Aaron John Domingo / Personal portfolio

People first.Progress always.

Human service. Digital thinking.

I’m Aaron John Domingo, a hospitality professional with a passion for practical technology, digital experiences, and better ways of working.

Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRequest my CV
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Aaron John DomingoHospitality & technology
01 / HospitalityService.Guest experience · Operations
02 / TechnologyProgress.Digital experiences · Creative work
A human perspective, in every detail.

Two disciplines. One approach.

A connected practice

Two disciplines. One approach.

One builds a better service experience. The other finds better ways to support it.

01 / Professional practice

Hospitality.

Understanding people.

Guest service, food and beverage, and the care behind a smooth daily operation.

  • Guest experience
  • Food & beverage
  • Teamwork
  • Service operations
Explore hospitality experience
02 / Professional practice

Technology.

Improving experiences.

Web development, creative problem-solving, and digital projects designed around people.

  • Web experiences
  • Digital creativity
  • Problem-solving
  • Technical learning
Explore digital projects

The same approach, in both fields

  • Attention to detail
  • Problem-solving
  • Communication
  • Adaptability
  • Organization

Professional snapshot

Service-minded.
Technically curious.

Current role
WaiterKing Salman Park FoundationSep 2026 - Present · Riyadh
Education
BS in Hospitality ManagementCum Laude · GPA 1.56Central Luzon State University
Alongside hospitality
Digital development & creative workWebsites, media, and online communitiesSelf-directed technical learning

Hospitality experience

People, service, and the daily details.

Food and beverage, guest-facing service, barista work, and kitchen operations across the Philippines, Macao, and Saudi Arabia.

Full professional background

Select a role to explore responsibilities and capabilities.

  1. Dec 2025 - Present

    Waiter

    King Salman Park FoundationRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Waiter since September 2026, following an earlier Barista role at the same organization. Employment began in December 2025.

    WaiterSep 2026 - Present

    • Welcome guests, explain menu choices, take accurate orders, and handle service requests.
    • Prepare and preheat ready-to-serve food, portion and plate items, and monitor safe temperatures.
    • Prepare service stations, replenish supplies, monitor stock, and report issues to supervisors.
    • Maintain hygiene and work with colleagues during daily service, opening, and closing routines.

    Previous role: Barista

    • Prepare coffee, tea, and Saudi coffee for staff, visitors, meetings, and office events.
    • Set up refreshments, maintain beverage stations and pantry stock, and follow food safety and hygiene procedures.

    Relevant capabilities

    • Guest service
    • Food & beverage service
    • Coffee & tea preparation
    • Food safety
    • Stock monitoring
  2. Jan 2025 - Jun 2025

    Grill Chef

    Biusou RestaurantMacao

    Prepared and grilled BBQ dishes with consistent quality, managed cooking times against food safety standards, and kept a clean, organized station while supporting full kitchen operations.

    Responsibilities

    • Prepare and grill BBQ dishes with consistent cooking times and food safety routines.
    • Clean kitchen equipment, tools, and work areas.
    • Support colleagues with a clean and organized station.

    Relevant capabilities

    • Grill preparation
    • Food safety
    • Kitchen teamwork
  3. Aug 2024 - Jan 2025

    Service Attendant

    Bondi and BourkeMakati, Metro Manila, Philippines

    Provided attentive guest service, including menu guidance and preparation details, and coordinated accurate orders with the kitchen.

    Responsibilities

    • Guide guests through the menu, preparation methods, and presentation details.
    • Take accurate orders and coordinate service with kitchen colleagues.
    • Maintain dining areas, organize stock, and support service for regular and distinguished guests.

    Relevant capabilities

    • Menu guidance
    • Guest service
    • Order coordination
  4. Apr 2024 - May 2024

    On-the-Job Trainee - Housekeeping & Food and Beverage

    Astoria PlazaOrtigas, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines

    Rotated across housekeeping (room inspections, supply management) and food & beverage (Café Astoria and banquet service). Recognized as Best Trainee in the OJT Program for Food and Beverage.

    Responsibilities

    • Assist with guest-room inspections, replenishment, housekeeping supplies, and sanitation.
    • Support café and banquet service, dining setup, guest orders, and workstation cleanliness.
    • Recognized for exemplary performance as Best Trainee in the Food and Beverage OJT Program in 2024.

    Relevant capabilities

    • Housekeeping
    • Banquet service
    • Food & beverage support
  5. Nov 2022 - Jul 2023

    Barista / Cashier / Kitchen Helper

    Aroma By GRizal, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

    Worked across three roles: preparing espresso-based drinks as barista, handling transactions and customer service as cashier, and supporting food prep, plating, and sanitation as kitchen helper.

    Responsibilities

    • Prepare espresso-based drinks, froth milk, operate coffee equipment, and maintain ingredient stock.
    • Process transactions, assist customers, and follow cashier procedures.
    • Support food preparation, plating, storage, dishwashing, and sanitation.

    Relevant capabilities

    • Espresso drinks
    • Cash handling
    • Food preparation
  6. Oct 2019 - Oct 2020

    Service Crew Member

    JollibeeRizal, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

    Took customer orders, prepared food, maintained the dining area, and handled cash transactions while collaborating with the team on customer assistance and dishwashing duties.

    Responsibilities

    • Take customer orders, prepare food, and handle cash transactions.
    • Maintain dining areas and follow hygiene and safety routines.
    • Support customer assistance and dishwashing with the team.

    Relevant capabilities

    • Customer orders
    • Food preparation
    • Teamwork

Food & beverage / Guest experience

Good service
starts with listening.

  1. Listen

    Understand the request.

  2. Prepare

    Pay attention to safety and detail.

  3. Serve

    Communicate and coordinate.

Hospitality in practice

Care, in the everyday details.

My documented service, barista, and kitchen roles connect three habits.

  1. 01

    Understand the guest.

    Listen, explain choices, and communicate with care.

  2. 02

    Prepare with consistency.

    Keep beverages, service stations, and stock organized.

  3. 03

    Coordinate the handoff.

    Work with colleagues to support timely, accurate service.

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Technology & digital work

Useful experiences, built around people.

Web design, creative media, and community projects give me practical ways to develop technical skills and solve familiar problems.

Digital experience

Independent studio / Featured work

AJ Web Studio

My own studio website. A place to bring design, development, and clear communication together.

Explore the project
AJ Web Studio live homepage showing its distinct visual identity and principal navigation
Independent work

Web, media & server development

May 2019 - Aug 2021 · Fiverr, Upwork & MC-Market

Documented freelance work in web development, media editing, data encoding, and community server support.

Current practice

Learn through building.

Personal websites and concept projects

I practice responsive interfaces, React, Next.js, and TypeScript through projects. Working knowledge and learning topics stay clearly labelled.

Where service meets systems

Customer understanding, translated into design.

These websites explore customer journeys. Their booking and tracking flows are demonstrations.

BRUNCHERS

A menu, made clear.

Restaurant service taught me why dish information and a clear menu structure matter. BRUNCHERS applies those ideas to browsing.

Project overview
Cups and Sweets

A familiar café experience.

Barista work gives context to drink choices and product presentation. Cups and Sweets explores a clear, welcoming preview menu.

Project overview
AJ BarberShop

A considered appointment.

Clear steps help customers understand a request. AJ BarberShop demonstrates service, barber, time, and review choices.

Project overview
AJ Laundry

A service journey explained.

Organization matters before and after a request. AJ Laundry connects service choices, an estimate, and sample tracking.

Project overview

Selected digital work

Thought, made visible.

Personal websites, fictional demonstrations, and planned business concepts. Built to explore useful experiences, each with its own visual identity.

All projects
AJ Atelier live homepage showing its distinct visual identity and principal navigation

Architecture and Interiors

Live website

AJ Atelier

Fictional Architecture Practice

An architecture concept with scroll-driven storytelling, material studies, and interactive light and renovation previews.

  • Next.js
BRUNCHERS Filipino restaurant homepage displayed on desktop

Food and Restaurant

Live website

BRUNCHERS

Filipino Restaurant Concept Website

Designed a Filipino restaurant concept website with bilingual content, categorized menus, and a warm heritage identity.

  • Next.js
Cups and Sweets café homepage displayed on desktop

Coffee, Pastries, and Food

Live website

Cups and Sweets

Café Business Concept Website

Built a pastel café concept website with floating product compositions, menu filters, and responsive browsing.

  • Next.js
AJ Realty property discovery homepage with architectural photography displayed on desktop

Real Estate

Live website

AJ Realty

Real Estate Portfolio Concept

Built a real estate concept website with property discovery, saved homes, comparison tools, and a guided match questionnaire.

  • Next.js
AJ Laundry live homepage showing its distinct visual identity and principal navigation

Garment Care and Service Operations

Live website

AJ Laundry

Fictional Laundry Business

A laundry concept with service browsing, a price estimator, pickup booking, and demonstration order tracking.

  • Next.js
AJ BarberShop homepage with a cream and brown layout and shop interior displayed on desktop

Barbering and Men's Grooming

Live website

AJ BarberShop

Barbershop Portfolio Concept

Designed a grooming concept website with service listings, barber profiles, and a multi-step appointment demo.

  • Next.js
AJ Web Studio live homepage showing its distinct visual identity and principal navigation

Independent Digital Studio

Live website

AJ Web Studio

Separate Commercial Website

My separate independent business brand for website services, with selected work and a clear inquiry process.

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
TadhanaSMP community website captured October 8, 2026, before this portfolio update. It does not prove the server revamp has launched.

Minecraft and Gaming Community

Under Maintenance · Nearing Completion

TadhanaSMP

Ongoing Community & Technical Project

One ongoing Minecraft community project, currently under maintenance while its server and community systems undergo a major revamp.

  • Next.js
  • Server Administration
  • Discord
  • Community Management
Concept module mapTala.

A digital sales notebook for small stores.

InventorySales recordsGCash recordsExpensesCustomer credit
In development. Diagram of planned capabilities.

Digital Applications / Business Tools

In Development

Historia Tala: Store Manager

Independent Project · Planned Cross-Platform Application

A small-store management application in development for inventory, sales, expenses, GCash records, and customer credit.

Education & qualifications

A foundation in hospitality.

BS in Hospitality Management

Cum Laude

Central Luzon State University, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

2020 - 2024 · GPA 1.56

Education & training

Professional qualifications, kept together.

National certificates and professional training support my work in service, operations, and hospitality. Explore the reviewed records below or browse the complete collection.

  • National qualifications
  • Hospitality
  • Food safety
  • Service & operations
  • Leadership
  • Training
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Featured credentials

Learning, with evidence.

National qualifications and professional training alongside my career experience.

All certificates

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Certificate

Skills & capabilities

Practical skills. Clear context.

Two areas of practice, with clear examples, working knowledge, and continued learning.

Skills & learning

01Hospitality & operations

Guest & customer service

Clear communication in guest-facing work.

Practical experience

  • Guest relations
  • Menu guidance
  • Service recovery
  • Customer communication
View context

At Bondi and Bourke I guided guests through the menu, took accurate orders, and coordinated timely service. The supplied CV also documents personalized service and service recovery.

Explore hospitality roles

Food, beverage & barista work

Preparation, service, and daily routines.

Practical experience

  • Espresso-based drinks
  • Coffee & tea preparation
  • Food & beverage service
  • Meeting refreshments
View context

Barista work at Aroma By G and King Salman Park Foundation involved coffee preparation and beverage service. My experience also includes restaurant, banquet, and office-event service.

Explore food & beverage work

Service & kitchen operations

Organized work behind the service.

Practical experience

  • Stock organization
  • Food safety & hygiene
  • Kitchen preparation
  • Team coordination
View context

My documented roles include pantry stock, organized cooking stations, food preparation, sanitation, and coordination with service and kitchen colleagues. I support organized, dependable service alongside my colleagues.

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02Technology & digital work

Web design & frontend

Interfaces across screen sizes.

Working knowledge

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Responsive design
View context

The portfolio uses semantic page structure, responsive layouts, and browser interactions. Web development also appears in my freelance experience.

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Frameworks & interfaces

Component-based web projects.

Working knowledge

  • React
  • Next.js
View context

I’m practicing React and Next.js through this portfolio, including components, routing, and layouts. The featured websites also use Next.js.

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Styling & usability

Structure, typography, and usability.

Working knowledge

  • Tailwind CSS
  • Layout
  • Theme systems
  • Accessible navigation
View context

This portfolio brings together Tailwind CSS, shared design tokens, responsive typography, light and dark themes, and keyboard-accessible controls.

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Tools & deployment

From development to a live website.

Working knowledge

  • Vercel
  • GitHub
  • Hosting & domains
  • AI-assisted development
View context

Vercel deployment is documented for this portfolio. Hosting, domain management, and AI-assisted development are listed in my background. I use a public GitHub profile to share technical work.

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Design & digital media

Visual identity and creative production.

Practical experience

  • Graphic design
  • Photo editing
  • Video editing
  • Branding
View context

My freelance work includes photo editing, video editing, and web development. The restaurant, café, grooming, property, and community projects each explore a distinct visual identity.

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Community & technical support

Online communities and useful support.

Practical experience

  • Server administration
  • Community coordination
  • Player support
  • Technical troubleshooting
View context

The supplied CV documents Java/Bedrock server configuration, plugins and permissions, performance troubleshooting, community coordination, and player support. TadhanaSMP provides project context.

Explore TadhanaSMP

Professional values

The approach behind the work.

  1. Listen before acting.

    Understand the guest, colleague, or user before choosing a solution.

  2. Make the details reliable.

    Clear information, organized work, and consistent follow-through support a better experience.

  3. Keep learning through practice.

    Build on what I know, ask useful questions, and improve through hands-on work.

More about me

For your next conversation

The complete background.

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Contact & opportunities

A conversation starts here.

Open to career opportunities, hospitality roles, professional connections, and collaborations.

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