Mark has more than 25 years of hospitality industry experience and is regarded as one of the top deal-makers and creative resort opportunity generators in North America.  Respected by many of the top industry�s most influential leaders, Mark�s business contacts are exhaustive. In his 22 years with Marriott, he successfully tackled numerous development assignments with emphasis on international and domestic full-service and luxury hotel, resort, and fractional ownership projects.

Most recently, as Vice President of Resort Development for Marriott International�s fractional ownership division, Mark developed projects generating $2 billion in total sales, including the award-winning landmark Boston Custom House conversion. He was also instrumental in launching the Ritz-Carlton Club development pipeline and producing its inaugural project in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Prior to the fractional ownership assignment, he spearheaded Marriott International�s franchise presence in the United Kingdom by generating a 12-deal pipeline of hotels, working from Marriott�s London office. 

Earlier, as a Marriott full- and limited-service hotel developer, he produced 26 new hotels with 6,100 rooms and negotiated management contracts for hotels valued at more than $50 million. As director of hotel business planning, Mark conducted comprehensive market analysis, feasibility studies, and business plans for 22 hotels totaling 6,850 rooms. Included is Marriott�s pivotal Marquis Hotel in New York�s Times Square and Palm Springs� famous Desert Springs Resort. In his earlier Marriott years, he worked in Marriott�s restaurant division under Richard Marriott and produced several company �firsts� � first limited-service college feeding program, first walk-up urban fast food restaurant, first university student union fast food outlet, and several of the first drive-through restaurants.

Mark has a master�s degree from Cornell University�s School of Hotel Management, where he studied under a full fellowship as a graduate teaching assistant in psychology and an assistant to the Admissions Director. His master�s thesis was in the field of selecting high-potential leaders in the hospitality industry. Mark has since lectured at Cornell and is a member of several industry associations including the American Resort Development Association, the Cornell Hotel Society and the Cornell Real Estate Council.

HVS Capital Corp. a division of HVS International and a leading worldwide hospitality investment banking and advisory firm, assists developers, owners, and investors of hospitality assets in financing, investment sales, and capital advisory.