Tom is responsible for underwriting through the analysis, and acquisition of new project opportunities. Tom is a seasoned hospitality executive who spent five years working as an investment advisor in the New York office of a global real estate brokerage firm with assignments throughout the U.S., the Caribbean, and South America. Tom spent seven years in the New York headquarters of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and also worked as a valuation and feasibility consultant in the New York office of HVS International. He began his career in hotel operations holding various management positions at the Sheraton Boston Hotel & Towers. Tom graduated with a BS in Hotel & Restaurant Management from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and earned a Certificate in Hotel Real Estate from Cornell School of Hotel Administration.