Start-Up Consultant
2010- present Conscious Comfort Cuisine—Owner
(CoCoCuisine is the banner under which I consult with people who wish to create a start-up food company. I take a position as a principle in order to establish the company and related strategies to make them successful. I sell back my principal position after the company finds investors.)
2015-2016 Three Sisters Artisanal Meats, LLC (Winters, CA)—Co-Managing Member
2010-2011 preneurWorld LLC (Ross, CA)—CEO/COO
2010 One Planet Granola (One Planet Foods, LLC)—CFO
2008-2009 FleetCare International (San Francisco, CA)—CEO
Business Management and Accounting
2005-2008 EcoUrban Solutions, Inc. (Ross, CA)—Owner
Developers and consultants for mixed-use, green development in San Pablo, CA. Consulted on the 23rd Street Corridor Specific Plan.
1996-2005 Kimber Commercial Brokerage Services, Inc. (Sausalito, CA)—Owner
Commercial property building managers, and re-development specialists. Re-developer and property manager for the transformation of the Martin Luther King School site into commercial space for the City of Sausalito, CA.
1993-1995 Beeman Real Estate Group (Ross, CA)—Owner
Retail tenant representation for national and regional clients.
1990-1993 TRI Commercial Brokerage (Santa Rosa/San Francisco, CA)—Agent/Broker
1977-1979 Green and Reynolds, CPAs (Los Angeles, CA)–Accountant and a business manager for entertainment clients, including The Doors, Chicago, Ned Beatty, John Klemmer, Cheech and Chong, Lou Adler, Hal Ashby, among others.
1976-1977 Olympia Brewing Company (Tumwater, WA)—Accountant.
Theater/Entertainment/Production
2001 Opera by the Bay—Sausalito, CA—Producer, Designer, and Director of a three-day opera festival, as a fund-raiser for the City of Sausalito. Opera Contest, Marilyn Horne concert, and Carmen (with the Golden Gate Opera).
1985-1989 Paradigm Studios, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)—Owner
A corporate event production company providing sets, lights, theme parties, and production services for various events. Event ranges were from $15,000 to $250,000. Clients included the March of Dimes (Gourmet Gala), N.A.D.A., AT&T Golf Tournament, N.A.C.D.S. Working with artists including, Johnny Mathis, Kenny Rogers, President Ronald Reagan, Beverly Sills, et. al. At its peak Paradigm Studios was the third largest company of its kind on the West Coast until closed after the earthquake of 1989, with a payroll of $40,000/week.
1983-1985 Mashal Productions (San Francisco, CA)—Documentarian/Owner
“Nicaragua: The Battle Without the Battle Within,” in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and the United States, during the Contra/Sandinista Civil War of 1983/4 for WGBH television.
1973-1977 Member I.A.T.S.E. Local 33, Los Angeles, CA
Stagehand and set decorator for CBS “The Match Game,” “The Price is Right,” “Maude,” “All in the Family,” “Cher”/ ”Sonny and Cher,” and “Carol Burnett,” “Midnight Special,” “In Concert;” rock concert lighting for Yes, The James Gang, P. F. Flyer; Harkness Ballet, American Ballet Theater.
1970-1977 Independent Set and Lighting Designer—Various location, Washington State, Los Angeles—“Butterflies are Free,” “Hello Dolly,” “The Tavern,” “Peter Pan,” “I Do, I Do,” “Hedda Gabler,” et. al.