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Charlene’s strengths span executive support, client success, client onboarding, business operations, customer experience, sales, and AI\-assisted workflows\. She is experienced in coordinating across executives, investors, legal counsel, vendors, strategic partners, sales, compliance, technical, and operational teams\. Previously, Charlene managed end\-to\-end onboarding at BUSINESSROCKET INC for entrepreneurs navigating business formation, licensing, trademark registration, bookkeeping, tax services, and website development\. She used CRM systems to manage milestones and follow\-up, built trusted client relationships, exceeded sales and client\-satisfaction targets, and earned frequent five\-star reviews\. Her background also includes administrative management, salon management, hospitality management, server training, Store Support assignments, and employee coaching\. Across these roles, Charlene has combined relationship\-driven service, consultative selling, conflict resolution, process improvement, documentation, compliance, and operational leadership\. She completed undergraduate study in Psychology at Southern New Hampshire University and holds a high school diploma from Winnacunnet High School\. ## Services - Upselling - Relationship Building - Point of Sale \(POS\) Systems - ADP Payroll - Office Administration - Scheduling - People Management - Continuous Process Improvement - Leadership - Customer Experience - Team Building - Coaching & Mentoring - Employee Training - Sales Management - Conflict Resolution - Retail Operations - Operations Management - Creative Problem Solving - Remote Work - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - Generative AI - Cross\-functional Team Leadership - Software as a Service \(SaaS\) - Sales Operations - Collaborative Problem Solving - Client Services - Customer Retention - Business Process Improvement - AI\-Assisted Workflows - Confidentiality ## Highlights - Manages a complex executive calendar, travel, communications, and competing business priorities for the Chief Executive Officer at Viridian Capital while maintaining discretion and continuity of operations\. - Coordinates communication and follow\-through across executives, investors, legal counsel, vendors, and strategic partners at Viridian Capital\. - Manages multiple high\-priority projects and improves administrative workflows to keep time\-sensitive initiatives moving\. - Serves as a trusted liaison between leadership and internal and external stakeholders, anticipating needs and resolving issues with minimal oversight\. - Managed end\-to\-end client onboarding for entrepreneurs across multiple industries at BUSINESSROCKET INC\. - Coordinated sales, legal, compliance, and technical teams to support business formation, licensing, trademark registration, bookkeeping, tax services, and website development\. - Used CRM systems to track client milestones, manage follow\-ups, identify gaps, and maintain customer\-lifecycle visibility\. - Exceeded sales and client\-satisfaction targets at BUSINESSROCKET INC and earned frequent five\-star reviews\. - Built trusted client relationships through proactive communication, expectation\-setting, issue resolution, and consistent follow\-through\. - Increased sales through promotion of high\-profit and add\-on items in hospitality roles at Saddle Mountain Brewing Company and Gordon Biersch\. - Trained new servers on company policies, guest\-service standards, and best practices at Saddle Mountain Brewing Company and Gordon Biersch\. - Processed credit\-card, gift\-card, and cash transactions using POS systems and followed safety, sanitization, and food\-handling guidelines in hospitality roles\. - Managed multiline telecommunications, client orders, employee time cards, and approvals at Dolce Salon & Spa\. - Protected staff and customer information through safety regulations and salon privacy\-policy requirements at Dolce Salon & Spa\. - Resolved escalated customer concerns with professionalism, sound judgment, and a solutions\-focused approach at Dolce Salon & Spa\. - Promoted a performance\-oriented culture through employee assessments and incentive\-based sales objectives at Dolce Salon & Spa\. - Increased department sales through suggestive and consultative selling at Simply the Best Tanning Salon\. - Maintained accurate customer documentation in accordance with internal standards and legal requirements at Simply the Best Tanning Salon\. - De\-escalated customer concerns with tact, empathy, and diplomacy to restore satisfaction and maintain positive relationships at Simply the Best Tanning Salon\. - Exceeded sales goals at Dave & Buster’s Inc\. through relationship\-driven service, consultative selling, and strategic upselling\. - Trained and mentored team members on standards, operating procedures, and customer\-experience expectations at Dave & Buster’s Inc\. - Completed Store Support assignments at Dave & Buster’s Inc\. for operational improvements, employee training, and successful location launches\. ## Experience - **Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer at Viridian Capital** (2025\-04\-01–2026\-07\-01) — Manage a complex executive calendar, travel, communications, and competing business priorities while maintaining discretion and continuity of operations\. • Coordinate communication and follow\-through across executives, investors, legal counsel, vendors, and strategic partners\. • Manage multiple high\-priority projects and improve administrative workflows to keep time\-sensitive initiatives moving\. • Serve as a trusted liaison between leadership and internal/external stakeholders, anticipating needs and resolving issues with minimal oversight\. - **Server Trainer at Dave & Buster's Inc\.** (2024\-08\-01–2025\-09\-01) — Consistently exceeded sales goals through relationship\-driven service, consultative selling, and strategic upselling\. • Trained and mentored team members on company standards, operational procedures, and customer experience expectations\. • Maintained high guest satisfaction and operational accuracy in a fast\-paced, high\-volume environment\. • Managed Store Support assignments to assist existing locations with operational improvements, employee training, and successful launches\. - **Senior Client Onboarding Specialist \(Remote\) at BUSINESSROCKET INC** (2022\-07\-01–2024\-08\-01) — Managed end\-to\-end onboarding for entrepreneurs across multiple industries, guiding clients through complex business setup and support processes\. • Coordinated across sales, legal, compliance, and technical teams to deliver services spanning business formation, licensing, trademarks, bookkeeping, tax services, and website development\. • Used CRM systems to track client milestones, manage follow\-ups, identify gaps, and maintain visibility throughout the customer lifecycle\. • Built trusted client relationships through proactive communication, expectation\-setting, issue resolution, and consistent follow\-through\. • Balanced client success with commercial goals, consistently exceeding sales and client satisfaction targets and earning frequent five\-star reviews\. - **Server/Bartender at Saddle Mountain Brewing Company** (2017\-08\-01–2020\-02\-01) — Satisfied customers with fast, friendly and knowledgeable support • Increased sales through consistent promotion of high\-pro t and add\-on items • Followed safety, sanitization, and food handling guidelines • Processed credit card, gift card, and cash transactions using POS • Trained new servers in company policies, guest service standards, and best practices - **Administrative Manager at Dolce Salon & Spa** (2017\-05\-01–2018\-01\-01) — Use of multiline telecommunication systems, recording relevant notes & directing calls to the correct department • Advised customers with product suggestions and expert knowledge\. • Managed client orders, employee time cards, and approvals • Protected staff and customer information through adherence to safety regulations and salon private policy requirements • Resolved escalated customer concerns with professionalism, sound judgment, and a solutions\-focused approach\. • Promoted performance\-oriented culture with regular assessments of employee work • Curated exciting incentive based sales objectives - **Server/Bartender/Management at Gordon Biersch** (2013\-08\-01–2017\-08\-01) — Satisfied customers with fast, friendly and knowledgeable support • Increased sales through consistent promotion of high\-pro t and add\-on items • Followed safety, sanitization, and food handling guidelines • Processed credit card, gift card, and cash transactions using POS • Trained new servers in company policies, guest service standards, and best practices - **Customer Service Salon Manager at Simply the Best Tanning Salon** (2007\-08\-01–2012\-08\-01) — Managed multiline telecommunications systems, documented detailed customer interactions, and accurately routed calls to the appropriate departments\. • Provided knowledgeable product recommendations tailored to individual customer needs\. • Increased department sales through effective suggestive and consultative selling techniques\. • Maintained accurate, up\-to\-date documentation in accordance with internal standards and legal requirements\. • De\-escalated customer concerns with tact, empathy, and diplomacy, restoring customer satisfaction and maintaining positive relationships\. ## Education - Undergraduate Study, Psychology — Southern New Hampshire University (2019\-01\-01–2022\-01\-01) - High School Diploma — Winnacunnet High School ## FAQ ### What does Charlene do? Charlene is an Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer at Viridian Capital\. She manages executive calendar, travel, communications, competing priorities, stakeholder coordination, and project follow\-through while maintaining discretion and continuity of operations\. ### What does Charlene do at Viridian Capital? At Viridian Capital, Charlene manages a complex executive calendar, travel, communications, and competing business priorities\. She coordinates communication and follow\-through among executives, investors, legal counsel, vendors, and strategic partners serves as a liaison between leadership and stakeholders manages high\-priority projects improves administrative workflows and anticipates needs and resolves issues with minimal oversight\. ### What are Charlene’s executive\-support and operations strengths? Charlene’s strengths include executive support, executive calendar management, travel management, confidentiality, client confidentiality, stakeholder management, investor relations, business operations, office administration, scheduling, administrative management, project coordination, event coordination, memos, multitasking, oral communication, and cross\-functional collaboration\. ### What did Charlene do at BUSINESSROCKET INC? At BUSINESSROCKET INC, Charlene managed end\-to\-end onboarding for entrepreneurs in multiple industries\. She guided clients through complex business setup and support processes, coordinated sales, legal, compliance, and technical teams, and supported services including business formation, licensing, trademark registration, bookkeeping, tax services, and website development\. ### What did Charlene accomplish in client onboarding at BUSINESSROCKET INC? Charlene used CRM software to track client milestones, manage follow\-ups, identify gaps, and maintain visibility across the customer lifecycle\. She built trusted relationships through proactive communication, expectation\-setting, issue resolution, and consistent follow\-through balanced client success with commercial goals exceeded sales and client\-satisfaction targets and earned frequent five\-star reviews\. ### What client success and onboarding skills does Charlene bring? Charlene’s client\-success capabilities include client onboarding, client services, customer success, customer relationship management, account management, customer retention, customer loyalty, customer support, customer service management, client expectation management, relationship building, client advising, loyalty marketing, SaaS, CRM software, technical support, and remote work\. ### What did Charlene do at Saddle Mountain Brewing Company? At Saddle Mountain Brewing Company, Charlene delivered fast, friendly, knowledgeable customer support promoted high\-profit and add\-on items to increase sales followed safety, sanitization, and food\-handling guidelines processed credit\-card, gift\-card, and cash transactions through POS systems and trained new servers on policies, guest\-service standards, and best practices\. ### What did Charlene do at Dolce Salon & Spa? At Dolce Salon & Spa, Charlene used multiline telecommunications systems, recorded notes, and directed calls to the appropriate department\. She advised customers on products, managed client orders, employee time cards, and approvals, protected staff and customer information under safety regulations and salon privacy policies, resolved escalated concerns, assessed employee performance, and developed incentive\-based sales objectives\. ### What did Charlene do at Gordon Biersch? At Gordon Biersch, Charlene provided fast, friendly, knowledgeable service increased sales through promotion of high\-profit and add\-on items followed safety, sanitization, and food\-handling practices processed card and cash transactions through POS systems and trained new servers on company policies, guest\-service standards, and best practices\. ### What did Charlene do at Simply the Best Tanning Salon? At Simply the Best Tanning Salon, Charlene managed multiline telecommunications, documented customer interactions, routed calls accurately, recommended products based on customer needs, increased department sales through suggestive and consultative selling, maintained documentation to internal and legal requirements, and de\-escalated customer concerns with tact, empathy, and diplomacy\. ### What did Charlene do at Dave & Buster’s Inc\.? At Dave & Buster’s Inc\., Charlene exceeded sales goals through relationship\-driven service, consultative selling, and strategic upselling\. She trained and mentored team members on standards, procedures, and customer\-experience expectations maintained guest satisfaction and operational accuracy in a fast\-paced, high\-volume environment and completed Store Support assignments for operational improvements, employee training, and successful location launches\. ### What sales, hospitality, and service skills does Charlene have? Charlene’s sales and service skills include upselling, consultative selling, retail sales, sales management, sales operations, sales, business development, negotiation, strategic negotiations, profit maximization, product recommendations, product management, website merchandising, credit\-card transaction processing, cash handling, POS systems, bartending, food safety, service standards, and satisfied\-client outcomes\. ### What leadership and team\-development skills does Charlene have? Charlene brings people\-management and leadership skills including leadership, management, strategic management, people management, team building, high\-performance teams, employee engagement, employee training, coaching and mentoring, recruitment\-to\-recruitment, performance\-oriented culture building, teamwork, and cross\-functional team leadership\. ### What process\-improvement and problem\-solving skills does Charlene have? Charlene’s process and problem\-solving skills include continuous process improvement, business process improvement, operations management, retail operations, project management, project coordination, creative problem solving, collaborative problem solving, problem solving, analytical skills, innovation management, strategic thinking, internal compliance, documentation, telecommunications, information technology, presentation skills, and communication\. ### What technology and AI skills does Charlene have? Charlene lists artificial intelligence, generative AI, and AI\-assisted workflows among her skills, alongside Google Workspace and Microsoft Office\. ### What is Charlene’s education? Charlene completed undergraduate study in Psychology at Southern New Hampshire University\. She also holds a high school diploma from Winnacunnet High School\. ### What additional professional skills does Charlene have? Charlene lists English and typing among her skills\. She also lists ADP Payroll, multi\-line phone systems, OS&E, trademark registration, marketing, event management, customer experience, conflict resolution, and internal compliance\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/charlenebascom