Career Chronicles

Patrick Waechter's media and marketing credentials are impeccable.  From working as Vice President of Marketing for Mint Lifestyle where he curated content from more than 20 contributors across various lifestyle categories  including travel, real estate, auto, retail and others – to helping to launch and work as Managing Editor for ArareWorld which is a game changing travel media company.  Patrick produced 100 printed issues, where they wrote critical reviews of over 700 hotels in 77 countries. Patrick is currently working as freelance writer, editor and multimedia content creator.  Patrick speaks about his background and has great insights on his perspective of the industry.

Cody Breckenridge has a solid military background with roles in the Idaho National Guard and United States Air Force. Most recently, Cody is a certified Master Resiliency Trainer.  His wife Kayla is a certified Yoga instructor and expert in Yogic philosophy. Together they own B. Bloomed YMM  - which stands for Yoga, Meditation, and mindfulness. They offer a lifetime access coaching program for hospitality professionals. Today they will speak about how hospitality professionals can navigate personally through all that is going on.

Justin Roberts has a varied background that includes founding several companies and he has worked closely with several small businesses as a Portfolio advisor. He has a passion for technology and the hospitality industry. He most recently helped found kickfin – a revolutionary way that allows restaurant owners and managers to get those much needed tips into their hard working employees hands. 

Our guest today knows a lot about the staggering impacts that COVID-19 has on the industry - restaurants in particular. From her 10 plus years as Director of Human Resources for the Potbelly Sandwich Works, to her over 10 years running the successful  Restaurant HR Group, Carrie Luxem has extensive hospitality experience and is acutely aware of the devestation that COVID-19 has leveled on the industry. Carrie talks about the current state of the restaurant industry and looks ahead to the other side. She also speaks about the personal impacts this has had on her own business.

Today we will hear from Glenn Haussman, Host of the popular “No Vacancy Podcast” Glenn is a business owner and formerly was Editor in Chef of the Hotel Interactive Network.

Glen Houseman speaks more about staggering impacts that COVID-19 is having on the hospitality industry and he looks ahead to what the landscape may look like on the other side.