Relevant Experiences

 2025 RGI 107.5 Index

6 weeks of 97% occupancy and record occupancy levels in Fall of 2025

GOP up 10% year-over-year and EBIDTA up 95% year-over-year

Led transition of management companies for The Abbey Resort December 2024

 Recruited key executive roles: Dir of Finance, Dir of Rooms, Dir of Sales & Marketing, Dir of Engineering, Executive Chef, Dir of Food & Beverage

Renovations of Rooms, Meeting Spaces, Spa, Lobby and planned restaurants

Coordinated major mechanical replacement & upgrades for 65 year old complex

Lead 'condotel' with multiple P&Ls, Association Board & complex Financial Model

Seats on two tourism boards: Visit Lake Geneva and Village of Fontana

Strong owner relationship

Full time DOSM at The Abbey and part time RDOS for multiple properties

Oversaw S&M for Rubenstein Center at University of Chicago; The Bradley, Ft Wayne, IN; The Preston, Nashville, TN

Placed task force DOSM in Nashville and full time replacement

Helped reposition The Bradley from Provinance Hotels to Benchmark

• Influenced 2023 marketing plan to include better positioning of the namesake fashion brand as well to grow as the first upscale luxury, boutique property in Ft Wayne

700 room, 60K sq ft meeting space downtown hotel considered one of the "Big 10"

155K room nights, $52M revenues in 2010

Led ADR of competitive set of luxury hotels each year

Nominated for Fairmont Sales Team of the year

Excellent owner relations with Strategic Hotels & Resorts

Marketed "Top Chef" contestant for upscale Asian restaurant

Large sales & marketing team of 13 including convention, corporate & association group, EMMs, business travel & marketing

Personally built White House travel office relations and became the preferred Chicago hotel for the POTUS and VPOTUS over two terms

Opening DOSM for downtown hotel in Marina City complex.  Build out of new meeting space concept.

Established selling strategy with Gemstone "meetings that touch all five senses"

Built a group & business travel sales team from ground up

Partnered with Microsoft and XBOX to create conceptual Presidental Suite and Gaming Area

Gained marketshare in transient and group steadily over two years

Marketed a highly successful high end "bottle lounge" called Crimson Lounge

Concepted partnership experiences with House of Blues, Dick's Last Resort, Eno Wine Lounge, Harry Carrey's and 10Pin Bowling

Global Director of Sales for Northern CA through the Pacific NW exceeding booking goals each year

Established market presence in Pacific NW with large corporations in the Tech and Financial markets producing high value events for resorts

Top global producer for La Costa Resort in San Diego and Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.  Contributed high value events to Hotel Del Coronado, Claremont Resort and Grand Wailea in Maui

Assisted property DOSM's in developing on property sales managers

Built top client events in San Francisco at unique venues drawing demand and filling events with over 100 top clients 2X a year

Trusted partner to both DOSM's and GM's during this period

Task Force DOSM for Claremont Resort, Berkley, CA

Built incentive sales strategy for ski-in/ski-out, golf resort

Grew share of San Francisco Bay Area tech business by deploying 4 in market group sellers

Hosted several televised celebrity ski events

Marketed new build spa facility for resort

Hosted several sucessful FAM events

Worked with Benchmark VP of Sales to bring on Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii to portfolio

Task Force dual DOSM for Kokua Hospitality in Chicago for Doubletree Mag Mile and Inn of Chicago

Deep understanding of large 3rd party meeting and incentive clients having worked for top companies including Experient and Creative Group as well as building a business to source association meetings

Entrepreneurial experiences that contribute to an owner mindset

Ownership relationships that have led to stability and productivity

International experience with a leisure travel company specializing in Mexico and Group and Travel Agency experience with Japan Travel Bureau (JTB)

Initial hospitality training with Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company