Since 1957, Silver Sands Motel and Beach Bungalows has stood as an iconic beachfront destination on the North Fork, offering a micro-resort experience that resonates with today's travelers. Following a grand reopening in summer 2023, Silver Sands blends casual style with serious fun, seamlessly integrating with its natural surroundings. Under the stewardship of creative director and developer Alexander Perros, alongside Leroy Street Studio architects and landscape designer Edmund Hollander, this 1950s waterfront property underwent a meticulous 14-month rejuvenation. Embracing a philosophy of responsible development, the project preserves the delicate ecosystem of its surroundings.Today, Silver Sands is synonymous with exceptional hospitality, thoughtful design, and delicious food and beverage offerings. Our 45-acre property boasts 1,400 linear feet of private beach along Pipes Cove, featuring 20 Motel Rooms, 10 Beach Shacks and Bungalows, and 2 Beach Houses.

Highland Peak Group (HPG) is a privately held consulting practice providing financial, operational and strategic level advisory services in design, hospitality, and manufacturing industries. HPG works with founders and entrepreneurs in development and/or turnaround of their existing businesses while also partnering with strategic consulting groups in evaluation of investment opportunities and in operational support of their existing investment portfolio.

➤ Team: 8 Direct & 40 Total | Annual Revenue Growth | Turnaround & Restructuring➤ Top-Ranked Executive | Profitable Growth Execution | Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy➣ Promoted into a highly visible role to build business operations, reengineer processes, implement financial controls, solve cash flow crisis, and elevate market position while maintaining organizational stability and team morale.➣ Aligned organization’s people, processes, and technology to tackle both current and future-state operational challenges and goals.➣ Led the multiyear performance management program – conceived the organizational design in alignment with founder’s vision and developed continuous performance management cycle to align individual and team goals with company’s strategic objectives.➣ Implemented employee development and compensation system that empowered employees and created a culture of mutual accountability.➣ Devised operations and eliminated ineffective processes for major productivity and efficiency gains. Led growth and change while balancing shareholder interests with long-term organizational vitality.➣ Strategized long-term business directions of the region to ensure maximum profitability in line with organizational objectives; involved in coordinating budgets, forecasts, and reports.SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:➣ Benchmarked and improved NOI 500% in first 18 months.➣ Improved inventory accuracy from 56.8% to 95.3% in first year.➣ Deployed a robust finance and accounting function + transitioned QuickBooks to ERP.➣ Enabled a transparent reporting and business intelligence system that fostered better decision-making throughout the organization.➣ Launched two new collections with $2M in first-year sales.➣ Rolled out broad IP protection strategy; won groundbreaking permanent injunction in federal court to shut down China-based counterfeiters.➣ Integrated redundant production and infrastructure and consolidated support functions, producing $1M+ in annual savings.

➤ P&L Management | Sourcing & Acquisitions | Organizational Restructuring & Rebranding➤ Fundraising | Investor Relations | Design & Development | Project Management & Execution➣ Co-launched the real estate development, construction, and management firm with full P&L accountability. Led business development and operations while delivering multimillion-dollar transactional volume.➣ Instituted sales and business development strategies and tactical implementation of repositioning distressed residential and hospitality properties for profits.➣ Translated business strategy into transformation narratives for internal and external stakeholders, emphasizing growth.➣ Raised market awareness among key competitors, drove business growth, and increased product features.➣ Helmed strategic and operational leadership in formulating plans for heading new launches, accelerating sales, and boosting annual revenues while consistently surpassing business targets.SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:➣ Stellar role in completing $88M+ in total transaction volume.➣ Negotiated the placement and structuring of $34M+ in debt and construction financing.➣ Average realized returns: 1.72x equity multiple and 63.46% IRR over an average hold period of 2.5 years.➣ Increased average rent rolls by over 36% on cash flowing buildings and over 83% on heavily distressed buildings.➣ Strengthened day-to-day partner relationships, administered joint marketing funds and secured program approvals.➣ Strategically managed existing partners, mapped new opportunities, and consistently harvest additional value.

➤ Asset & Profit Growth Strategy | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Fiscal Stewardship | KPI/Performance Management➤ P&L & Team Leadership | Business Building | Global Purchasing | Lean Distribution➣ Accountable for building out operational platform while providing strategic direction and oversight to company’s supply chain, product development, customer service, warehousing, logistics, and international vendor management functions.➣ Surpassed business goals and formulated plans for territory development/management.➣ Strategized long-term business directions of the region to ensure maximum profitability in line with organizational objectives; involved in coordinating budgets, forecasts, and reports.➣ Conceptualized new business development strategies in line with organizational goals and objectives.➣ Performed market scan, identified potential channel/partnership opportunities to drive demand for the range of assigned products.➣ Strengthened day-to-day partner relationships, administered joint marketing funds, and secured program approvals; strategically managed existing partners, mapped new opportunities, and consistently harvested additional value.SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:➣ Instrumental in building operations capabilities by turning around underperforming departments.➣ Successfully established a robust operational platform capable of supporting $250M turnover.➣ Led to significant reduction in $1.5M costs in five years.➣ Stellar role in enabling 99.2% inventory accuracy and 95% on-time shipments within 48-hour cycle time.➣ Devised and implemented 3PL strategy for all USA and UK warehousing and distribution functions.➣ Led sourcing, production, and product development across all product lines with manufacturers in North America, South America, China, Southeast Asia, India, and Turkey.

➤ Team: 8 Direct & 100+ Total | $150M Annual Revenues➤ Team Leadership & Supervision | Budgeting | Financial Planning & Analysis➤ Growth Strategies | Change Management | Business DevelopmentMy biggest contribution in this role was augmenting and tackling complex business challenges and making high-stakes decisions using experience-backed judgment, strong work ethic, and irreproachable integrity.SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS:➣ Promoted as VP of Operations & Furniture based on outstanding performance as Director of Business Development.➣ Successfully implemented first-ever budget process across 13 business units➣ Positioned organization for rapid profits and high valuation, enabling $95M sale to Knoll in 2014.➣ Increased furniture division sales over 20% in first 36 months, including 106% increase in the in-house design line.➣ Led consolidation of Company’s two warehouses into a single distribution center, including site selection, lease negotiations, and build-out; successfully executed transition on-time and with zero business interruption➣ Reduced Company’s distribution cost structure by 45% within 6 months; championed Lean Distribution initiative that established KPIs across 10 functional cost centers and resulted in 420% ROI within 12 months ➣ Created strategy and led ground-up redesign of national logistics & in-home delivery network for $35MM furniture business; formulated pricing models, negotiated contracts, developed and implemented company-wide operating procedures that reduced transit damage from 15% to under 2%, doubled shipping profit, and reduced average delivery times from by 300%➣ Led order management, servicing, production, and QC across seven primary contract manufacturers and 30 secondary vendors.➣ Significantly contributed towards the design-to-market process for a 70-piece new modern line, including rollout to 14 US showrooms over 9 months that lead to $9M in first-year sales and increased gross margins by 10%.

➣ Overcame politically delicate challenges and developed trust-based relationships with practice managers and consultants, which resulted in invitations to participate in global practice conference events and to speak at senior leadership meetings.➣ Worked with consultants at all levels to turn their data and experience into articles and codified knowledge, creating and developing content for McKinsey publishing programs.➣ Specialized in developing and codifying knowledge for Emerging Market Financial Institutions, North American Banking, and Private Equity practices.➣ Broke new ground in developing knowledge from internal conferences; subsequently played key role in designing and rolling out a conference support service line.