Brian Turner is an innovative manager seeking new professional challenges. He has strong presentation, sales, problem-solving, and negotiation skills. As Assistant Manager at Venturi Technologies, he exceeded performance metrics for jobs, revenue, and customer satisfaction. He also has experience as Assistant Manager and Person-In-Charge at Fred Meyer, and as a Technical Writer.

1. 15340 SE 306th St.
Kent WA 98042
Home: (253)297-0500
BE8Turner@gmail.com
Brian Turner
Summary
Innovative Manager seeks position offering opportunities for new
professional and personal challenges. Self-starter with a positive, can-do
attitude who is driven to learn, improve and succeed. Brings strong
presentation, sales and problem-solving skills.
Highlights
Powerful negotiator Employee engagement
Team building Cost estimating
Natural leader Persuasive
Accomplishments
Ranked top 10 nationwide at Venturi Technologies for the following:
 Number of Jobs
 Revenue
 Customer Satisfaction
Experience
2013-Current Venturi Technologies Tukwila, WA
Carpet Restoration Assistant Manager
 Demonstrate an unwavering commitment to customer service, adding
new clients while maintaining premium service levels with existing
accounts.
 Communicates directly with clients and property managers in the
region of Seattle and is the face of Venturi. Directly works with over
30 different properties and at least 10 different property
managements. Always strives to improve and develop business
relationships cordially, in addition to maintaining constant follow -up
on their feedback.
 Review entire inventory lists on a daily basis to keep track of
inventory flow.
 Reduce and control expenses by improving resource allocation.
Review and approve billing invoices and expense reports.
 Offer feedback to management on the effectiveness of strategies,
selling programs and initiatives.
 Coach and mentor 10 staff members by offering constructive
feedback and taking interest in their long-term career growth.

2.  Work with property managers for treating, cleaning, and restoring
their carpet by evaluating the condition and recommending proper
treatment/repair.
 On-call one week per month for 24-hour emergency water extraction.
Details include extracting all water out of the unit, creating drying
conditions for the wet foundation and applying proper drying and
cleaning techniques.
2011-2013 Fred Meyer Kent, WA
Nutrition Assistant Manager &
Food Person-In-Charge (PIC)
 Directed and supervised activities of store personnel.
 Assisted customers with their demands, suggestions and complaints .
 Communicated with management concerning sales, employees and
other related matters.
 Interacted directly with vendors and shoppers to create a great
shopping experience.
 Distributed day-by-day tasks and orders to employees .
 Checked the products before opening and closing of the store .
2008-2009 Interface Management Services Claremont, CA
Technical Writer (telecommute)
 Oversaw software documentation for new auditing degree software
being developed by Interface Management Services.
 Created Excel charts and web pages using Dreamweaver, Java and
Microsoft Word.
 Designed presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.
 Assisted in leading colleges/universities, such as Fresno State, in
using this new software. Presentations held on how it functioned
from both the administrative and the student user.
 Managed testing of the software, reporting software bug and overall
functionality.
 Designed new ways to interact with the software.
 Acted as administrative user of the documentation website behind
this software.
Education/Certifications
2007-2011 Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA
 B.A., English
2014
 IICRC certified in residential restorative drying and mold remediation
Languages
 Strong technical command of the English language
Skills

3.  Computer skills: Dreamweaver, Eclipse, English, HTML, Java,
Microsoft Office
 People skills: enthusiastic people person, advanced problem -solving,
great organizational
Interests
Poetry, writing, and reading
References
Jevoy Palmer, Technician
Venturi Technologies
Phone: (253) 250-7079
Leroy Wong, Food Manager
Fred Meyer
Phone: (253) 859-5500
(former supervisor)
Dave Brady, Owner
Interface Management Services
Phone: (520) 423-9188
(former supervisor)
Tim Pringle, Co-Editor
Willow Springs
Phone: (509) 308-3130
Ruthie Merez, Project Manager
Seattle City Light
Phone: (425)577-1700