Recent data from the National Restaurant Association shows that New York is one of the top U.S. states with the most number of restaurants per capita with 3.01 restaurants for every 1,000 residents. Thus, someone who wants to build a restaurant career in the city will not find it hard to get employed. Leon Drogy, a New York resident and longtime career restaurant executive, has taken advantage of this.

But it is not only the abovementioned fact which has made Leon Drogy embark on a career in the restaurant industry: he has a real passion for it. It is the reason why he is still at it for a little less than two decades now. He has tried his hand in various aspects of restaurant work starting in 1990 as a Sales Manager , then as Banquet Manager, Director of Banquet Operations and Director of Operations. As of the moment, he is the Vice President for Catering at Colonial Terrace.

Leon Drogy is perfectly suited for the frenzied, even stressful, environment of the restaurant setting for he gets a certain high from such. He likes pushing himself and his staff to their limits so as to achieve company goals because he does not shy away easily from challenges. Above all, the knowledge that what he does for a living makes customers happy is a great motivation for him.

Leon Drogy has amassed quite a number of skills due to his past work experiences. Because of this, he was able to enhance and hone certain talents and abilities that make him an exceptional professional in his field of choice. Amongst his many skills, budget analysis is something that has aided Leon Drogy in many of his career choices. Doing budget analysis has allowed him to efficiently allocate the financial resources of the institutions. It was his duty to develop, analyze and execute budgets used to distribute the present resources and assess future financial requirements.

One of the most vital skills that assisted Leon Drogy in many of his works in the past as well as the present would have something to do with strategic planning. Because of this, he was able to manage and make decisions regarding the distribution of resources in order to pursue a strategy that includes its capital and people. He is also aware that strategic planning can be an effective tool in designing the direction of the company.

Other exceptional skills of Leon Drogy includes staffing wherein he wrote and implemented the staff training manual for all departments of Tavern on the Green and Colonial Terrace. Another expertise of his would be in marketing wherein he created and produced brochures for the event planning he did when he was with International Trademark Association or INTA since he was assigned to be the meeting planner of the association.

With his many skills and talents, Leon Drogy has another one up his sleeves. He is very proficient when it pertains to marketing the products and services of the businesses he worked for which were in several different industries. Leon Drogy is well aware that marketing is a powerful tool to create, communicate, deliver and exchange offerings that has value for customers, clients, partners and society. It is deemed to be more of a creative industry which involves advertising, distribution and selling – factors that Leon Drogy conducts as well.

Mr Drogy has created and produced brochures for a number of event planning he has done when he was with International Trademark Association or INTA wherein he was assigned to be the meeting planner of the association. In addition to that, he made manuals and workbooks for mid-winter, annual meetings and all roundtable discussions. Leon Drogy had also made it a point to direct and create all special events for the International Trademark Association, Tavern on the Green, Water’s Edge and Colonial Terrace.

Moreover, marketing concerns itself with foreseeing the customers’ needs and wants which is something that comes natural to Mr Drogy. It is no wonder that he is able to tap to so many markets because of his innate ability to understand his industry and its consumers really well.