Jason Daniel

About

Operations leader with repeated startup/entrepreneurial experience building internal operating systems from the ground up—creating department-by-department SOP/policy manuals and implementing KPI-driven management. Strong in diagnosing issues via operational/financial data and rolling out scalable people systems (structured interviews, training/certifications, onboarding) with retention measured across 14/30/60/90-day cohorts.

Key Strengths

• Built comprehensive operations manuals capturing SOPs, policies, and tools across multiple departments
• Data-driven identification and prioritization of operational inefficiencies based on sales, feedback, financials, and retention/turnover
• Designed scalable hiring, training, and certification systems to reduce time-to-fill and improve early-tenure retention (14/30/60/90-day tracking)
• Objective decision-making to overcome incumbent/legacy employee bias by grounding changes in performance facts
• Effective mentoring of founders/executives by translating business health data into clear cases for change
• Hands-on, in-business assessment approach (grassroots observation, team feedback, customer interaction)

Reference Highlights

• highly experienced operational leader
• very knowledgeable in restaurant systems and tools
• able to lead others and impact performance
• drives significant operational efficiency and productivity gains
• improves profitability
• removes operational friction points
• excellent communication skills
• thoughtful leadership approach
• supportive coaching style
• effective mentor to struggling leaders
• able to deliver immediate impact in advisory role
• thought leadership
• action-oriented
• motivational leader
• inspires teams to follow systems
• fixed cash collection/deposit process to prevent losses
• implemented daily food cost tracking to reduce pilferage and COGS loss
• improved cash flow by fixing operational leakages
• restructured org chart so district managers reported directly to him
• more on-the-ground, less corporate leadership approach
• strong operations and leadership experience
• strong recommendation for fast-growing startup operations advisory role
• exceptional at assessing and improving systems/processes ('the very best')
• consistently turns distressed companies into record profits
• strong human-centered leadership (supports staff and families)
• strategic and operational execution speed ('in record time')
• creates scalable operational infrastructure (food processing plant)
• delivers major efficiency gains (double the speed, half the price)
• improves customer and staff retention
• highly valued mentor; teams regret his departure
• develops underperforming managers into strong leaders (regional managers)
• effective crisis leadership during Covid and hurricanes
• balances company profit/interests with community/nonprofit needs
• proven ability to coordinate multiple parts of the business (operational, financial, executive)
• experienced with startups and business recovery

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