Derrick Pucek has over 10 years of experience in marketing, event coordination, and operations management in the food industry. He has led teams as president of his university's activity coordinating team and as assistant general manager. Most recently he has worked as a bartender, electrical drafter, and appliance salesperson. Pucek has excellent time management, account management, and negotiation skills.

1. Summary
Highlights
Accomplishments
Experience
DERRICK PUCEK
2501 Pendleton Place, Waukesha, WI 53188 | H: 2623496402 | puced4839@gmail.com
Marketing coordinator with multiple years of experience in the food industry, with emphasis
on event coordinating, public relations, social media, and operation management. Additional
skills within sales and customer retention through work outside of the food industry.
Excellent time management
Account management
MS Office
Skilled negotiator
Approachable leader
No travel issues
Led my team as the president of ACT (Activity Coordinating Team) to earn a negotiation
award at NACA (National Association of Campus Activities) for communicating with both the
entertainment and buyers.
Waukesha Food Pantry, where I volunteered, help out on their new custom inventory/logistics
software through Microsoft Office products (Access/Excel).
Achieved highest sales and positive customer responses when opening the Whitewater Qdoba
back in 2010 for the Roaring Fork Franchise.
Feb 2015 to Oct 2015Electrical Drafter
Switchgear Power System LLC － Winneconne, WI
Used knowledge of PromisE electrical cad software to create schematic, point to point and
layout documentation prints for manufacturing and assembly development, Created bill of
materials, supported group on checking schematic and associated documents for accuracy.
Customer/Vendors face to face on project need and overview of job specifications.
Apr 2014 to CurrentBartender/Staff Trainer
Chili's － Waukesha, Wi
Trains new staff in all front of house positions in the restaurant. Attends all training events to
better staff's environment for success.
May 2013 to May 2014Appliance Contract Sales
American TV － Waukesha, WI
Contacted new and existing customers to discuss how their needs could be met with specific
products and services. Negotiated prices, terms of sales and service agreements. Quoted
prices, credit terms and other bid specifications.
Jan 2012 to Jun 2013Bartender
Salvo's Coyote Grill － Whitewater, WI
Was also in charge on coordinating, creating events for the bar, and ordering inventory
through Reinhart.
Aug 2008 to Aug 2010Entertainment Buyer (President of ACT)
University of Wisconsin Waukesha － Waukesha, WI
Responsible for event coordinating. Leading a team towards success. Block booking
entertainment with other campuses for better rates. Maintained communication towards
accounts. Balanced yearly budget. Communicated with many people daily.

2. Education
References
Feb 2007 to Dec 2011Assistant General Manager
Qdoba Mexican Grill － Waukesha/Whitewater, WI
Monitored inventory, used Reinhart purchasing program, manage staff. Opened Whitewater,
WI location and trained entire new staff. Helped create the marketing team for
UW-Whitewater with being involved with the sports director on campus.
2014BBA, Marketing
University of Wisconsin Whitewater － Whitewater, WI, Walworth
Course work was in business to business marketing, sales management, logistics, market
research to aid me in market coordinating. 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Rebecca Patterson
Relationship Banker (Associate Bank)
Cell: (262) 366 -4437
(former supervisor coworker at Qdoba)
Julie Franke
General Manager (Chili's Sunset)
Store: (262) 549-9898
(current supervisor)
​Leah Beutler
Group Sales and Marketing Assistant (Rock Bottom Brewery Chicago)
Cell: (262) 844-5127
(former classmate and former VP for ACT)