DOUGLAS W. SUTTON
1996-Present: Source Strategies, Inc. Vice
president specializing in development of hotel feasibility studies,
database software development and maintenance, and developing special
studies and articles published in the Hotel Brand Report newsletter.
Completed over 300 Financial Feasibility studies successfully,
encompassing over thirty-two different brands in Texas, New Mexico,
Louisiana, Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma. Studies include
major and local market assessments and projections, proposed hotel’s
revenue generation and ten-year cash flow forecasts and the projection
of return on capital investment. Major contributor to Source
Strategies in its achieving market status as the largest supplier
of hotel financial feasibilities to Texas’ lending institutions.
Responsible for creating and programming database of over 4,000
Texas hotels and motels.
Contributing analyst and writer to Hotel Brand Report newsletter
and the Texas Hotel Performance Factbook, including ‘Hot
Brands & Dying Brands’ (2006), ‘Development Since
9/11: Winners & Losers’ (2005), ‘Higher Priced
Brands in Turmoil, Mid-Priced Brands Prosper’ (2004).
Provides litigation support, analysis and strategy for hotel litigation
and testimony.
1994-1996: University Health System,
San Antonio Texas. Decision Support Analyst. Provided
data analysis support to all levels of hospital management. Prepared
numerous medical studies, grant support documents, cost-analysis
studies, staffing studies, and other decision support analysis. Developed
a number of vertical software applications to allow key departments
to track and study their individual patient populations.
1987-1994: Systems IV Professionals,
Inc., San Antonio. President. Consulting firm specializing
in data analysis and customized software development utilizing FOCUS database
software. Created
major applications, including a long distance network analysis
system for a major carrier; system allowed the carrier to
determine the effect of various network changes before implementation
to facilitate selection of the most cost efficient network possible.
1983-1987: United States Air Force. Captain
and Information Services Officer, Directorate of Special Weapons,
Kelly AFB, Texas. Duties included writing and maintaining software
to manage the Air Force's Nuclear weapons arsenal, tracking nuclear
component parts and supplies, and acquisition and installation
of major secure computer network.
EDUCATION
1979-83 Troy State University, Troy Alabama, BS in
Computer and Information Science.
