Professional Profile

• Experienced manager with excellent client and project management skills. Action-oriented, communicates effectively with members, team, and executive audiences.
• Superior ability to identify and develop talent in the fitness industry with continued focus on team development. Strategic planning and recruiting ability.
• Ability to successfully multi-task time management, team development, and customer service while overachieving all department deadlines and goals.
• Strong metrics analysis, consistent ability with problem solving skills.
• Enthusiastic manager and coach; friendly with a strong background in exercise physiology. Reliable, responsible, and results oriented

Professional Experience

Personal Training Manager Equinox, 2006-2015

•  Managed and flawlessly executed best practices and SOP’s; driving over $3,000,000 (2014) in sales and 26,000 training sessions to rank #1 in company of 75+ clubs for percentage over budget. During tenure as PTM, exceeded over $15,000,000 in sales for department
• Thrived in a metrics driven environment, tracking projections of sessions, sales, staffing needs, educational opportunities, and goals.
• Invented and implemented performance recognition program now being duplicated nationally in PT departments.
• Continued personal professional development coaching 4 clients weekly and presenting beneficial staff workshops.
• Hired, developed, trained, directed, and evaluated the Fitness Manager and Personal Training Team of 35+ trainers.
• Individual professional development meetings with each trainer on a monthly basis and weekly for new trainers, resulting in high retention of staff.
• Implemented, trained, and prioritized digital overhaul for department.
• Demonstrated ability to progress trainers through EFTI, over 100 hours of coursework related to personal training and implementing newest trends in the field.
• Lead by example, attaining advanced certification in nutrition and health management with Precision Nutrition. Personally utilized regular training sessions and followed detailed plan for healthy, vibrant lifestyle
• Identified and developed trainers for career growth, resulting in 5 trainers acquiring FM positions, 1 to GM, 1 to Area PTM, 2 to PTM positions at other Equinox facilities, and 9 trainers to Master Instructors.

Fitness Manager/Personal Trainer/Group Fitness Instructor 05/1996 to 01/2015