Brendan May

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Created a new business plan including product relaunch plan, detailed market entry strategy, as well as financial modelling, and all investor pitch documents resulting in 25 Million USD investment. http://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4070874.html My team and I look after Research and Market Intelligence - in and outsourced primary and secondary research Strategic Planning - market and product entry planning Strategic Partnerships - evaluation, selection and negotiation with data partners

Researched, wrote, and performed University level Hotel Revenue Management component of SnapShot's Demand Management, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the www.coursera.org platform, through ESSEC University filmed on location in Paris in October 2015. Course is free of charge; certification is chargable with a small fee.

Working with several Start Up or young companies in the hotel / hotel technology space to tighten and expand the business strategy. Key Successes: Working with the Founders and Board I redeveloped the business plan and investor pitch to increase scalability leading to a significant investment.

Responsible for account management and sales for the leading revenue management system (RMS) for hotels.

Guest lecturer for Executive level hospitality training programme organized by the Economics department of the University of Ljubljana. As guest lecturer I was responsible for the section on Revenue Management strategy and operations

Technology analyst and author of several articles on travel distribution technology and systems.

Lead Consultant, Product developer, Leader of team of 10 consultants; responsible for project managment and quality, account management, strategic development, Sales and Marketing. Specialist in distribution technology, systems, and architecture including CRS, PMS, OTAs, IBEs, RMS, CRM, ODD and GDS.

Night Manager and Night Auditor - responsible for fast and reliable balancing of the night audit. Full responsibility for operation of hotel including guest services overnight.

Fast Track training programme for University Graduates. Acting Managment or Supervisory position in all departments at the Hilton Saint John, NB, Canada. - Developed manual (Excel Basis) Revenue Management Tool for improved pricing and restrictions management - Acting Front Office Manager Responsible for smooth operation of Front Office team with 8 employees Acting Sales Manager for largest conference centre on the east coast of Canada

Sample Courses: Irrational Behavour with Dan Ariely (Honours), Think Again - How to Reason and Argue (Honours), Marketing (Honours), Model Thinking, Data Scientist's Toolkit, Machine Learning

Hotel and Restaurant management Winner of many awards including the Wardlaw medal for top student in F.A.C.S. President of CFSEA - Guelph Junior Branch CEO of CFSEA - Guelph Junior Branch Consultant to HAFASAC (student council)