance
Michelin & Forbes Gave
technical discipline &
multi-market experience
managing food & beverage with
precision & connection to
drive fiscal performance
Restaurant & Hotel Immersion
strengthened skills in
high-visibility environments
establishing process & teams
bridging daily operations& commercial strategy
Operations & Creative Fluency
integrating deep experience in
scalable process, team building
P&L health & commercial strategy
translates brand operating culture
into measurable value
