Aaron McGahan

Restaurant & Hospitality Professional · Concord, NH
[P] 603.931.2994 · [M] 603.568.4588 · [email protected]

A solution-oriented leader focused on leveraging technolgy and procedures to optimize people and systems at every stage of service. With a proven record of identifying and eliminating core performance issues by designing and implmenting tailored pathways to profitablility and long-term success.

Experience

Implementation Consultant II

Oracle

Working directly with a variety of restaurant and hospitality clients to ascertain current painpoints and establish future desires. Using that information alongside decades of experience to design, implement, and support a customized point-of-sale solution allowing for smoother operations and increased profitability.

July 2022 - Present

General Manager

The Barley House Restaurant & Tavern

Assumed leadership of a long-established community restaurant reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic. Increased sales and profits by quickly identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to reduce costs while increasing value for guests. Behind the scenes, used available SaaS and Cloud technologies to effectively manage HR, inventory/ordering, and accounting duties.

April 2019 - May 2022

Bar Manager/Events Coordinator

Lakehouse Tavern

Worked directly with the General Manager and owners to create community focused events to markedly increase sales and guest return frequencies. Collaborated on seasonal beverage menus and food pairings. Conducted weekly inventories of all beverage products to eliminate unnecessary loss due to waste and theft.

February 2018 - May 2019

Bartender

Downtown Cheers Grille & Bar

Expediently served guests and service staff, maintaining quality and cost controls while delivering premier hospitality to frequent and first-time guests alike. Optimizing effort by performing multiple tasks concurrently to maintain peak levels of cleanliness and quality service.

February 2014 - February 2018

Skills

Noteable Strengths
  • Leadership
  • POS Design & Implementation
  • Masterful Time Management
  • Cost & Inventory Control Expert
Technology Skills & Tools
  • Windows 10/11
  • Linux OS
  • Python 3
  • HTML 5
  • CSS 3
  • RDBMS

Interests

In my off time I greatly enjoy tinkering with my homelab server configuration. Working with programming and network architecture is akin to an elaborate maze in which one's path is dictated by their answer to a riddle. A riddle that can be correct, only then to be proven wrongs by a different riddle's answer three turns late. Challenging but also very rewarding.

When the New England weather permits, I love getting in a rounds of golf with long-time friends or former colleauges. I have found it to be my favorite way to unwind from day-to-day stressors and reconnect a bit with nature.