Tinamarie Passantino - 40 years in business management/ownership
Multi-industry Management/Operation Specialist/Business Owner/Multi-unit Management

Work Experience
Co-Owner/Co-Founder
The Josie Network of Brands/Josie Music Association, LLC.
October 2009 to Present
Co-owner of sixteen  brands (largest brands listed)
  • The Josie Show (radio talk show)
  • The Josie Music Awards (largest, privately owned, independent, multi-genre award show)
  • JMA Fest (multi-genre music festival)
  • Passantino's Concert Cafe in Medina, Tennessee
  • Confidently Ready (cosmetic, skincare, and hair care beauty line)
  • Tinamarie & Giuseppina Collections (fashion line of clothing and accessories)
  • SongSoda Beverage Company (flavored soda and Whistlin' Spring Water)
 
District Manager
Early Childhood Learning Corporation
May 2007 to March 2011 – Accepted promotion within the company
  • Multi-unit management and bottom-line accountability for fourteen locations' operations, sales, and personnel.
  • Managed twenty-four direct reports, including Center Directors, Assistant Directors, and 175 teaching and support staff. Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and disciplining all personnel, including evaluations.
  • Marketing (internal and external)
  • Weekly location visits to assure quality, quality curriculum implementation, and state licensing requirements, including investigations if necessary.
  • Responsible for all customer service details
  • Daily reporting
  • Work with the HR department as needed
  • Center growth planning and follow-up
 
 Achievements
  • Lowered discount percentage by 7% while growing business
  • Enhanced quality in all fourteen locations to exceptional levels
  • State accreditation for nine locations
  • Payroll and expenses under budget consistently
  • Lowest accounts receivables in district
 
Center Director/Center Director Training Manager
Childhood Early Learning Corporation
2000 to 2007 – Accepted promotion within the company
  • Bottom-line accountability for all Operations, Sales, Personnel, and Administration.
  • Managed a staff of thirty-five, including an Assistant Manager, Teachers, and hourly center staff
  • Marketing (internal and external)
  • Training and follow-up for fifty managers in 6 months; increased management retention to 97%.
  • Multi-Unit recruiting captain
  • Illinois trainer
  • Opening a new multi-million-dollar center location
  • Largest growth in ancillary revenue through additional program offerings
  • Curriculum implementation/learning experiences for children
 
Achievements
  • Highest Occupancy growth
  • Excelling in DOI (Direct Operating Income) Achieved DOI of 130% of plan.
  • Million-dollar center awards
  • Center of the year each year
  • NAEYC accredited center
  • National Register's Who's Who list for Business Professionals
  • Center director of the year (3)
  • Excellence in Tutorials Awards
 
Lead Teacher
Childhood Early Learning Corporation
1996 to 2000 – Accepted promotion within the company
  • Responsible for curriculum, enrollment, and overall classroom environment/experience for children
  • Instituted newsletters, weekly curriculum reports, portfolios, and parent events
Achievements
  • NAEYC-accredited classroom
  • Nominated for the Kohl/McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award
  • Consistent waitlist for my classroom
 

Inside Sales & Operation Manager
Restaurant Equipment Distribution Company
Responsible for one million in merchandise sales operations monthly.
Responsibilities:
  • Head buyer – creating purchase orders for direct shipping as well as warehouse stock
  • Quoting customers
  • Entering orders into the system
  • Processing shipping paperwork and contacting carriers for deliveries
  • Billing (creating/mailing invoices)
  • Accounts Receivable (checking accounts and processing payments to accounts)
  • Entering inventory into the computer system & checking inventory levels
  • Customer Service

Telemarking Manager
 - Training Telemarketing Personnel 

Health & Fitness
- Aerobics Instructor
-Circuit Training Instructor
-Aqua Aerobics Instructor

Dance
-Ballet, Modern, Jazz 
 
Beauty Industry
-Beauty Consultant at two major cosmetic companies
-Created beauty company/brand Confidently Ready

Fashion Industry
-Created Fashion Line Tinamarie & Giuseppina Collections  (women's clothing and accessories)

Beverage Company
-Created soda and water beverage companies SongSoda and Whistlin' Water

Education

BS in Business Management
University of Phoenix - Phoenix, AZ
H.S. National Honor Society Year 11 & 12
​AA in Child Development
 
Skills

  • Contract (creation and review)
  • Sales
  • Human Resources
  • Accounts Receivable/Payable
  • Marketing
  • Employee Training
  • Licensing Standards
  • Research & Development
  • Recruiting
  • Management
  • Inside Sales
  • Public Relations
  • Business Development
  • Multi-line Phone Systems
  • Call center processes & switchboard operation
  • Distribution
  • Payroll
  • Inventory/Purchasing
  • Event planning/managing (large and small)
  • Radio, on-air personality, media, events
  • Book Author/Magazine Editor in Chief
  • Teaching/Coaching
  • Talent Acquisition 
  • Restaurant Management (owner operator) - Passantino's Concert Cafe
 
Certifications / Licenses
Held many certifications over the years:
CPR & First Aid, NAEYC Accreditation, and Food & Sanitation Certification
Current: Food Handlers Permit

Property Ownership
-African Nation-Island (farmland producing spices)
-Land Inheritance Succession (Nobility - Lady)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
AI Design, AI Workbook, MS Office XP, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Skype, Audacity, Open Office, Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft PowerPoint, Weebly Websites, Gmail, Oracle, Canva, Form Creation, Live Magazine Creation, and Excel

WORKED WITH THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS
Feeding America, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Friends Don't Let Friends Bully, Mental Health Awareness, Military & Veteran Organizations, Positive Lyrics for our Youth, UNICEF Funding, March of Dimes, and more.
AWARDS
  • NAEYC Accredited Early Childhood Learning Center
  • Center Director of the Year 2002, 2004, 2005
  • Book listed National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
  • Outstanding Achievement for High Quality & Achievement of Budget Plan
  • Outstanding Achievement for 111.7% of DOI Plan
  • Team Leader Award
  • Team Builder Award
  • Spirit of Service Training Achievement
  • Company’s Coming Center Stars
  • Independent Country Gospel Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame
  • Most indie-friendly radio show in 2014
  • Radio Entertainment Lifetime Career Achievement Award
  • CME Sparkle Award
  • Best Global Radio Station of the Year (two consecutive years) listener voted.
  • Pioneer Award within the Independent Music Industry
  • Best of the Best Wings (Passantino's Concert Cafe)
  • ​Best New Restaurant