Our management team builds upon a strong foundation that is "brilliant on the basics." Every member of our senior leadership team supports this philosophy by demonstrating their ability to add value at all levels of the organization; from the boardroom to the day-to-day basics of hotel operations.

Our focus on processes and organizational alignment, combined with a thorough understanding of the interrelated processes that comprise hotel operations, leads to improved revenue growth and enhanced profitability.

These systems and processes become reality by focusing on building and maintaining highly effective leadership teams.

Operations Team

John Murphy,
Senior Vice President of Operations
As SVP of Operations, Mr. Murphy leads a team of corporate individuals responsible for driving outstanding operating results for the company's hotel portfolio as well as the integration of acquired and developed assets. The operations group encompasses the corporate resources of; sales, revenue management and corporate food and beverage, creating a highly synergistic and collaborative team approach which is passionately sales driven and incredibly profitability focused. Results are realized through the corporate team's property support approach and the use of several proprietary tools and systems developed by Tarsadia. Mr. Murphy joined the company in 1999. Prior to joining Tarsadia Hotels, he worked for Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Richfield Hospitality Services in a variety of operational roles.

Sanjay Patel,
Vice President of Operations
Mr. Patel joined Tarsadia in 1990 as a General Manager and was quickly promoted to a position in operations overseeing hotels in the Orange County and Los Angeles area. Currently he provides support to General Managers and property teams in San Diego and Anaheim. Sanjay was born in Zambia, Africa and relocated to California in 1983. He earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from California State Fullerton.