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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. | 