David has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry with a specific concentration on hotel operations and food and beverage. David also has experience in managing high-volume, independent and branded restaurant concepts. As Senior Vice President, David is responsible for client satisfaction, ensuring execution of projects and enhancing company processes to improve project return to owners, for over 100 hotels across the county. David and his team use their expertise to improve operational efficiencies by conducting area-specific analyses and observing how employees conduct their daily activities to improve overall workflow and remove process constraints. This work results in uncovering opportunities focused around reduced overall operational costs, increased ancillary revenues and improved service.

• Prior to joining hotelAVE, David was the Vice President of Operations at StepStone Hospitality, where he was responsible for the company’s full-service managed hotels and assisted with company F&B projects and initiatives
• Prior to StepStone, David was at Prism Hotels and Resorts, where he supported the hotels with strategic sales and marketing plans, cost containment, and service improvement directives to rapidly improve competitive position s in the marketplaces
• His hotel portfolio includes 10 hotels, totaling $100M in annual revenues. David has relationships and experience with multiple brands, as well as lifestyle and independent hotels and resorts

David graduated from Johnson and Wales University with an Associate of Science in Culinary Arts. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Food Service Management from Johnson and Wales University.