* Experienced Executive with expertise in Grocery Stores, Hotels, Resorts, Priva te Golf Clubs * Leadership skills in departmental organization al planning with positive profit flow thru results * Staff training and development through utilization of hands on management coac hing skills * Ensure that staff motivation becomes a key element to the achievement of profi t goals PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CEO The Honors Golf Club Dallas, 2007-2010 * Recruited by Golf Promotions International (GPI) to assume position of CEO at former Columbian CC * Transition of Dallas's most active social Country Club to a "by invitation onl y" private Golf Club. * Membership at 225 Members - Course ranked 10th in Dallas and 33rd in the state of Texas * Responsible for all aspects of club operations with focus on Membership & imag e enhancement CEO Crescent Oaks Country Club, Tarpon Springs, Fl 2005-2007 * Recruited by GPI and owner Bill Stafford, former Senior Vice President Dou bletree Hotel Company * Develop and implement operational reorganization plan for 300 Member Pri vate Club * Direct oversight of New Me mbership Sales, F&B enhancement, Accounting Procedures, Golf VICE PRESIDENT-DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS The Shufelt Hotel Company, Detroit, Michigan 1993-2005 Recruited by owner John Shufelt to become Vice President for three Hotels in Mic higan / Rhode Island M ission Point Resort, Mackinac Island, Michigan * 248 Room Resort located in Northern Michigan on Mackinac Island, four restaura nts, health club, * 35,000 sq ft Conference Center and Wedding Chapel, Activity Center, Kids Club, putting course * Revenue increase from $2.1M in 1993 to $6.2 in 1996 to $11.2 in 2005 with GOP flow thru of 61.2% Chanler Hotel, Newport, Rhode Island * Voted Rhode Island's "Best Luxury Hotel" 2004 & 2005-22 room luxury ocean fron t mansion hotel * Daily room rates from $750 to $1,500-ADR at $843.58 with occupancy at 78.6% in 2005 * Spiced Pear Restaurant voted Newport's "Best Restaurant" 2004 (first year open ed) and 2005 * Total responsibilities for $12.5M conversion & renovation in 2001-2003 of Mans ion built in 1914 La Farge Perry House, Newport, Rhode Island * One of Newport's most famous Inns-eight luxury rooms located in Newport's hist oric district * Average rates at $322.00 with repeat guest factor at 80%-sister property to th e Chanler Hotel GENERAL MANAGER Elbow Beach Resort, Paget, Bermuda 1991 - 1993 * Recruited by former President of Doubletree Hotel Company Eric Danzinger as op ening GM * 333 luxury Rooms & Luxury Villas located directly on the ocean * Revenues of $45M with fi ve restaurants, tennis, Bermudas largest beach-ADR at $247.66 VICE PRESIDENT / REGIONAL MANAGER Doubletree / Canadian Pacific Hotel Company 1989 - 1991 * Recruited by Eric Danzinger, President Doubletree Hotels Company as Vice Pr esident * Direct oversight and responsibilities for eight hotels located in the South Eastern Region * All hotels AAA Four Diamond - all hotels achieved GOP budget goals three st raight years * In 1991 selected by Canadian Pacific to be the Vice President of four Canad ian Hotels-Toronto GENERAL MANAGER Stouffer Hotel Company - Solon, Ohio 1984 - 1989 Hired by Bill Hulett, President of Stouffer Hotels Company, a division of the Nestle Corporation. In 1986 selected by Mr. Hullet to be the Hotel General Mana ger responsible for "turn around restructuring" due to operational and staffing challenges in troubled hotels. General Manager-Stouffer Concourse Hotel, Los Angeles, California 1987 - 1989 * 800 Room Hotel Four Diamond -Voted second best airport hotel in the US 1988 an d 1989 * In 1989 received the Stouffer Hotel "Presidents Award of Achievement" award ed to the individual deemed to have contributed the most to the companies overal l success * In 1988 the Hotel team worked together to overcome a six month airport "union drive" with the final vote of the hotel hourly staff at 557 against the Uni on with 6 votes in support * In May of 1989 the Hotel achieved the highest score on the employee satisfacti on survey given annually by the Stouffer Corporate HR department in the 13 years of the program General Manager - Stouffer Grand Beach Resort, St Thomas, USVI 1986-1987 * 333 room Four Diamond luxury Resort located in St. Thomas , US Virgin Isl ands * Nominated as one of the Caribbean's "Three Best Lu xury Resorts" for quaintness & service * Three full service restaurants, 24 hour room service. Resort located directly on the beach * Revenues of $23M, Daily Occupancy at 81.3%, GOP at $6.8M General Manager-Stouffer Concourse Hotel, St Louis, Missouri 1986-1987 * 400 room Luxury Hotel located near the airport. In 1987 Hotel named St. Louis 's Best Hotel * In 1987 the Hotel team was the recipient of seven "awards of achievement" giv en at the annual Stouffers Hotels Management Meeting. Awards given to the proper ty included: Hotel of the Year, Best GOP Improvement, Best GOP Flow Thru %, Most Improved Food Cost %, Most Improved Bevera ge Cost %, Highest Aging %, Highest Rooms Profit % Ass't General Manager-Stouffer Wialea Beach Resort, Maui, Hawaii 1984-1986 * 333 Room luxury ocean front Resort - Total responsibilities for all hotel oper ations * Resort recipient of the prestige's AAA "Five Diamond Award" seventeen straight years * Three Restaurants including Raffles, one of Hawaii's top award winning restaur ants * Coordinated Hotel golf relationship with Wailea Golf Club - two championshi p golf courses * Winner of the "Stouffer Hotel of the Year Award" companies top award in 198 5 and 1986 REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Princess Hotels, Freeport, Grand Bahamas Island. 1979-1984 * Recruited by Princess Hotel President Al Stratta former President of Pinehurst Resort * Total oversight for all operations for two Hotels and Casino non gaming operat ions * Responsible for Golf Operations for two eighteen hole championship golf course s GENERAL MANAGER Pinehurst Country Club, Pinehurst, North Carolina, 1975-1979 * Hired by Al Stratta President/CEO of Pinehurst Resort and Country Club * Private Members Club with 8,250 Members, two restaurants, three bars, seven go lf courses * Pinehurst Golf Course "Number Two" is one of the Worlds most famous Golf Cours es
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Fry's Food Stores, El Sobrante, California 1967-1975 * While attending college employed as a grocery clerk / Assistant Store Manager three years * After graduation promoted to Store Manager at headquarter Store, home office l ocation * In 1972 promoted by owner Charles Fry to position of Regional Manger-56 stores -$113M sales EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL AFFILIAT IONS California State University, Hayward CHA - Certified Hotel Admin Business Administration - Sociology Open Water Scuba Diver-AO