Hospitality and casino advisory firm specializing in predevelopment, strategic partnerships and government relations. Clients include both casino and gaming operators as well as hotel developers.Projects have included: o Strategic management of a casino predevelopment project including identifying strategic food and beverage partners and construction and development vendors and managing on the ground services for a referendum campaign. o Sports betting partner identification and outreach to operate in a hotel development in Niagara Falls, Canada. Established deal structure and negotiation strategy to seek the highest value to the hotel operator.

Executed hospitality development projects, real estate transactions and business development opportunities for industry-leading Caesars Entertainment. Execute real estate transactions for brick and mortar and online (digital) opportunities, including new development, expansion, and partnership projects. Collaborate across multiple functional teams to negotiate deals and with external stakeholders to craft proposals, pitches, and responses to RFPs. Contribute to annual global strategic business development plan and identify / report on business development opportunities.  Redeveloped and rebranded the Harrah’s New Orleans food and beverage program to include multiple national, regional and local restaurant partnerships. o Led partnership identification, outreach, deal negotiation and development execution. Led the successful market entry into Virginia for Caesars Entertainment including competitive bid for Danville Casino. o Conducted site due diligence, oversaw government affairs relationships, led the preparation and presentation of the successful RFP, negotiated development and land purchase agreements with local city officials.o Managed successful local referendum campaign coordinating on the ground and corporate resources, constituent outreach, budget control, social and digital media purchases and internal and external communications strategy. Directed landlord development of multi-block retail, dining and entertainment district adjacent to Horseshoe Baltimore casino. Project included Top Golf Development, Paramount Music Venue, multiple food and beverage leases and exploration of a hotel development.  Member of development team that created the large-scale RFP response for a casino management opportunity in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Independent real estate, casino operations and food beverage consultant working with large-scale casino and hospitality development firms. Guided new market initiatives, strategic real estate development and food and beverage development for projects in United States, Asia and Europe.

An industry leading hospitality and casino consulting firm providing feasibility, econometrics, strategic business planning and development services to gaming operators, developers, governments and financial institutions.

Honed project feasibility and analytical skill set while supporting project managers through complex casino and resort development analysis projects