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Expert in Hotels & Resorts: Development, Financing and Operations
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert provides advisory services to developers, governmental entities, and licensing companies concerning real estate development for hotels, resorts, timesharing, casinos, golf courses, and related hospitality industry products.
Key areas of consulting and expert effectiveness are – • Development Planning
• Financial Feasibility
• Project Financing
• Management and Operations
• Economic Damages, Lost Profits, and Business Interruption
• Strategic Planning, Market Repositioning, and Workouts for Distressed Properties
• Brand/System Affiliation or Conversion Issues; Management Contracts & Franchising
• Management or Marketing Company Dispute Resolution
• Analysis of Case Merits
• Standards of Care
• Director/Officer Conduct
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Los Angeles, California;
Long Beach, California;
Santa Ana, California;
Anaheim, California;
Riverside, California;
Bakersfield, California;
Glendale, California;
Huntington Beach, California;
San Bernardino, California;
and Oxnard, California.
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Degree |
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Institution |
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1979
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MBA
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Finance
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University of Missouri, Kansas City
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1972
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BS
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Hotel Administration
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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1993 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Executive
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President
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President of the company.
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1986 to 1993
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Hilton Hotels Corporation
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Corporate Properties
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Director, Real Estate
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Responsible for administration of real estate component of the company, including real estate development, architecture and design, asset management, project management, construction, and related areas. Billions in assets/worldwide.
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Associations/Societies
Urban Land Institute, American Hotel & Lodging Association, American Resort Development Association
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Licenses/Certifications
Registered Resort Professional (RRP), Master Hotel Supplier (MHS), Licensed Real Estate Broker (State of California)
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Awards/Recognition
Hotelman of the Year (UNLV)
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Publications and Patents Summary
Over the years Expert has written or contributed to a dozen or so articles in trade publications. He has been interviewed and quoted by various media, including the Wall Street Journal.
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| Government Experience: |
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2007 to 2008
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Arab Republic of Egypt
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Defense Expert
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Expert provided testamony supporting the Government's position in a dispute with a developer of a 1,377-unit resort to be built in the Gulf of Aqaba.
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1999 to 2000
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County of Clark (Las Vegas)
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Defense Expert
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Avigation case.
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1995 to 1996
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Channel Islands Harbor (Ventura County CA)
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Feasibility & Branding
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Worked with County in reworking development strategy for hotels within an aging harbor.
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Master planning for conversion of the buildings within a very large manufacturing facility into a mixed use facility including hotel, retail, artists' studios, and movie production studios.
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Total Fee Development, Master Planning, Financing, and Branding for a $353 million destination resort in a feng shui valley outside of Beijing, China.
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Provided full range of development advisory services to redevelopers of a Rocky Mountain area historic hotel: design propgramming, financing, selection of professional team, acquisition of brand, management and staffing, and naming regime.
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Expert witness for plaintiff where damages were sought for alleged failure of defendent to deliver on a loan commitment for plaintiff's purchase of an 850-room Nevada hotel/casino and where defendent subsequently acquired and flipped the property for his own gain.
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Prepared Business Plan and Plan of Financing for a Louisiana Native American tribe seeking to develop a hotel and golf facility adjacent to their successful casino.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your expert consulting needs.
Expert is available for consulting to corporate, legal and government clients.
Remember, your initial screening call to speak with
Expert is free.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert typically accepts two to four cases per year, with no preference towards plaintiffs or defendants. Jurisdictions are typically within the USA, but has accepted cases in Antigua, Dominican Republic, France, and Egypt.
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A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
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call to speak with
Expert is free.
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| International Experience: |
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Tunisia
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Fee development for a $450 million destination resort on a private island.
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China
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Fee development for a $353 million destination resort near Beijing.
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El Salvador
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Planning and financing for a destination resort on a large volcanic lake.
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Costa Rica
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Master planning and developer search for a seaside resort on the Pacific.
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Antigua
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Plaintiff's expert in a dispute concerning a developer's sightline encroachment on the plaintiff's property.
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