Matthew L Compton3174 Denver StSan Diego, CA 92117(619) 750-7006mattcompton65@gmail.com

A dynamic leader with over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry as a facilitator and manager. A team leader that encourages staff commitment to obtain business goals, management objectives and the highest quality performance standards. An integral part of management teams responsible for hundreds of millions in sales revenue. With extensive experience in building a fostering valued relationships to provide a superior level product to employees and customers alike.

Extensive leadership skills Goal oriented Analytical Built and forecast Budgets Able to adapt quickly Innovative Self starter Extensive Marketing exp Sales driven Creative problem solver Aloha/Micros/Info Proficient use of

Sales force

Experience General Manager 5/2016-Current, Cake Night Club, San Diego

o Restore and enhance general policy and procedure o Create actual budget vs forecast budgeto Create new and accurate liquor program including negotiating

favorable liquor contractso Eliminate waste and cost over runs in Cogs, Labor and vendor

relationshipso Re-structure outdated business model to create at 21% profit margin o Reduced labor cost by 28%o Reduce Cost of goods sold by 48%o Established new Pars and reduced inventory through aggressive saleso Created and introduced new marketing plan

Assistant General Manager 11/2014- 5/2016, FLUXX Night Club, San Diego o Oversee daily, weekly, monthly venue Operations. o Create Daily revenue sheets for the fiscal year to accurately forecast

yearly budget goals.o Create yearly budget. Actual vs forecast. o Oversee all aspects of sales team. Coordinate sales team to meet or

exceed pre determined sales goals on a weekly/monthly basiso Identify and implement new and innovative ways to drive weekly saleso Customer, employee relationso Identifying and hiring/training new an valued employees’

o Create new plans for customer retention in a competitive market placeo Achieve financial goals by monitoring expenditures, identifying

variances, implementing corrective actions and controlling costs by minimizing waste

o Meet weekly operational standards by implementing productivity, quality, and customer-service standards

o Help facilitate excellent customer service by assisting staff with customer requests and needs

o Organize and schedule weekly productivity meetings with the department heads.

o Identified over 1 million dollars of waste in Fluxx nightclubs budget and cut costs resulting in an increase of profits by 9%

Nightclub Manager 11/2006 – 11/2014, Stingaree, San Diego CA o 8 years as management at Stingaree in San Diegoo Assisted human resources by hiring, orienting, training, assigning,

rotating and scheduling employeeso Communicated job expectations to those employees and monitored

their adherence to those policies and procedureso Managed the daily front of the house operations to ensure the proper

venue procedures of the venue were followedo Serve as first point of communication for patron/club issues and venue

liaison o Resolve employee issues in a timely manner and recommend system

improvements

Assistant General Manager 3/2009–12/2012 Thrusters Lounge, San Diego o Build customer rapport by establishing relationships with regular

customers and greeting new customerso Manage nightly venue capacity with audits every half houro Daily accounting of transactions on the Aloha and EDC systems o Administer nightly close-out and end of day numbers and money dropso Performed weekly inventory and orders of product from valued

vendors and sales personnel o Instituted new policies at Thrusters Lounge that increased revenue

33% on average with our liquor PC cost down to less than 2%.

General Manager 07/2002 – 01/2006 N9ne Group, Las Vegas Ghost Bar and Rain Night Club, Palm’s Hotel and Casino

o Managed a staff of 108 members while at N9NE GROUPo Perform daily reviews of performance to maximize the profits o Worked closely with the hotel Operations to manage guest retention

and safetyo Identifying and hiring/training new an valued employees’

o Achieve financial goals by monitoring expenditures, identifying variances, implementing corrective actions and controlling costs by minimizing waste

o Part of the management team of number one nightlife location in the world.

o Oversee daily, weekly, monthly venue Operations. o Performed weekly inventory and orders of product from valued

vendors and sales personnel

Education:

1996 –1999 University of Nevada, Reno, NV 1992 – 1996 Helix High School, La Mesa, CA Graduated 6/96