He co-founded Sage Hospitality Resources and serves as the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
[3] At the age of 14 he started working as a dishwasher at a country club while in high school where he was introduced to the hospitality industry.
[1] After having worked in seven different cities over a period of four years, he and fellow Cornell alumni and friend, Zachary Neumeyer founded Sage Hospitality Resources in 1984.
[1] Since their founding, Sage Hospitality has turned around dozens of distressed properties and supervised the restoration and conversion of historically significant buildings located in large urban centers to hotel use.
[4] As of 2014, Sage has a presence in 20 states owns and operates more than 77 hotels and 14 independent restaurants.