George is in charge of business and corporate development at Jergel’s Rhythm Grill in Warrendale, PA. After spending most of his career in the mortgage banking business, George leveraged the 2008 economic downturn into a new career: business development for a major live event venue in the Pittsburgh area. With acts including national touring bands, George has his hands full bringing new business to Jergel’s.
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>> My name is George Giley [phonetic]. I work at Jergel's, Jergel's Rhythm Grille where we are tonight. I have a number of different responsibilities here, but my main responsibility is business development and corporate business development. I'm our face in the business community with local businesses and also with the chamber of commerce. A busy week will be obviously we have our management meetings on Monday. Tuesday is the chamber connections meeting. During the night I, many nights I'll have a business group in a company in for a social function or some kind of a business function. While I don't, technically I'm not working on the nights, I'm always here. Here because clients are here, customers of mine are here. Whether they're in for a function or just in to have an enjoyable evening. So when people want to come here because it is, they have fun here. They listen to great music. We have great food. So, I don't really have to sell them on coming to Jergel's. They already want to. I just have to find the right date, the right time, the right environment atmosphere for them. We have so many different venues. We have a lounge downstairs people can rent. We have a large banquet room. We have the room we're in right now, what's called the VIP room, which can be for a private reception. We have the area right outside called the elevator area. We have different areas that people can rent for the evening at not a huge cost. And it's fun because when somebody comes in, they want to have a good time. It's my job just to make sure they do. Help them and make sure that they do.
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