Dan Hough

About Dan Hough

As an innovative, strategic thought leader and continuous improvement driven executive, Dan Hough has a 15+-year and consistent record of significant contributions with The Walt Disney Company and Japan-based, WDI Systems. Dan possesses proven ability to foster cultures of excellence for customer experience and safety, while ensuring optimal lifestyle center design, performance metrics and ROI.With solid business and financial acumen, and strength in cross-functional collaborations and consensus building, Dan achieves any goal set before him. He is influential and demonstrates excellent corporate communications skills with all levels of internal / external stakeholders. Additionally, Dan has effectively mentored, developed, and led 20+ direct, and oversaw 20K indirect (national) team members. CAREER OVERVIEW:BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Secured $50+M in new tenant capital investment and $27M in existing tenant capital reinvestment by developing and executing expansion project’s initial leasing strategic plan. Developed and contributed leadership to strategic leasing plan for “Disney Town Shanghai”, “Downtown Disney Anaheim”, and “Disney Springs Orlando”. OPERATIONS Ran all operational aspects of 311K SF “Downtown Disney” lifestyle center. In addition, key contributor for re-visioning of “Downtown Disney” into “Disney Springs Orlando”.EXECUTIVE CLIENT RELATIONS / CORPORATE ALLIANCES AND ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT Increased prestigious international club membership 150+%(6K+ members) by securing executive alliances with international chambers of commerce and companies doing business in Japan (i.e. Boeing, General Motors, and Monsanto.) SPECIALTIES: Client Relationship Building & Management | Domestic & International Contracts | Market Research & Strategic Planning | Site Location Identification & Optimization | Multi-Unit & Territory Management | Master Franchise Agreement Negotiations | Financial Modeling, Forecasting & Budgeting | Asset Management

Experience

1. Vice President, Development & Asset Lead - Lax

   Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

   Jan 2017 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

Education

• Carthage College

  Bachelor of Arts, Marketing, Business

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Stage Management
• Television
• Entertainment
• Hospitality Management
• Budgets
• Theme Parks
• Hospitality Industry
• Hotels
• Event Planning
• Budgeting
• Leadership
• Facebook
• Event Management
• Tourism
• Business Development
• Production Managment
• Process Scheduler
• Hospitality
• Building Relationships
• Marketing
• Resorts
• Strategic Planning
• Team Building
• Management
• Guest Service Management
• Entertainment Industry
• Social Media
• Retail
• Disney
• Food & Beverage
• Customer Service