A Unique Combination of Experience

With over 15 years of cross-disciplinary experience, I bring a rare blend of culinary training, hospitality operations, project management, and small-business consulting expertise. My foundation began with three years in culinary and pastry arts, where I earned multiple awards and built a deep understanding of kitchen structure. From there, I spent over a decade managing hotel operations at every level — from front desk and F&B to senior leadership and multi-property oversight — including opening two hotels. I specialize in designing operational systems, SOPs, staffing structures, and training programs from the ground up. My background also includes residential-renovation project management, business management education, formal accounting training, and an internship with the Small Business Administration.

Real Work. Real Results.
Every image here represents a project I personally managed —
hotel openings, STR setups, renovation oversight, and property turnarounds.
No stock photos. No staged branding. Just real operations I’ve built, led, and improved.

Built From the Ground Up — Experience in Every Corner of the Operation

Over the last 13+ years, I’ve worked in nearly every position a hotel can offer: front desk, night audit, housekeeping, laundry, reservations, sales, revenue support, food & beverage, banquets, departmental leadership, and full-scale hotel management. The only department I haven’t formally worked in is maintenance engineering — which is exactly why I later pursued construction project management and hands-on renovation oversight.

Throughout my hospitality career, I’ve been formally trained by the world’s largest hotel brands
Hilton, Marriott, IHG, Wyndham, and Choice Hotels.
Those training programs shaped my leadership style, my service standards, and my operational discipline. They also gave me the ability to identify inefficiencies instantly, because I’ve seen what “best in class” looks like from every major brand’s perspective.

To deepen that operational understanding even more, I took architectural design and drafting courses early in college and later expanded into construction project management to better understand property infrastructure and workflow design. That background now directly supports my consulting work — whether it’s redesigning a kitchen, reworking the front desk flow, evaluating building layout challenges, or communicating clearly with contractors and trades.

My experience isn’t one-dimensional — it’s every dimension.
From scrubbing rooms to negotiating contracts, from fixing broken workflows to opening new hotels, I’ve lived the full spectrum of hospitality operations. When I step into your business, I’m not guessing what your employees deal with — I’ve done their job. And when I recommend changes, they come from real-world operational understanding, not theory.

Early Career & Development

Long before I managed hotels or oversaw multi-million-dollar portfolios, I was recognized by the SBDC for my early work helping entrepreneurs tackle real operational challenges. In 2015, the SBA newsletter highlighted my contributions as an undergraduate intern, and I received the Hugh S. Grant Endowed Scholarship for leadership in business studies. Those early experiences set the tone for the practical, hands-on consulting style I practice today.