Who is the owner of westgate resorts

In , Mr. In addition to his responsibilities at Westgate, over the past thirty years, Mr. Gissy has amassed a large portfolio of personal real estate holdings and is one of the largest players in the Central Florida real estate market. Gissy owns over 70 diverse properties including over 2, acres of vacant land mortgage-free across the central Florida area. Gissy is the proud father of three children and grandfather of six.

Barry Siegel has served in a number of increasingly senior sales leadership roles throughout his career at Westgate Resorts. Barry's expertise has been instrumental in leading resort sales operations to record heights. As Chief Financial Officer, Tom Dugan is responsible for the company's accounting, tax, financial reporting, information technology, human resources, treasury and mortgage service functions. Tom brings to our company over twenty-five years of professional and financial management experience.

Prior to joining our team, Tom was an audit partner for one of the world's largest accounting firms, KPMG. His experience includes Controller and CFO for multi-national companies, extensive strategic business planning, acquisitions, public offerings, investor relations, systems development and SEC reporting. As Chief Operating Officer, Mark is responsible for the continued evolution of the Westgate brand as the industry leader in experience-based, destination resorts.

He is recognized as an industry leader in the development and operation of themed destination resorts, and is responsible for the acquisition, design, development, operations, and marketing for Westgate Resort properties. Mark has a very diverse background, including corporate leadership, sales, marketing, real estate development, project acquisitions, construction, resort operations, asset management, procurement services, information technology and human resources.

Mark also leads the development and operation of all Westgate non-resort projects, including commercial office space, apartment complexes, land development and a variety of restaurant concepts, retail shops and destination health spas under the brand, Serenity Spa by Westgate.

Mark has a remarkable and diverse career that includes working in the space launch industry where he helped develop the launch facilities for the commercial space program and was an engineer on the launch team for 12 Atlas-Centaur space launches. He served 20 years in the United States Air Force, where he specialized in program management and business reengineering. Prior to joining Westgate, Mark was with Computer Sciences Raytheon, where he supported the development of the space launch infrastructure for the Kennedy Space Center.

Mark joined Westgate Resorts in June of Recognized as an inspirational and tireless leader in the community, Mark serves on the Board of Directors for the Westgate Resorts Foundation and the Central Florida Regional Commission for Homelessness and is a past board member of the Florida Special Olympics with which he is still actively involved.

Mark is the author of "Recipes for Success" and is frequently featured as a guest speaker at industry, academic and leadership conferences across the country.

There may be some changes in the works for one of Central Florida's longest residential construction projects. Versailles, the 90,square-foot mansion being built for Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel and his wife, Jackie, may be looking for a new team to take over the project. The mansion has been under construction for 16 years. No other details were shared, except that construction has slowed down.

Ramirez was not available for comment. The house's long construction timeline was due to being caught up in the last major recession in Despite making progress over nearly two decades, that movement has been at a snail's pace. Now Siegel is "not happy," but remains committed to getting the home finished. He said he has no plans to abandon the project.

Ever since, the house has been making progress at a snail's pace. We see the house being finished within the next two years," he said. Once complete, Versailles will boast 14 bedrooms, 32 bathrooms, 11 kitchens, a movie theater, a roller rink, a bowling alley, a car garage, three levels, two elevators — one that is gold — and a slew of other amenities. The house gained more exposure over the past year after Jackie Siegel uploaded a tour of the house on Facebook and made an appearance on Bravo's 'Flipping Out' TV show.

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