Experience

Groople

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  Brought in October of 2013 to revive the groople brand and bring back to the group booking marketplace. With a small team, had an entire front and back end platform rebuilt for the groople brand. Utilize deep knowledge and understanding of group booking customers, hospitality and online travel industry to make groople the sought out brand for customers that desire a high level of service in conjunction with the high tech that is the online travel business. And for hotels that want to increase their conversion of the group business that is coming to their city, to partner with, promote and convert groups business for them.



Expedia Group

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director. Group Sales

  • May 2009 - Oct 2013

  Oversaw the entire group sales efforts for hotels.com globally and for expedia in North America. Created enthusiasm with hotel partners to do group business with us. Oversaw internal (staff facing) and external (hotel partner and customer facing) initiatives to ensure overall satisfaction with the group booking process.

• Director of Supplier Relations - Group Sales

  • Sep 2005 - May 2009

  Created, established and molded relationship with hotel partners and brands to begin doing group business/bookings with expedia. Created a supply team that worked with hotels closely to ensure we worked with partners to increase groups conversion and ensure cancellations were minimal.



Hotels.com

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director-Group Sales

  • May 2009 - Oct 2013



Hotels.com

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Regional Director

  • Sep 2003 - Sep 2005

  Managed the Market Management team out of the Dallas Office, overseeing 10 states and driving revenue and partners to successful relationships and profitability with expedia and hotels.com. Managed the Market Management team out of the Dallas Office, overseeing 10 states and driving revenue and partners to successful relationships and profitability with expedia and hotels.com.



Radisson Broadview Hotel

• General Manager

  • 2001 - 2002



Radisson Hotels Worldwide

• Revenue & Technology Consultant

  • 1998 - 2001

  Responsible for teaching hotels revenue management, and ensuring understanding of using data and technology to drive hotel revenues. Rate setting strategy and competition analysis when opening new hotels, and ensuring hotels were selling in all the appropriate channels to maximize revenue. Responsible for teaching hotels revenue management, and ensuring understanding of using data and technology to drive hotel revenues. Rate setting strategy and competition analysis when opening new hotels, and ensuring hotels were selling in all the appropriate channels to maximize revenue.