Executive Director - Special Use Hospitality Design & Operations

John C. Fazio

**** *. ***** ******* * Tucson, AZ 85750 * 520-***-**** * *********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

An accomplished entrepreneurial career that aligned acquired knowledge with talents to design, develop, market and sell $250M in luxury homes and resort communities, and to then conceive, launch, brand, and manage the dominant specialized hospitality business in southern Arizona.

SKILLS

-Unparalleled Familiarity w/ Tucson Demographics

-Supremely Experienced Sales & Contract Closer

-Proven Experience In Loss Mitigation & Dispute Mediation

-Highly Refined Oral & Written Communication Skills

-Problem Solver Extraordinaire

WORK HISTORY

REFLECTIONS AT THE BUTTES (Executive Director) 2000 – 2017

-Identified revenue and profit opportunities in merging mid-market wedding demographic

-Conceived, launched, and branded “Reflections” as an affordable alternative to resort weddings

-Sold, planned, and administrated over 4,000 weddings in (17) years.

-Conceived and procured 3rd party event space relationships w/ all major Tucson resorts

-Conceived, marketed, and sold valuable 3rd party F&B concession rights to RATB venues

-Recruited, trained, and managed a diverse staff of (24)

FAZIO BY DESIGN (Executive Director) 1984 – 1999

-Identified niche in luxury home, multi-family, and PAD resort community development

-Procured, designed, developed and sold over $250,000 in homes and land

-Conceived, developed forensic evaluation services utilized by real estate attorneys

FAZIO PAINTING 1974 - 1984

-Start-up business that came to employ 11 tradesmen fulltime

-Conceived, implemented, procured remediation relationships w/ insurance providers

EDUCATION

Southwestern Theological Seminary 1977 – 1981

University of Arizona / Pima College 1974 – 1977

Salpointe High School 1969 – 1973

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