Member Spotlight
We need BGS members to volunteer. Tell us about yourself, your career and education, your aspirations, and your advice to young BGSers. Short and simple! We will post your picture and your story below.
Former BGS San Diego Chapter President, and currently Chapter Marketing Director
David is a Senior Planner for the City of Lemon Grove. He has his BA in Urban Studies & Planning from UCSD and his MBA with an emphasis in Real Estate from SDSU. He really enjoyed trying to get a new product off the ground in SDSU's business plan competition. You can check it out here.
Currently, he's working on starting a new brokerage firm and planning services company: 1000s2u.com
What would Dave like to get from our BGS Chapter? Dave would like to see companies come to us when they're hiring and would like to see a network created for entrepreneurs and job help. Dave encourages you to express your opinion on where the chapter is going so that we all can get the most out of it!
Dave's advice to youngsters: start early, things only get harder as you get older. You can never be over educated, but I would hire based on work experience over degrees. So even if you're working for free, a good reference and related experience goes a long way!
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Sales Representative at Schneider Sales and Marketing
Joe is actively working as a representative for a sports oriented sales and marketing agency based in Los Angeles. He has his BS in Marketing from The University of Tampa (2006). Joe decided to move to San Diego during the winter of 2009 and has been involved with community events as much as possible since his arrival.
When Joe isn't working you can regularly find him on an early morning bike ride, swim or run with the Triathlon Club of San Diego. If there is a local weekend running event, there is a good chance Kathy Loper Events is hosting it and Joe is volunteering his time to help the director gain accurate timing results.
Joe's advice to youngsters: figure out what you want, stay focused, and go for it. There is nothing stopping you from achieving what your goals except yourself. Don't let the little things hold you back from what you really want to achieve.
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BGS San Diego Chapter Collegiate Coordinator
Sonya Sparks revitalized the San Diego BGS alumni chapter in 2005 and served as president of the chapter for 5 years. She currently serves as a chapter contact and works with the BGS chapter leaders to coordinate events for the chapter, and is a member of the event planning committee. She recently led the Online Brand Management Panel event at USD in March. Sonya graduated from the University of San Diego in 2005 and was inducted into BGS as a junior in 2003.
"BGS is a great opportunity to connect with other high achievers in both large and small businesses in San Diego, as well as other national chapters and abroad! Building friendships and connections through BGS has been invaluable for me to grow as a professional. If you are looking to join BGS or attend some of our events, please do not hesitate to contact me. I hope to see you at the next event!"
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BGS San Diego Chapter President
Mr. Frank E. Snook is the Maintenance Branch Team Leader for the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest where he coordinates and motivates 87 artisans and 3 supervisors. His branch is responsible for the maintenance of Industrial Production Machinery, the Facilities that house them and miscellaneous projects ranging from 20 to 2,500 hours. Frank's area of responsibility covers 88 buildings housing more than 10,000 pieces of machinery in over 3.2 million square feet of production space. He is charged with keeping 7 Program Managers satisfied through the effective deployment of a multi-million dollar budget.
Mr. Snook consistently receives praise from Senior Managers for his effective leadership of cross functional, cross competency teams and his ability to successfully integrate front-line workers into teams focused on organizational objectives. He has teamed up with DLA, Environmental and PWC within the last year. He is currently teaming with production to start Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives. Mr. Snook works diligently to integrate contractor services with his in-house maintenance team and to lead the teams to ever higher performance levels.
Frank is trained in; Reliability Centered Maintenance, Infra-Red Thermography, Power Quality, Laser Alignment, Vibration Analysis and Ultra-Sound. He has effectively utilized his training to resolve problems with problematic pieces of equipment throughout the depot. He was a highly successful Equipment Redesign Engineer for almost 7 years before receiving his assignment to the branch manager position. He successfully performed root cause analysis on many pieces of machinery in the plant and eliminated their repeat modes of failure, making them much more reliable.
Mr. Snook served his country as a soldier in the U.S. Army from 1984 to 1987. He spent the first year of his military career in Germany guarding nuclear weapons bunkers. He maxed out a soldier of the quarter board and was reassigned to the personal protection team for the Commanding General of the 59th Ordinance Brigade. Mr. Snook volunteered for Airborne School when it came time for him to rotate back stateside. He was assigned to the 118th M.P. Co. (ABN) out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Shortly thereafter he became the NCO in charge of the Commanding General's personal protection team.
Frank has a Master of Science Degree in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from San Diego State University. He has been accepted at Pepperdine University for this Doctorate in Organizational Leadership. He is an American Society of Quality (ASQ) Senior Member and an ASQ Certified Six-Sigma Black Belt. Frank speaks both Spanish and English fluently and lives in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico with his wife and son. Frank leads at work and at home. He volunteers his time for organizations such as VIP Mentors, US First Robotics, Christmas-in-October and teaches English at a local school near his home in Tijuana. He also enjoys working out, swimming in the ocean and bowling. His favorite sporting events are Boxing, MMA and baseball.
Mr. Snook's lifetime goals are to make his workplace world class. It is his personal belief that the Fleet Readiness Center Southwest should become a high performing organization that is a benchmark for other organizations to utilize. There is no customer more important to him than the Sailors and Marines of the Fleet. It is for this reason that Mr. Snook leads with a philosophy that entails great respect, great compassion; with a focus on always holding the bar ever higher.
What would I like to get from our BGS chapter? I would like to use this experience to expand my horizons. To push my comfort zone into areas where I am not familiar. As chapter president, I feel this is a service role; therefore, my mission is to deliver to the people what they want.
What is my advice to youngsters? To get a mentor while you are young. I mean, how do people know what they want in life? My boyscout training taught me that if I was lost, climb the highest tree and see which way leads home. Mentors are those trees. They point us in the right direction.
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