Michael Givens is a results-driven leader with over 10 years of progressive experience in restaurant and retail industries. He has a comprehensive management background and is proficient in defining, developing, and implementing targeted action plans to maximize operational productivity and efficiency. Givens is known for his exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to interact with broad populations, including senior management, sales and customer service staff, and clients.

He has studied psychology/criminal justice at the University of Nevada, Reno, and has professional experience in a wide range of environments as a restaurant/beverage manager at Suite & Tender Restaurant, lead bartender at Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, accounts receivable manager at Transworld Systems Inc, senior meeting consultant at Maximum Meetings LLC, and guest service consultant at Tommy Bahama Group Inc.

Givens is a proactive and effective leader who recruits, trains, develops, and mentors top-performing teams committed to providing superior service. He has extensive knowledge of restaurant software and specializes in accounts receivable, budgeting, business operations, coaching, conferences, cost control, customer relations, customer service, decision making, delivery, estimating, executive management, financial management, logistics, loss prevention, meeting facilitation, negotiation, policy analysis, profit, programming, progress, purchasing, quality, retail, safety, sales, seminars, staffing, strategic planning, trend analysis, and workshops.