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John Sweeney's Bio:
John Sweeney's Experience:
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Fine Wine Specialist at JJ Buckley FIne Wines
2008 - April 2013Created, developed and manage a private client list of over 1200 active wine buying customers throughout the US and Internationally Traveled extensively throughout the world's premiere wine producing regions - Including but not limited to Bordeaux, CA, Burgundy, the Rhone Valley and Piedmont Author daily selective, compelling email campaigns that highlight and focus on the best value, collectible and desirable wines available in the marketplace that drive sales and introduce clients to new, exciting, and highly rated wines.
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Server, Sommelier, Manager at Restaurant Zibibbo
July 2004 - July 2008* Managed a staff of 40+ employees in a 400 seat fine dining establishment * Repeatedly placed as the top seller every shift * Interacted with guests by utilizing wine list with over 1,200 selections (100 wines by the glass) * Led staff through deductive wine tastings and suggested menu pairings with the chef
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Intern at Colgin Cellars
August 2007 - November 2007Performed pre-harvest, harvest and post-harvest vineyard & cellar work. Winery and equipment sanitization and preparation. Grape maturity sampling and laboratory calculations. Recorded fermentation data, operation of fruit processing equipment and cellar equipment.
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Applications Sales Representative - HCM at Oracle
May 2013My unwavering focus is on helping the most innovative organizations across the globe streamline and grow their businesses through the adoption of innovative talent management strategies. Oracle's world class Human Capital Management solutions provide the Talent Intelligence needed to help global enterprises find, develop and capitalize on their most strategic assets...their people. Through our integrated offerings of both cloud based and on-premise solutions across all mission critical areas of the business, we are transforming how global organizations think about, prepare and ultimately execute on their strategic operating plans. Oracle is uniquely positioned based upon the breadth of solution offerings as well as its vast organizational resources to support its customers and partners meet their business goals. Oracle software and services are at the forefront of helping healthcare organizations ensure quality of care and patient safety; effectively attract, retain, and manage the healthcare workforce; mitigate costs and improve service levels; facilitate compliance; and support the movement toward consumerism in healthcare. Oracle has a strong commitment and involvement in the healthcare continuum of care and will continue to work closely with its customers and the industry to offer solutions that add value and promote the industry's mission. Oracle unites the world's best enterprise applications in an open platform architecture. It combines business process and technology strength with the larger ecosystem of Oracle partners to provide the most robust enterprise solution tailored to the healthcare industry. No other vendor offers as broad a solution footprint or as many best-in-class offerings as Oracle delivers to the healthcare industry. Additionally, Oracle's focus on leveraging standards-based technology and service-oriented architecture extends healthcare organizations' existing IT investments while preserving flexibility in the path ahead.
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Partner at Vino Capital Partners
June 2010While only several years old, Vino Capital Partners sources amazing syrah from a number of stellar vineyards, such as: * White Hawk Vineyard (Santa Barbara County) * Garys' Vineyard (Santa Lucia Highlands AVA) * Zio Tony Ranch/Martinelli (Sonoma County) * Thompson Vineyard (Santa Barbara County) * Larner Vineyard (Ballard Canyon AVA) The initial focus of VCP is to create a "World-Class" Syrah Cuvee. I am expecting great things from the combination of a "no expense spared -- no corners cut" mentality and detailed wine making protocol (established in conjunction with consulting winemaker Jeff Cohn of JC Cellars). 2011 was VCP's first vintage, wherein 10 tons of Syrah was sourced. In 2012, 22 tons of Syrah was sourced as well as a little bit of White Hawk Viognier . For the 2013 vintage (and beyond), VCP is looking to increase its Syrah production and branch-out with a few more varietals (including Sonoma Pinot Noir farmed by Ulisses Valdez, Oakville Cabernet and Mourvedre from the Chalone apellation).
John Sweeney's Education:
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
2005 – 2007B.S.