Mr. McCann has twenty years of hotel marketing and food and beverage operations experience, primarily with Hilton and Marriott Hotels.  His experience includes Director of Marketing positions as well as senior level management capacities at many of Hilton and Marriott�s premier properties, including the Palmer House Hilton, the Rye Town Hilton and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. 

Mr. McCann earned his Bachelor�s Degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Penn State University and his Master�s Degree from the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston.  He is currently pursuing courses towards a Ph. D. in Real Estate Finance at the University of Connecticut�s Graduate School of Business. 

Wilder Group president Jeff Wilder said �I�m delighted that a person of Joe McCann�s background and credentials has chosen to become associated with our firm.  He brings us a level of operational understanding and deal packaging ability that will provide our clients and customers an added dimension of transactional insight.  He will help us increase our client service levels and increase our hotel sales activity in the future.� 

Mr. McCann resides in Westport, Connecticut with his wife Eileen and daughter Maura.

The Wilder Group, LLC is a New York based hotel brokerage firm specializing in the sale of full and limited service hotels.  They are members of HMBA: America�s Hotel Broker, an association responsible for roundly 40% of annual hotel sales in the United States.