Experience

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  TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT

  • Offices and assets managmed in eastern portion of continetal US and Caribbean

  • Managing Director

    • Feb 2001 - Present
    • Offices and assets managmed in eastern portion of continetal US and Caribbean

    Managing assets of hospitality and commercial real estate for pension funds, property owners , REIT's , and financial institutions.Speaking and lecturing at institutional events, higher education institutions, corporate presentations, major association and institutions with hospitality and commercial real estate holdings..Preparing asset management projections, valuations, restructuring and positioning of product holdings."white papers", raising funding /equity/....other multifaceted

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  Island Outpost Hotels & Resorts

  • Miami Beach, FL, New York, NY, Bahamas , Carribean

  • President / COO

    • 1998 - 2001
    • Miami Beach, FL, New York, NY, Bahamas , Carribean

    Managed , developed, group of 18 upscale, unique, privately owned, first class and luxury boutique hotels. Such as The Tides Hotel in South Beach, Pink Sands on Eleuthra, Golden Eye in Jamaica, etc. Tides Hotel achieved highest average rate and occupancy in Miami Beach 1999. Other achievements. Internationally recognized marketing and pr program.

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  Interbank-Brenner

  • Rockefeller Center - New York City

  • President/COO

    • 1994 - 1997
    • Rockefeller Center - New York City

    Specific responsibilities to hospitality and commercial real estate projects. Asset management, investment banking, institutional l fund raising for development projects, projections of probable success of projects (P&L's , cash management Example projects: Directed asset management of the hotel holdings of Met Life Insurance, group of hotels and related assets on eastern end of Long Island , work-outs for the support of insitutional lenders (banks) such as Banque Paris, Credit Lyonaisse, Bank of Ireland, others , on take backs of hotel and resort properties.Leading speaker at major national annual Hospitality Investment conferences such as NYU New York Investment Conference.

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  The Plaza Hotel New York

  • Greater New York City Area

  • President, Vice President, CEO, COO, Managing Director, General Manager, Director of Aquisition Mana

    • May 1988 - Jun 1993
    • Greater New York City Area

    Managed acquisition and closing of purchase. Managed implementation of $36 million major rehab of this 986 bedroom/1.0 million sq.ft. hotel.at major intersection in Manhattan at 5th Ave and 59th Street (Central Park South)Rebuilt hotel management team. Managed monthly meetings with owner and lenders. Chaired Executive Committee . Directed daily operations of management . Drove sales from $78 million to $126 million, NOI from $11 million to $28 million (including an increase of annual RE Taxes from $1.8 million to $8.2 million,charge above the NOI line). Stating these business operating numbers as they are a matter of public record.

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  TRUMP Hotel/Resort Casinos

  • Atlantic City, NJ

  • Vice President - Operations and Administration

    • 1985 - 1988
    • Atlantic City, NJ

    Was a Casino Control Commission approved key executive licensee . In addition to Operations and Administration, directed the development and construction of The Crystal Tower, The Trump Marina (at the time the largest marina on the east coast), The Trump Heliport, a $20 million rehab of a major hurricane damage. . The three plus years I was at Atlantic City , the Trump properties produced record breaking "game play", "win", operating revenues, operating profits, NOI, and NOP, in addition to major pr and national and world awards for service , reputation, other.

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  Aspen Hotel Managment

  • Headquarters Aspen Colorado

  • President / CEO

    • 1979 - 1985
    • Headquarters Aspen Colorado

    Hotel Resort operating and development company . Built company to 17 properties (hotels, inns, lodges, employee housing). 3 properties at base of Aspen Mountain with ski in - ski out . One of those properties we built from ground up , The Sky Lodge, is still there. We began the acquisition of assets/land at base of Aspen Mountain and Shadow Mountain and construction/development for what is today a world class resort including The St Regis, The Hyatt Resort Hotel. Little Nells Hotel, other.I was founding member, and chairman, of Aspen Resort Association (still active today). .Created Aspen Conference Center Ltd, and obtained municipal approval, development, and operated the first conference center in the greater Aspen area at base of Aspen Mountain. Through this methodology, converted Aspen from a four month winter resort and two month summer resort into a year round resort destination,

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  Fairfield Communties

  • Little Rock, Ark corp headquarters , Tennesse Knoxville area projects

  • Executive Vice President / General Manager

    • 1977 - 1979
    • Little Rock, Ark corp headquarters , Tennesse Knoxville area projects

    Directly responsible for directing the daily resort operations and development of a 10,500 resort community, including the marketing of major real estate direct mail sales program, directing the real estate sales office and the sales of 1,000 + - lots a year, new home construction, planning and building infrastructure , managing "property owners association" , met goals each year of this publicly traded company on the NYSE.Also was responsible for development and inauguration of Fairfield Executive Conference Centers, developed at each Fairfield Communities projects, to increase revenues particularly in off season, and to build additional base of higher end lot, new homes, and resale properties at projects.

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  Corporate Developement Group Corp/REIT CHASE Manhattan REIT

  • New York and Southcentral US

  • Vice President Development Hotel Division of new muti-purpose projects for the REIT

    • 1974 - 1976
    • New York and Southcentral US

    Planning and overseeing the development of muti-use projects (hotel- office complex-shopping center-residential multi-unit . Including at that time the tallest building in the world utilizing prestressed post tensioned system (when built was Hilton , currently a high rise Marriott Hotel).. Monthly meetings with senior REIT management at CHASE Manhattan.

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  The St. Regis Hotel

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Director Sales & Marketing , Hotel Manager

    • 1972 - 1974
    • Greater New York City Area

    During employment was awarded Director of Sales of the Year for ITT Sheraton Hotel Corporation , managed contract and for filming of GODFATHER Part 1 at St Regis, 1993 had the highets occupancy in New York City in category of luxury hotels

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  The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Operations Management Trainee, several supervisory and managment positions

    • 1968 - 1972
    • Greater New York City Area

    Management Trainee (kitchen line cook trainee, purchasing, front office, front desk, food and beverage management office , Towers desk, Oscars Restaurant, hotel reservations , accounting , Empire Room night club) , Front Office Supervisor, Asst Reservation Manager, Reservation Manager, Asst Restaurant Manager, Assistant Concierge W-A Towers, Director Convention Management Services, Sales Manager, Asst. Director of Convention Sales, Team Captain International Sign Committee

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  Las Brisas Resort

  • Acapulco de Juárez Area, Mexico

  • Managment Trainee

    • 1967 - 1968
    • Acapulco de Juárez Area, Mexico

    Managment trainee at this 250 unti luxury resort over looking Acapulco Bay down to the Pacific Ocean. 250 "casitas" each with their own swimming pool, with pink and white jeeps for guests, . Worked in several operating area such as F&B, room service, front office, GM office, owner/developer office. Speak fluent spanish.