Richard Beard

The Club at Flying Horse/Classic Homes,Colorado Springs, Colorado

(October 2006 – Current)

Programs & Development Manager(February 2008 – Current) Responsibilities include the management of the majority of the Athletic Club which include Fitness, Aquatics, and Tennis.  Building and maintaining budgets and overseeing all aspects of each department.  Responsible for improvement on bottom line budget goals.  Meeting with Supervisors to establish relationships to help the day to day operations become as successful as they can.  Creates new ideas and programs for each individual department to help drive revenue.  Employees include Group Fitness Coordinator, Personal Trainers, Pilates Supervisor, Aquatics Supervisor, and Tennis Professionals. 

Head Tennis Professional (October 2006 – Current) Responsibilities include all aspects of the program.  Developed the tennis program from the ground up.  Responsibilities include budget, court maintenance, private lessons, group lessons, events, and all other aspects of the program.

TrainingU LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (April 2008 – January 2012)

President & Founder – Responsibilities include all decision making of the business related to finances, marketing, budgeting, and all other related aspects of the business.

The Broadmoor Hotel & Resort/Dennis Ralston Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado

(June 1996 - December 2000, July 2003 – September 2006)

Head Tennis Professional(October 2004 – September 2006) Assisting with running the tennis program as well as responsibilities of Director of Junior Development and Tennis Professional.

Director of Junior Development(August 2004 – October 2004) Running the junior development program as well as the responsibilities as Tennis Professional listed below.

Tennis Professional(January 2002 - August 2002, July 2003 – August 2004) Assisted Dennis Ralston, Director of Tennis, with all aspects of on court instruction, adult camps, private lessons, daily drills, junior development programs, and junior camps, all including nationally ranked players as well as responsibilities of Assistant Tennis Professional listed below.

Assistant Tennis Professional(June 1997 - December 2000) - Worked full-time in the summers and during the school year with private lessons, semi-private lessons, hitting lessons, teaching drills in camps and daily drills (All ages and including nationally ranked juniors), running corporate tournaments, racket stringing, office and administrative work, etc.

Wyndham International/Dennis Ralston Inc. at The Lodge at Ventana Canyon,

Tucson, Arizona (August 2002 – July 2003)

Head Tennis Professional- Working with and running adult & junior development program involving drills, team practices, and coaching.  Also assisting Dennis Ralston, Director of Tennis, with camps, daily drills, private lessons, as well as group lessons of all levels.

Education

                University of Colorado, Bachelors in Letters of Arts and Sciences of Sociology: December 2000

Accomplishments

Board Member – PPCTA - Pikes Peak Colorado Tennis Association (2010 – Current), Vice President (2012 – Current)

USPTA Certified- Associated with the #1 ranked staff in the nation according to Tennis Magazine at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado (1999 - 2006) Part of #1 ranked tennis club on Tennis Resorts Online.

Professional Tennis- Played the Satellite and Futures Circuit all around the United States, Canada, Europe, and Africa (2000 - 2002).  Invited to the Tahitian Open in March - April of 2002.

German Club Tennis– Played #4, #2, #1 singles and #3 doubles in the 4^th league of Club Tennis (1998 – 2000). 

College Tennis -Played college tennis at University of Colorado at number one singles and doubles.  Held the positions for three years.  Best college regional rankings are #27 in singles and #9 in doubles for Midwest region.  Named 1^st Team All Conference (1999).  Ranked #13 in singles in state of Colorado (200x).

Junior Tennis - Played junior tennis in Europe.  Ranked as high as #2 in the 18 & Under for the American and International Schools.