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John began his hospitality experience at age 13 at a Long Island beach concession owned by his parents. He fell in love with the industry and pursued this passion by enrolling and graduating from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration. John started his career in the hotal business in 1973 and within 10 years became a Regional Director, responsible for 9 hotels with 1700 rooms. Soon after he became the Vice President of Operations for a Southern California hotel management company.
In the summer of 1986, John and Linda purchased the lease of the Wedgewood Restaurant and Buenaventura Golf Course Pub & Grille in Ventura. They immediately converted the restaurant to exclusive banquet use. They have since rebuilt the pub and grille three times and nearly tripled the golf course food and beverage sales and have developed a highly successful banquet operation that serves nearly 28,000 guests per year. In 1997, John oversaw a major renovation and expansion of the Wedgewood, which increased the capacity from 225 to 350 persons. In 2008 another renovation was completed to maintain their predominant market position in Ventura County. The "original" Wedgewood continues to serve over 300 events and 25,000 guests a year. Zgolf currently operates twelve Wedgewood locations hosting 3500 events and 300,000 guests annually.
John and his wife, Linda, have been married since 1974, and have two children, Bill, a graduate of the Cornell Hotel School and President of the family business. Stacy, a graduate from Johnson & Wales University in hospitality management is the General Manager for the Wedgewood at Buenaventura. Linda is Past President of the Ventura Chapter of the National Association of Catering Executives. John is the Past-President of the Rotary Club of Ventura South and is very active in the local Chamber of Commerce and is a past Vice President of Administration. He coached high school basketball for ten years and taught in the hospitality program at Oxnard College for seven years. He is a Director Emeritus of the California Restaurant Association Board of Directors having served on the Board for ten years. John currently serves on the Ventura County Food Share Board of Directors.
In 1999, John created Z-Golf Food & Beverage Services, an operations and consulting practice exclusively for the food and beverage departments of golf courses, banquet facilities, clubs, and resorts. Z-Golf is the only such practice in the U.S. John has written several articles for publications such as ‚"Golf
Business", Club Magazine, Golf Business Canada, and the National Golf Foundation. He is an international speaker on golf related food and
beverage subjects. He was an invited speaker at the National Restaurant
Association Convention in Chicago in 2005. He has reviewed clubs and resorts throughout North America with a concentration on improving hospitality financial performance and design. He is an accredited member of the Food Service Consultants International.
ZGolf currently owns and manages 12 golf course food and beverage facilities serving 750,000 golfers and 400,000 banquet guests per year.
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Bill has been involved in the food service industry since age 14. He is a graduate of Westlake High School in Thousand Oaks. His first job was with the family business at the highly successful Buenaventura Golf Course Food & Beverage Concession. Bill worked all the positions at the Bar & Grill, and the Wedgewood Banquet Center. He performed all the service and accounting functions. His interest in the business led him to pursue a degree in Hotel Administration at Cornell University. At Cornell, Bill exhibited his leadership skills as President of his fraternity and as Captain of the Lightweight football team. He graduated in 1998.
After graduation, Bill joined the food services division of Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA. As a multi-unit manager he was responsible for several of the restaurants in the park where he created budgets, wrote operating standards, training programs and led the installation of several point-of-sale systems.
In 2002, Bill joined the family business. As President he is responsible for opening and supervising all Z-Golf restaurant operations. He currently leads the management team at entire chain of Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Centers and 19 Pub & Grilles, with 750,000 golfers and 400,000 banquet guests. Under his leadership, sales are now approaching $25 million. With profit percentages and customer service ratings far exceeding industry averages.
Bill resides in Northern California and is married to Jenn and thay have two children.
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Jeff is responsible for operations and development in the Southern California region. He is also responsible for executive recruiting. His extensive experience and education assures strong growth and excellent service to Z-Golf's Southern California properties.
Jeff has worked in the restaurant industry for almost twenty years. Beginning as a dishwasher at a small local restaurant, Jeff found the kitchen hustle and bustle very appealing. Over the course of three years, He worked his way through every kitchen line position while training with a seasoned chef who attended the Culinary Institute of America. Eventually earning the position of Assistant Chef, Jeff hungered to learn everything about the restaurant. Aside from his main duties of running the kitchen, he aided the Executive Chef of the fine dining establishment in menu development and recipe testing. Jeff also spent an extensive amount of time experiencing the front of house operations as a host, server, and a bartender.
Before joining the Z-Golf Team, Jeff McNeal's most recent position was as the Division Manager for ARAMARK at Angel Stadium. Jeff's responsibilities included managing the food service operations for the $35 million venue with a capacity of 40,000 people. Jeff has also founded, owned and operated his own small chain of fast casual restaurants for six years until selling them in October 2005. Prior to creating his own venture, Jeff was a manager with Brinker International's Romano's Macaroni Grill. Jeff has also had varying levels of management and training experience for numerous other small restaurant and hotel chains as well as franchise restaurant operators.
Jeff, received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration with a concentration in Food and Beverage Management. He graduated with honors from Paul Smith's College with a dual Associate of Applied Science degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management and Culinary Arts. He has a Master's degree in business from Pepperdine University.
Jeff has led ZGolf's expansion efforts in Southern California. He has identified and opened four new locations. Each of these locations have met financial expectations and now serve as a base for further growth of the Wedgewood brand. He is leading ZGolf's efforts to expand the brand through franchising opportunities for owners of golf courses and other banquet venues.
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Warren is Z-Golf's on site manager at our award winning San Ramon, California location. He is also a partner in the Delta View property. Warren contributes to the Z-Golf management team with his vast hospitality experience.
Warren is a 35 year veteran of the hospitality industry. Soon after graduation from Oklahoma State University School of Hotel Administration in 1972, Warren went to work for Holiday Inns, Inc. for thirteen years ending as General Manager of the award winning Holiday Inn at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. His next professional position was with Associated Inns of America as the opening General Manager of the 300 room full-service, four star Concord Hilton. He ascended to a Regional Supervisor position with AIRCOA. In 1985, Warren accepted the position of opening General Manager of the Pleasanton Hilton. From 1988 until 2004, Warren held Executive Hospitality positions with Bayshore Hotel Management, Four Points Sheraton, and John Q, Hammons Hotels. His most recent hotel position was as General Manager of the Holiday Inn San Francisco Bay Bridge.
In 2004, Warren joined the Z-Golf team as the Managing Partner of the San Ramon Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center at the San Ramon Golf Course. Revenues have increased four-fold, to over $2 million. Profit percentages have averaged over 20%. The property is recognized by The Knot, the most prestigious wedding magazine and web site, as the "Best of Wedding sites" in the San Francisco Bay Area. This award was chosen by visitors to the Knot web site and magazine.
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Carolyn is responsible for overseeing the Sales and Coordination aspects of all of our Sales Offices and Wedding and Event Details. She oversees the training of our professional sales team, coordinates with our many service partners, and contributes to menu and service development.
Ms. Garcia received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an Option in Marketing from California State University, Hayward. After Graduating, she furthered her education and experience through CSUH Extended Education's Wedding Consultant Certificate Program, where she received her certification as a Certified Wedding Consultant (CWC).
She worked with a well established and high end Wedding Coordinator and Event Designer for a year in San Francisco, CA before becoming the Catering Sales Director at the San Ramon Golf Course. Carolyn was promoted from the San Ramon Wedgewood Wedding & Banquet Center after delivering outstanding results as the on-site Catering Sales Director. Her previous experience includes a position as lead server/trainer for the Outback Steakhouse in Dublin, CA. She has served on many opening teams for Outback throughout California and Nevada.
Carolyn was a Founding Sponsor and Founding Member of the first ever Non-Profit Wedding Association‚"WIPA" Wedding Industry Professionals Association. She served on the Executive Board of Directors for the 2008-2010 term as the First Secretary and Records Committee Director for WIPA.
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As ZGolf’s Senior Operation’s Manager, Jim is responsible for multiple property operations and development in Northern California. With his extensive experience in free standing restaurants, Jim leads the ZGolf’s team’s Pub & Grille menu and service development.
Jim Shoemaker began his career in the hospitality industry as a bus boy at The Boundary Oak Golf Course in Walnut Creek Ca. Realizing the hospitality business was his calling, Jim went to work for Stuart Anderson’s Black Angus Restaurant chain where he worked in every operations position throughout four western states as the highly successful steakhouse chain grew to over 100 locations. Jim worked his way up to District Manager for Black Angus in the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento Valley with complete operating responsibilities for nine restaurants and lounges, responsible for more than $27 million in annual revenue. Recently, Jim operated the highly successful Chow Restaurant and Retail Market in Lafayette, CA with annual revenues in excess of $7.8 Million and profits exceeding $1 Million dollars annually.
For several years Jim and his wife Sally, owned the rights of the restaurant operation as at The Brentwood Golf Club in Brentwood CA. and built the operation to $2 million in annual revenues, winning numerous accolades and awards for service, food and wine list. He now returns to this location joining the Z Golf Team.
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