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Atlanta, GA, US

Owner of select service and extended stay hotels.

Expert in intellectual property management including patent prosecution, licensing, litigation, and other monetization. Active manager of patent portfolio including 4 issued and one pending patent.

US

Applied expertise in strategy-to-action across travel, hospitality, retail and consumer finance. Served as interim CRO, CCO, CMO for multiple companies including global airlines, luxury/expedition cruise, hotels, travel wholesale and tour operator, and activities distributors. Special focus on risk-sharing engagements with emphasis on breakthrough revenue.

Potomac, Maryland, US

Kalibri Labs provides critical tools for hotels to increase profitable revenues, gain market share, and lower booking costs. With the largest, most comprehensive dataset for hotel bookings in the world, thousands of hoteliers depend upon Kalibri Labs every day for actionable insights, recommendations, and planning.

Alpharetta, Georgia, US

Reducing labor costs and increasing net operating income for thousands of top-performing hotels

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Artificial intelligence-based equity trade modeling technology company.

Atlanta, GA, US

Strategic and tactical advisory services to corporations, investment groups, and strategy consulting firms. Specialist in digital branding, demand generation, and strategic growth planning and execution. Clients include McKinsey & Co., Revinate (Growth strategy, Product strategy & design, Sales & Marketing acceleration), The Rainmaker Group (Growth.

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

Delivered $12 billion in annual revenues to IHG hotels worldwide through sales and marketing efforts at all consumer touchpoints. Managed IHG's highly successful timeshare business, Holiday Inn Club Vacations resulting in a profit source that surpassed many of the regions and brands within the IHG portfolio and now delivers more than $1B in timeshare sales.

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

Led all marketing and sales efforts for IHG's US hotels with accountability for all of the revenues within the region. Developed national sales program for mid-market corporate accounts which generated more than $150 million in incremental revenues via a self-funded salesforce leveraging a new dynamic pricing model and automation tools. Improved.

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

Responsible for all revenues delivered through the Internet, voice, and third-party distribution channels in the Americas Region ($5.3 Billion in 2008). Responsible for all channel marketing, demand generation, and related efforts in the region. Managed brand marketing through these channels as well as integration of channel value proposition in offline.

Windsor, Berkshire, GB

Managed online marketing (demand generation), product development, user experience, and operations for $2+ billion annual e-commerce business within the world's largest hotel company. Delivered 600% growth in 2.5 years through implementation of performance based marketing programs (drive $300+ million annually), state-of-the-art technology infrastructure.

Founded and built syndicated e-commerce startup with patented business method serving 50+ nationally recognized retailers across a network of affiliated websites reaching over 55% of the Internet viewing audience. Raised more than $17 million in private funding.

Professional consulting firm advising consumer-facing companies on overall Internet strategy including implications and opportunities for sales, marketing, operations, and customer service.

Charlotte, NC, US

Bratislava, Bratislava, SK

Taught undergraduate course in English and capitalism at Vysoka Skola Ekonomicka during school's post-socialism transition to becoming a business school. Later taught graduate students and a faculty seminar on the same subjects.

Mba, Finance, Entrepreneurial Management

Ba, Psychology & Theology

Education record