Raymond E. Minias

Summary

Executive business condominium growth human skills, members strategy resources in consulting to C-hotel provide Level development, projects. revenue, and Director industry. superlative accounting Delivering expense with strong Proven customer 30 and control, exceptional human plus statistical record years’ service. and successful of labor accomplishments service, analysis. experience relations, openings, improving Excellent in a ability marketing highly with attention organizational to development competitive, communicate and to detail, new efficiency, of concept ultra-leadership effectively luxury luxury development, generating resort and and hotel restaurant, organizational motivate market significant finance, team and and Professional Focus

Executive Leadership Development Asset Management Five-Star Brand Building Team Dynamics Development Financial Development & Analytics Quality Assurance Evaluations Strategic Planning and Development Full-Cycle Renovations Capital Expenditure Management Staff Acquisition & Development Contract Negotiating Exceeding Guest Satisfaction Start-ups, Pre-Openings Full-Phase Project Management Themed Concept Development Farm to Table Sustainability

Custom Financial Forecasting Community Healthcare Advisory Entrepreneurial Skills

● ● ● ● ● Leveraged are Created Take Developed Initiated unmatched risks WORT and by the and looking established Southall analysis managed in the market. outside property, studies financial RFPs the to and to box generate budgets make PIP and to it motivate identify and plans the expenses best for key the and full-opportunities team most face to create to project unique do highly the management. in and same. the successful stay area abreast with companies. activities of the competition. services that Leadership Skills

● ● ● Lead EOS Trained improve Ability skills Entrepreneurial a and team to the overall Influence working team to success productivity. on as others Operating a “7-team. by Habits implementing to be System. of the Highly “best strategies they Successful can be”, to People” improve by building and overall “Situational relationships, performance Leadership” with and strong efficiency to interpersonal develop through and Executive Management Work Experience

Southall – Franklin, TN February 2015 – February 2023 Senior Vice President Southall, Chief Financial Officer Startup sustainable, ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● company Vision, Destination, Created and Created Created assets Designed and Spearheaded Security, Structured infrastructures Developed Created Assisted 80 agreements. Meeting room, and Inception business and the overseeing all in Lighting all ROI. all all creating financial vision, Spa, Project ultra-spaces Spaces. and people systems for and model selected system, and luxury all mission asset guest for Managed Selected Village procedures and utilities to developed the and operate boutique planning, culture experiences phone all Inn and from plan hardware and Critical including BOH values for policies and and conceptualizing, and overseen the resort organizational this and managed Path integrate practices and that most and fiber sustainable FOH, and in for enhancements will software general Franklin, unique and procedures all Spa, all guide to with aspects connectivity. provide licenses, investments, structure, Cottages contractors, property. hospitality needs proformas and TN. of including direct with efficiency permits, from operations. styles, and unique design, architects the BAS, resort for financial Rooms, hiring signed organization our and PMS, touches style, Southall, company stability strategies of and POS, and Food and executive designers. of responsible Purchasing, total & a and this to including Beverage Luxury the for its ultra-construction leadership property, this culture. luxury for Boutique Fire, overseeing Outlets, all Safety including contracts team. resort. process. Event Farm and all 9528 Grand Haven Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027

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Raymond E. Minias

REM Business and Hospitality Consulting August 2014 – Present Business Development Consultant

Business Other management, recommending Union areas Station consultant of and development, productive accounting. Hotel with focus — and strategic Nashville, Create on positive developing improvements planning long TN and financial and short-streamlining for term and companies statistical solutions. efficiencies February by analyses assessing are 2014 for their marketing, local – weaknesses August and national human 2014 and resources, accounts. General Manager

Autograph day-to-day Collection: operations Boutique-for the facility, luxury, guest 125 and rooms, team 140 satisfaction, staff members. revenue $16 streaming, million in hotel revenue. Managed the

● ● ● ● Stabilized Initiated agendas Developed Created accounting for and expenses Forbes weekly, developed Five-systems during monthly Star preventive a criteria and transition management programs to maintenance train, and meetings to acquisition motivate better programs manage and for guide the the for sale the needs all of areas team the of hotel. the to of higher the hotel. hotel. standards. Lead and prepared The Hermitage Hotel — Nashville, TN May 2003 – February 2014 Hotel General Manager

Forbes Affiliate: Five-Preferred Star, Hotels AAA and Five-Resorts Diamond and Property: Historic Hotels ultra-of luxury America boutique, groups 122 rooms, 190 staff members.

● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Reported Developed 35% Strengthened awards reopening Initiated, customer Created, capitalized Conceptualized restaurant Earned Assistant Conceptualized Farms Created statistical ● ● ● ● annual for recognition with Full Oversee Supervise resources, Responsible planned annual General to developed, expectations, analysis. our of in revenue today. President profits P&the Nashville a quality vegetable, L, and the Forbes financial hotel. all and Manager budgets executive accounting from generating operations, of restaurant implemented for executed and performance and senior for provide Five-IT beef 1st tools cultivated and style, Managing direction, to year management Star management and Hotel housekeeping, capital our ideas to hiring value-for cuisine of cattle a and two 100th levels Manager all zero more and Director, strategic implementation planning added and AAA external departments programs. and Anniversary expense profit. across approachable of training: on service. Five-benefits, guest within banquets, fulfilling consistent business accountability. opportunities the Diamond control service, 190 two property, to events and and General building team years monitor partnerships and resulting basis increase management sales Property that sustainable members. of with Data for resulting Manager: and maintenance tenure. captured performance in excellent overall The collecting marketing, producing and with of Farm in style capital continuous profits. continually key achieving performance. and and at restaurant. and $food vendors Glen 19 expenditures. security. presentation expenses, million and feed Leven the maintained in beverage, highest that Named Promoted in order and revenue payroll is of still Double plans. industry the to it human being since meet from best and and H The Ahwahnee Hotel — Yosemite, CA October 2001 – December 2002 Director of Food and Beverage

Historical members. Affiliate: Yosemite Historic National Hotels Park of resort, America “Jewel group. of Food the Park and Beverage Service”: revenues Luxury-boutique, of $10.5 million. 123 rooms, 150 staff

● ● ● Business Created, hiring Developed and Guest of associates, developed plan Chefs’ systems development Holiday to menu and support implemented Series. implementation, and holiday organization programs action and of plans procurement this for premier union for mitigating based special and resort budgeting. seasonal events: and Bracebridge, repositioned highs, management Vintner’s union guidelines. coverage, Holidays Raymond E. Minias

Bacara Resort & Spa (The Ritz-Carlton), Miro Restaurant — Santa Barbara, CA April 2000 - October 2001

General Manager

Leading and Rosewood ● ● ● Beverage Hotels Member planning bar, Responsible and procurement Selected training and Crescent team of four as of the and members the Manager for development, World lounges. organization of pre-OS&hiring Hotel opening 360 E and of and and the Room $— 20 FF&of criteria 2nd development and Dallas, the million E, ultra-Quarter opening departments vendor of luxury, in performance, TX revenue. 2001 relations team. of the grand and of Full management three candidate for resort point responsibility this main and of non-sale restaurants, January for team, largest traditional Manager and of philosophy the structure, spa 1999 food banquets, on of individual the the and - price Year. structure, western April beverage pool business and 2000 services, US, cost associate operations with development, unit spa, 250 resort. staffing honor Food with Director of Food and Beverage

Rosewood Crescent Club July 1998 - April 2000

Managing Director

Luxury Food augmentation square in San food ● ● ● ● Ysidro and feet and Hotel Recognized food a Achieved creating, exceeded Established house With executed The dual Beverage of beverage Crescent. and of catering and the Ranch areas position 218 beverage implementing all special decrease budgeted annual as operation rooms monthly resulting member within space. — a with leader events. Santa budgeted departments and in the revenues the Directed walkthroughs events, in membership and hotel with 1200 and Crescent achieving Also Barbara, Director profited directing recognition resulting and members and responsible 15 of department $Club. produced the over 6 with and million of percentage CA hotel. a in 95% Rosewood the cost special from an engineering for an with Crescent increase Rapid savings scores managers The the additional events, the after Spa VP Hotel promotion from club. and in of at Club and a and member Food The I and $the November revenue 2.developed, 300,stewarding including 8% 275 Crescent, health Resort and to 000 or employees. Director involvement Beverage $generating 168,shortfall department. properties. membership planned, Lady to 1996 000 improve of Primrose Food to in Annual in and plan. - create net marketed, the June Directed and revenue, overall profits. involvement, 1st revenues The restaurant Beverage a 1998 new half following front all coordinated including concept of aspects of for the and $and 15 retention, the year, year back million 20,for Spa of hotel 000 and the the we by of at Director of Food and Beverage

Ultra-Affiliation Richey ● ● Luxury Introduced which Created beverage satisfaction. International with Boutique decreased the a menus Relais new and hotel developed concept and resulting food — of Washington, Chateaux cost 39 and rooms, food in by a design 1% Hotels revenue and 50 or beverage staff $for DC 100,and increase the members. 000 Resorts lounge cost and of and and beverage Annual 10% by inventory Historic developing and June food cost improved Hotels and control 1996 of 5% an beverage of - or efficient overall procedures America November $75,revenue 000. guest layout groups. for service 1996 of purchasing and $4.5 new and million. exceeded food of goods and Hotel Consultant

Explored steadfast driven competitive Investigated Preferred Hotels Audubon and and commitment the Hotel Resorts solutions-Creams advantage, quality vital and relationships and Resort compliant oriented and to many represent authentic Group, Pastries other with programs between Peninsula hospitality precision, partner’s luxury — brand New and while Hotels honesty, interests, and standards. Orleans, integrity, maintaining lodging and loyalty Resorts, enforce guest Richey’s groups. LA and brand Mandarin experiences policies creativity. February clients spirit. Oriental and are Part and Conducted procedures the 1995 of employee Hotels world’s the - top June audits, and consultants for top behavior. Resorts, 1996 timely hoteliers quality Four Preserved resolutions. reviews with including Seasons ideas- for a Managing Partner

Opened Pastry management production. Resources documentation ● Chef and With procedures, Shane organized Hired, and new systems study Gorange concept, trained, a payroll, new and analysis. and competition update business developed marketing, oversaw Arranged quality from construction, and developed quality ground-polices product scheduled control and up creating development shop development procedures. all and layout, staff similar managed in equipment testing addition interest of both daily and businesses in operations. to procurement, other developed creating areas and all Established programs of partnered Accounting vendor the city relations product for and with and growth country. Executive Human project quality and Raymond E. Minias

Graham Restaurant — New Orleans, LA August 1994 - February 1995 General Manager

Opened 140 of trained suppliers uncompromising based Palace equipment, seat on and this fine-the Hotel and developed start-mission dining, food purveyors — service up and Sun contemporary, of business associates. beverages, being and City, and the promotion development managed South best Menu established American restaurant and Africa of daily the with wine cuisine Accounting operations restaurant in highly development the restaurant. city. acclaimed and for to Human ensure including effective Oversaw Chef Resources superior June Kevin positioning pricing, construction Graham 1992 established service guidelines and - arrangements, and June image and Chef and key product. 1994 in procedures, John accounts, the procurement Besh community; Delivered selected for hired, this Assistant Food and Beverage Director – Beverage

Member of of operations revenues Windsor the equipment. ● ● beverage Was the manage. Successfully President of of Court of the $constant 9.selected 8 5 opening department. outlets, In million. Hotel addition Mandela training organized, as 6 team Department restaurants — which to This for New and selecting, this implemented included development included Orleans, 338 of including the pricing, room preparation Year a superior LA and luxury of a and costing, casino, the executed Manager beverage guest resort of directed criteria and list and of and designing team of the and responsible 3 over outside managers Year January in guidelines, addition forty due of catering menus Heads to for and 1989 the to hiring overall 80 having of huge and event employees. State - and June wine success organization the training, for and largest lists. 1992 the 1400 of Annual the Inauguration and Managed department guests. and opening purchasing beverage planning daily and to of Sommelier

Other A and this Forbes ● ● Grand receiving positions Initiated, resulting Spearheaded, productivity Five-Award of Star held: wines winning in developed and Valet a and decrease and implemented AAA – improved wine spirits, Bellman Five-and in cellar Diamond created wine staff and guest and of development cost Food over trained a satisfaction. of cost percentage 304 1000 and and all rooms. Beverage selections serviced inventory and of the Responsible 2%Manager staff sale and . program on of $1.a wines 5 Trainee new for million for placement, point to the guest 1989 in wine of wine sale and cellar inventory, revenue. system their with satisfaction. resulting proper costing, cost in purchasing increased Managed controls Formal Education

Louisiana State University, New Orleans 1989

Louisiana ● Bachelor State of Science: University, Hotel, New Restaurant Orleans and Tourism Administration 1995 - 1996

● Masters ● ● ● Recipient Member President, of Business of of Esprit Eta Administration Louisiana Sigma de Corps Delta Hotel, organization International Candidate Motel Statler Honor Scholarship Society Professional / Community Service

Healthcare ● Current Visit Educational Beverage Visitors Franklin Diversity Center, and Commission Foundation, Past Ambassador, Nashville Memberships Forum Certified, Educational Area Advisory American Chamber ServeSafe Institute Hotel Council of Certification. Commerce, and of Lodging the American Nashville Association, Hands Hotel on Cares, Nashville, and National James Lodging Nashville Beard 2010 Restaurant Association, Foundation - 2018 Convention Association Alcohol and Army National ● ● Plan, lead Support workforce Guard a organize more the - and Louisiana, confident State discuss economic of workforce the Tennessee development, Co. direction C and 205th to of educate a healthcare ROI a drive Engineering to healthcare the to reduce diversity workforce unemployment workforce Battalion among for other higher diversity. 1983 initiatives and education, improve to 1989 and a quality directives mission of life. for to

● ● ● Awarded An Awarded Leonardwood, Awarded honor Outstanding Soldier given Honor Missouri to of Graduate only the Soldier one Month, in 1984. soldier of of Advanced 1986. the every Louisiana 3 Individual years Army by the National Training United Guard in States the in Army. 1986 United of States over 11,Army 000 soldiers. at Fort