Ryan Meliker Email & Phone Number

• President of the leading hotel market intelligence firm in the United States.
• In this role, I oversee: o Day-to-day operations of the company; o All market intelligence research and consulting; o Data analysis; o Product development; and o Investor relations consulting projects.

Bethesda, MD, US

• Member of senior leadership committee for one of the largest hotel owners in the United States during periods of C-suite transition, activist investor engagement, strategic transformation and the sale of $1 billion in.
• Oversee development, refinement, execution and communication of corporate strategy designed to maximize cash flows and drive outsized returns to investors
• Serve as primary corporate contact for Wall Street investors and analysts
• Experience managing investor relations during turbulent periods of C-suite transition, activist investor engagement and strategic transformation

New York, NY, US

• Senior REIT and Lodging analyst with lead coverage of 20+ stocks in the Lodging, Student Housing and Triple Net sectors. Lead analyst experience in Multifamily, Specialty and Self-Storage REITs also
• Launched sell-side REIT and Lodging equity research platform to build a US REIT investment banking and trading platform from the ground up
• Grew REIT platform revenues from scratch to a $5+ Million annual run-rate level in year three
• Ranked in top 3 in US Equity Research in sales vote, client interactions, research readership and stocks under coverage
• Ranked in top 4% of almost 5,000 analysts surveyed by Tipranks with a 4.9 star rating
• Developed and maintained in-depth valuation models for all companies under coverage

New York, NY, US

• Launched sell-side REIT and Lodging equity research platform to complement and support strong investment banking franchise in the sector
• Coverage of 20+ stocks including Lodging, Multifamily, Student Housing and Specialty REITs
• Lead a team of six, including two other senior analysts with coverage of over 50 stocks in the Data Center, Industrial, Triple Net, Mall, Strip and Healthcare REIT subsectors
• Appointed Director of Research in May 2013
• Supervised 12 senior analysts and a department of 20 across the REIT, Financials, Healthcare and Biotech sectors
• Implemented and chaired a product management committee and review process to maintain and improve the quality of MLV equity research

New York, NY, US

• Primary analyst on lodging stocks including c-corps and REITs
• Developed and maintained in-depth valuation models for lodging REITS and C-corps
• Modeled industry forecasts for supply, demand, RevPAR and valuation metrics
• Worked closely with institutional sales and traders to disseminate trading ideas and industry and stock views to hedge funds, mutual funds and other institutional investors
• Strengthened relationships with CEO and CFO level executives at lodging companies to discuss business trends, industry trends and corporate valuations

New York, NY, US

• Lead associate on REIT coverage launch, including over 50 companies under coverage
• Completed analysis of optimal capital structure for all REITs
• Developed and maintained financial models for Storage and Lodging REITs
• Advised institutional investors on lodging industry trends and lodging stocks based on analysis of company valuations, forward estimates, stock catalysts and industry catalysts
• Developed and grew industry relationships to access vital industry trends before public data was available
• Ranked the #2 Gaming and Lodging research team by Institutional Investor’s annual survey

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Financial consultant to the hospitality and leisure industry

Loveland, Colorado, US

Consultant to the hospitality industry

US

Front Office Assistant Manager, Banquet Manager, Restaurant Manager and Resident Manager at the Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center

Mba, Finance And Hospitality Business

Mba, Finance, Hospitality Business

Ba, History, Russian Studies