Richard Gordon
Currently working as Travel Consultant at Pinnacle Travel Services and as Website Developer at Rocket Online Media.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Design, Editing, English, Languages, Marketing, Public Relations, Sales, Web design, Writing |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Pinnacle Travel Services, El Segundo, CA |
| Position: | Travel Consultant |
| Time period: | August 2006 - Present |
| Description: | - Servicing of inbound calls at high-volume American Express Platinum Travel reservations center. Maintained high standards through efficient sales of air, hotel, and car reservations to corporate and leisure cardmembers. |
| Employer: | Rocket Online Media, Redondo Beach, CA |
| Position: | Website Developer |
| Time period: | May 2005 - Present |
| Description: | - Development and operation of entertainment websites and fanbase infrastructure to support recording artists, focusing on those in the genre of country music. Facilitation of artist and fan interaction to help promote greater levels of sales and airplay success.
- Specialized in developing and operating fan sites to help support and promote recording artists in all musical genres as well as others related to the entertainment industry. |
| Employer: | Crystal Cruises, Inc., Los Angeles, CA |
| Position: | Reservations Sales Agent |
| Time period: | June 2004 - February 2006 |
| Description: | - Presented information and generated sales through new bookings at high-volume travel call center. Maintained "Six-Star" service levels for award-winning luxury cruise line by resolving issues and answering questions presented by travel agents and cruise guests. |
| Employer: | British Airways, Los Angeles, CA |
| Position: | Customer Service Agent |
| Time period: | June 2000 - October 2001 |
| Description: | - Assisted international airline passengers with check-in, arrivals, departures, as well as with reservations, hotels, baggage reconciliation and other amenities. |
| Employer: | Hallmark Aviation Services, Los Angeles, CA |
| Position: | Customer Service Agent |
| Time period: | February 1995 - May 2000 |
| Description: | - Supervised a staff of 100+ airline customer service agents for QANTAS Airways.
Selected to help coordinate start-up of new flight operations department. Trained for weight and balance of B747-400, -200, -300, -SP, and B767 aircraft. Primary contact between flight crew, ground operations, and headquarters. Thorough knowledge of airport ground handling operations. |
Richard's Startups (2)
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Rocket Online Media
Rocket Online Media builds websites to connect fans with their favorite people in the world of entertainment.
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CarrieNEWS.com
CarrieNEWS.com is one of the top Carrie Underwood fan sites. We search the world for Carrie news so you don't have to!
Richard is Following (9)
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Twitter
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
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MyNextBus
MyNextBus is a new way to find the time of the next available bus from a given bus stop via sms from your mobile phone.