My Experience
Elite Business ServicesOcala, FloridaPresident and FounderAn elite business management firm known for its outstanding services and great track record. We offer a variety of strong business direction which include real estate and business brokerage, management supervision, marketing programs, and financial support using inhouse investors.
Thoroughbred Hospitality LLCOcala, FloridaPresident and FounderA business management consulting firm specializing in site selection, design, development, operation, management, marketing, financing, and franchising of restaurants, cafes, hotels, resorts, and country clubs.
DMD Developers LLCOcala, FloridaPresident and FounderA commercial real estate firm which assisted investors and developers in building their portfolios and working inventories. Primary states include Florida, specifically, North Central Florida and South Florida, New Jersey including the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City, Pennsylvania, exclusively in the Philadelphia area. Established 2003 and successfully sold in June 2013.
Carmichael’s Restaurants & Catering CompanyOcala, FloridaCEO and FounderThis regional group of restaurants and the catering company won more awards for outstanding food and service than any other operation in North Central Florida. This business was established in September 1984 and sold in April 2005. Winterhawk FarmOcala, FloridaPresident and FounderA Thoroughbred race horse operation specializing in the buying, selling, prepping and racing of Florida bred horses with offices and farms in Palm Beach and Marion County, Florida. The race horse operation was founded in 1972 and sold to our daughter in 2005. The farm had its’ first visit to the winners circle in September 1973 on the back of a horse named Sparrow at Calder Race Course in Miami Florida!
Jupiter Inlet Trading CompanyJupiter, FloridaPresident and CEOJupiter Inlet Trading Company was formed expressly to design and develop, from ground breaking to grand opening, Harpoon Louie’s Restaurant in Jupiter, Florida. In 1985 it was the 23rd highest grossing restaurant in the country as published on Nation’s Restaurant News Annual List. The company was founded in 1974 and sold to an investment group from Osaka, Japan in 1986.
Creative Hotel and Restaurant Management CompanyValley Forge, PennsylvaniaPresident and Founder Operator of a series of independently owned hotels and specialty restaurants throughout the United States.
Helmsley – Spear IncorporatedNew York, New YorkVice President of Hotel and Restaurant OperationsApprenticed under the watchful eye of Harry Helmsley while working my way up the ladder to Vice President of Operations in 4 years. This experience cannot be measured in dollars, but rather the knowledge and experience gained while part of the Helmsley real estate dynasty has proved immeasurable in my professional career!
DMD Developers LLCOcala, FloridaPresident and FounderA commercial real estate firm which assisted investors and developers in building their portfolios and working inventories. Primary states include Florida, specifically, North Central Florida and South Florida, New Jersey including the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City, Pennsylvania, exclusively in the Philadelphia area. Established 2003 and successfully sold in June 2013.
Carmichael’s Restaurants & Catering CompanyOcala, FloridaCEO and FounderThis regional group of restaurants and the catering company won more awards for outstanding food and service than any other operation in North Central Florida. This business was established in September 1984 and sold in April 2005. Winterhawk FarmOcala, FloridaPresident and FounderA Thoroughbred race horse operation specializing in the buying, selling, prepping and racing of Florida bred horses with offices and farms in Palm Beach and Marion County, Florida. The race horse operation was founded in 1972 and sold to our daughter in 2005. The farm had its’ first visit to the winners circle in September 1973 on the back of a horse named Sparrow at Calder Race Course in Miami Florida!
Jupiter Inlet Trading CompanyJupiter, FloridaPresident and CEOJupiter Inlet Trading Company was formed expressly to design and develop, from ground breaking to grand opening, Harpoon Louie’s Restaurant in Jupiter, Florida. In 1985 it was the 23rd highest grossing restaurant in the country as published on Nation’s Restaurant News Annual List. The company was founded in 1974 and sold to an investment group from Osaka, Japan in 1986.
Creative Hotel and Restaurant Management CompanyValley Forge, PennsylvaniaPresident and Founder Operator of a series of independently owned hotels and specialty restaurants throughout the United States.
Helmsley – Spear IncorporatedNew York, New YorkVice President of Hotel and Restaurant OperationsApprenticed under the watchful eye of Harry Helmsley while working my way up the ladder to Vice President of Operations in 4 years. This experience cannot be measured in dollars, but rather the knowledge and experience gained while part of the Helmsley real estate dynasty has proved immeasurable in my professional career!