Awad

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ABOUT AWAD

Entrepreneurially savvy business growth and development executive with substantial experience in operations management, project management, technology, hospitality, education, and financial management. As a strategic business builder, my experience includes managing and supervising multi-million-dollar operations, achieving cost savings, and managing budgets. My multi-industry expertise is also beneficial in cultivating and empowering high-performing teams to meet and exceed business goals, ensuring high-level customer satisfaction. I pride myself on strategically leveraging my exceptional people management, interpersonal, and engagement skills to build strategic relationships to lead and direct profitable hotels in the United States and internationally. My well-rounded experience, leadership on multiple boards, business growth strategies/principles, transformative business success principles, complex capital project leadership from inception to completion, and driving consistent business success have been essential to my success story. Some additional achievements include: Extensive experience managing large teams, overseeing hotels across several locations, and managing operational budgets that exceed $65M. Serving as an innovative business strategist and visionary with the ability to transform business processes and implement innovative/revenue-enhancing solutions that increased the revenue-generating index by 27%. Success in generating $2.15M in cost savings, representing 6% of the company\'s NOI, facilitating a 23% reduction in variable labour cost, and creating and implementing several strategies to reduce overall region staff turnover by 17% in the years 2017/2018/2019. History of improving operational efficiency and staff performance by conducting several level I & II Train the Trainer sessions and Situational Leadership workshops across the company portfolio. Additionally, I developed several standard operating procedures and policies for various companies. Track record of delivering excellence in leadership and achieving many academic distinctions, which include: o Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management Certificate -Cornell Universityo Master of Business Administration (MBA), Athabasca University, Alberta, Canadao Post-Baccalaureate Diploma of Management, Athabasca University, Alberta, Canadao Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA)- American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute