Steven Lufriu

Animal care specialist with management experience, as well as strong computer and typing skills. I am a Bachelor of Science in Public Health seeking new opportunities to expand my skills and knowledge.

Veterinary Assistant/Kennel Technician at Dunedin Animal Medical Center (2025-08 – Present)

• Greet/check in clients and patients
• Coordinate with techs and doctors to take care of patients in an orderly and timely fashion.
• Restrain animals for exams
• Assist with restraint for X-rays
• Restrain animals for blood draws
• Restrain animals for catheter placement
• Assist with restraint for Cystocentesis
• Restrain animals for vaccinations
• Assist in pharmacy
• General animal restraint for procedures
• Check out clients
• Communicate via phone with clients about their pets
• Notate tech appointments in the hospital database
• Medication administration (including subcutaneous injections)
• General care of all the patients in the kennel, including walking and feeding
• Ensuring that any medical services for boarding patients get completed in a timely manner
• Dog Baths and nail trims
• General cleaning and maintenance/stocking of both the kennel and hospital.

Pet Care Operations Manager at The Lodge at New Tampa (2017-11 – 2025-07)

• Supervise and delegate daily tasks such as upkeep of animals, grooming, and daycare.
• Oversee a team of employees in both the kennel department and daycare department, to ensure that procedures and policies are being properly followed.
• Manage a daily routine for employees and check-in of protocol and procedures.
• Train new employees and provide guidance and counseling.
• Act as the fill-in manager on duty whenever the general manager cannot be on the premises, as well as work closely with office staff to maintain facilities.
• Communicate with the General manager daily to ensure staff is working accordingly.
• Perform basic maintenance and cleaning around the facility.
• Input data and verify information in network database
• Main caretaker and overseer of animals on premises ensuring their daily needs and specials needs are met, such as feeding, medications, physical activity, and upkeep.
• Assist with answering the phones when needed, as well as greet and assist customers who come into the store.
• Dog baths, nail trims, ear cleanings, anal gland expressions, and basic grooming.
• Assist in daycare/play group as needed.

Lead Camp Counselor at Camp Bow Wow (2014-02 – 2017-10)

• Manage a team of up to 6 employees at a time during the PM shift, and delegate daily tasks to employees.
• Manage groups of up to 30 dogs at a time, while also handling other daily duties and ensuring that medications and feeding were administered properly.
• Train new employees and provide guidance and counseling on managing large groups of dogs.
• Assist csr staff when needed.
• Dog baths, nail trims and ear cleanings
• General Cleaning of the facility

Sandwich Artist at Subway (2013-01 – 2014-01)

• Make sandwiches to the customer's specifications.
• Work the POS system and take customer payments
• Prep vegetables and meat
• Bake bread and other baked goods.
• Unload the supply truck
• Put bagged and bottled items like chips and sodas on display in the lobby
• Dishwashing
• General store cleaning, maintenance, and upkeep

Certified Groom Tech in Dog Grooming – Paragon Pet School (2024-06 – 2024-11)

Bachelor of Science in Public Health – University of South Florida-Main Campus (2017-08 – 2020-08)

Associate in Liberal Arts and Sciences – Hillsborough Community College (2014-08 – 2017-05)

High School Diploma in General Studies – Sunlake High School (2008-08 – 2012-06)