Ron Strecker Email & Phone Number

United States

Austin, Texas, US

This Advisory Council provides guidance for HFTP's Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) program.

Austin, Texas, US

The Advisory Council provides guidance to HFTP Academy's various certifications and certificate programs, including CHAE and CHTP.

Austin, Texas, US

This Advisory Council provides guidance for HFTP's Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) program.

Providing advice and guidance to finance professionals with a focus on operational finance, data integrity, and actionable management information. The capabilities of financial applications are changing at a rapid pace, yet many companies have not kept up. An objective review of procedures, application configurations, and stakeholder requirements can start.

"Does Your Back Office Hold Up, Or Is It Holding You Back?"Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (Hitec 2023)June 27, 2023, Metro Toronto Convention Centre"System Integration: Optimizing Your Financial Reporting Environment"Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) Annual Convention September 14, 2022, Hilton Austin “The.

Louisville, KY, US

• Entrusted to oversee all aspects of financial operations for Louisville's largest owner and operator of full-service hotels and commercial real estate with annual revenues of $100 million. Led and drove various teams.
• Performed analyses of major projects, their associated borrowing, and cash flow projections including the conversion of the Executive West to the Crowne Plaza, construction of an 850-space parking deck, and development.
• Developed and implemented a suite of tools to address revenue management and improve organic search engine optimization, which resulted in a 3-year growth in transient revenues totaling over $15 million.
• Improved administrative productivity, reduced guest complaints and saved ~ $500,000 annually in guest rebates and group concessions by upgrading all equipment to accommodate the latest operating systems and.
• Oversaw the company’s self-funded health insurance plan, which has been successfully managed to keep annual claims cost per covered member at 4-year average annual growth of under 2%.
• Decreased variances between daily numbers and the final monthly total to less than 0.5% by performing a systematic review of all menu items, transaction codes, and their mapping to the general ledger to identify errors.

Independent board member and chair person for the audit committee of a publicly traded company (IDSA:Nasdaq).

Williamsburg, VA, US

• Promoted to Director of Finance to continue to provide financial operations and systems technology leadership to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Owned and championed the development and implementation of more.
• Instrumental team member on a task force that was charged with selecting and implementing a foundation-wide application for budgeting and financial reporting—reduced reporting time from three weeks to one week.
• Pivotal member on a team that implemented system to produce and distribute monthly financial statements electronically versus prior method of centralized printing, binding, and distribution of hard copy statements.
• Part of team that improved operating efficiency, decreased labor costs and reduced expenses by developing and implementing a comprehensive procurement policy resulting in faster turnaround on approvals, ordering, and.

Williamsburg, VA, US

• Joined Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as the Hotels Controller and Director of Financial Management and Administrative Services. Accountable for the company’s operating and capital budgeting and forecasting for the.
• Drove business transformation through emerging technologies, including enterprise level property management system, restaurant point of sale, call accounting, revenue management, labor management and event management.
• Planned, developed and implemented a financial model designed to evaluate and assess the return on investment (ROI) for $150+ million in capital improvements to improve guest rooms and meeting facilities.
• Implemented improved interim financial reporting required to support and inform management decisions. Additionally, established all internal controls in compliance with findings from the Foundation’s internal audit.

Oversaw all financial responsibilities for this 3 golf course, 1,000 condo resort in central Florida with Japanese owners. Became part of a team that returned the resort to cash positive within 12 months and generated sufficient cash flows in the 2nd year to refinance the project for needed upgrades.

Dates are approximate

Dates are approximate.

Dates are approximate

Dates are approximate