Dean Brundage's Resume

Profile

April, 2020 ⇀ Current

Founder / Chief Operating Officer

Communicated company vision to team members in order to maintain a high degree of service for our customers. Resolved employee conflicts to facilitate smooth operations. Set and enforced job expectations.
Evaluated technology proposals relating to our niche in the restaurant industry. Implemented budgeted rollout of solutions tailored to Zeitman's.
Created training programs to effectively onboard new employees.
Oversaw renovation of an existing beauty school during a global pandemic to transform it into a restaurant and bakery based on our desired diner experience.
Collaborated with suppliers to build long-term stable relationships.
Set company success metrics, monitored them to identify areas for improvement. Used these data to make ROI decisions.

May 4^th, 2017 ⇀ March, 2020

Owner

Built the restaurant with the founder, converting his food truck business to a brick and mortar.
Partnered with a large concessions company to bring Blake's Stakes to Kyle Field at Texas A&M University. Ran 3 concession stands alongside the brick and mortar location and original food truck during the 2019 football season with average attendance of 75,000 fans. Grew our footprint by 500%.

May, 2010 ⇀ Jan, 2017

Founder / Director of Operations

Grew the company from inception through proof-of-concept to a production brewery with accounts in eight territories.
Directed the operations team responsible for producing all of New Republic's beers. Developed quality assurance programs to keep products at their peak.
Created a company-wide knowledge base for future training.
Managed the supply chain from raw ingredients to finished product.
Created award-winning beer recipes as the Head Brewer.

Dec, 2010 ⇀ Aug, 2012

Freelance Developer

Worked alone and in global teams to develop web and mobile applications from estimation to delivery.
Adopted agile and test-driven development coding practices.
Contributed to the local development community at Improving Enterprises, Meetups and Startup Aggieland.

May, 2006 ⇀ Dec, 2010

Subject Matter Expert

Architected an enterprise-wide application tracking system to help the customer visualize monthly usage. The system collected 60,000 reports per month tracking usage of 35 applications. Kept close communication with the customer from requirements documentation to post-deployment performance tuning.
Led a technical team to update and customize the Java Desktop System (Gnome) for 35,000 employees. Worked with the client to understand the desired user experience. Customizations deployed as Solaris packages. Completed project within an aggressive time schedule.
Configure and deploy Mozilla-based products in an enterprise environment. Integrate corporate policies and LDAP directory information into thunderbird and firefox MCD (autoconfig) to set user preferences according to the customer's specification.

Jun, 1999 ⇀ May, 2006

System Technologist

Supported 6 buildings encompassing roughly 2,000 users and many unix services including a large-scale SunRay group. Senior administrator supporting the demanding Newark campus Sun University buildings.
Puppet Development Team. Maintained 20,000 lines of perl and bourne code for Puppet. Primarily responsible for user-interface and client code. Led weekly team meetings. Primary contact for IT Operations "train process".

Mar, 1997 ⇀ Jun, 1999

Senior Support Technician

BS Mathematics 2000