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Bill
Dougherty
Mr.
Dougherty is a Sr. Vice President of Miller Global and has over 24 years
experience in hotel management.
Mr. Dougherty joined Miller Global In 2005
and is responsible for the day-to-day asset management of hotel properties
and assists with the acquisition and development processes for hotel assets.
Mr. Dougherty was recruited into
hotel management in 1978 with Westin Hotels and Resorts. During his 23 years
with Westin, he moved through a progression of 14 different assignments in
six hotels.
His
executive experience with Westin included appointments at four Westin hotels
beginning with his appointment in 1988 as Resident Manager at The Westin
Galleria & Westin Oaks in Houston, Texas This two-hotel complex featured
891 rooms, over 250,000 square feet of meeting space and was served by a
staff of approximately 1,000.
In
1991 Mr. Dougherty was appointed General Manager of The Westin San Francisco
Airport. It was during this period that he was recognized for his
leadership abilities, and although junior in the ranks of general managers,
was invited to act as one of five Regional Coaches in Westin’s Total Quality
Management initiative.
Mr.
Dougherty’s relationship with Miller Global began in 1994 when, as General
Manager of The Westin Tabor Center, Denver, he operated under the ownership
of Miller-Anschutz Properties the predecessor organization to Miller
Global.
In
1999 Mr. Dougherty was appointed General Manager of The Westin Westminster
in Westminster, Colorado. He was able to apply the breadth of his
experience by participating in the design, construction, pre-opening
management and post-opening operation of that hotel.
In 2001 Mr. Dougherty formed Bill
Dougherty and Associates, a consulting firm serving clients in a variety of
industries focused on results-driven cycles of success: from strategic
reevaluation to planning to practical process improvement. Specifics of
engagements ran from conducting formal training on Six Sigma processes for
executives to observing and reconfiguring detailed service processes at the
customer level.
Mr.
Dougherty earned undergraduate degrees from both Southern Illinois
University and Florida State University.
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