Aaron Gjellstad

About Aaron Gjellstad

An MBA graduate in Tourism Management specializing in luxury hospitality management and development in premier destinations around the world. An experienced manager possessing a disciplined management approach from military aviation operations experience and hospitality administration. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Proficiency in financial control, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and overcoming supply chain and logistics challenges to support multiple projects and luxury properties. Able to manage various project stakeholders and work in austere environments and geographies for extended periods of time.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer, Principal

   Luxury Frontiers

   Jul 2022 — Present

   Luxury Frontiers designs sustainable and immersive resorts, lodges, and camps in naturally beautiful locations all over the globe. Specializing in architecture, interior design, procurement, project management, and strategic advisory services, the firm offers an end-to-end scope of services to poise an asset for success in today’s ever-evolving experiential travel space.A leader in alternative building techniques for the lodging sector, Luxury Frontiers is known for creating upmarket tented camps and other rare and iconic hospitality builds on the world’s new frontiers of travel. Driven to bring people closer to nature without sacrificing sustainability or sophistication, Luxury Frontiers helps clients create meaningful guest journeys through strategic planning and award-winning design.

Education

• United States Military Academy at West Point

  Bachelor of Science (BS), International Relations and Affairs

  2001 — 2005

• IE Business School

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Tourism Management

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Leadership
• Supply Chain Management
• Army
• Environmental Compliance
• Military Operations
• Project Management
• Helicopter Operations
• International Relations
• Logistics Management
• Budgeting
• Military Aviation
• Government Procurement
• Operations Management
• Logistics
• Training
• Strategy
• Government
• Management
• Budgets