Pyramid Advisors

Robert T. Foley
Chief Talent Officer
Bob Foley is one of the hotel industry’s most respected human resources executives, and a specialist in start-up and repositioning enterprises. He is the former president and CEO of Travelodge Hotels and of the Educational Institute of the American Hotel/Motel Association. Mr. Foley held officer-level positions in human resources for more than 20 years with such industry leaders as Marriott, Sheraton, Beacon/Guest Quarters, and La Quinta Inns. At Beacon/Guest Quarters, Mr. Foley helped build an employee infrastructure that grew from zero hotels to 40 in just four years, establishing innovative policies and procedures to support a groundbreaking “employees first” organizational culture.

Christopher Devine
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Devine has over nine years of experience including public offerings and debt offerings for public companies as well as financial statement audits, due diligence projects and internal control reviews and implementation. Most recently he was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Real Estate.

John S. Hamilton
Senior Vice President, Business Development and Acquisitions
John Hamilton has 20 years of experience sourcing, evaluating, underwriting, and executing hospitality real estate and management transactions. He has been associated with such prominent firms as Promus Hotels, Carnival Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree Hotels, and Laventhol & Horwath. He is the former senior vice president, business development for Destination Hotels and Resorts (Lowe Hospitality Group) and was most recently President of Hospitality Management Liaison, a business development consulting firm.

James M. Bradley
Esq., Senior Vice President (Retired)
Jim Bradley is a senior executive in the hotel industry, with over 30 years of experience in the sector. He was the co-founder and CEO of Beacon Hotel Corporation (later Guest Quarters Suite Hotels). Under Mr. Bradley's leadership, Beacon developed and managed over 30 hotels in less than six years, among them the world-renowned Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowes Wharf. An attorney, Mr. Bradley has broad experience with hotel financing, acquisitions, and re-branding. During the 1990's Mr. Bradley was a financial advisor to several national institutional investors.

Jack Levy
Senior Vice President, Financial Analysis
Jack Levy has expertise in the analysis and structuring of complex financial transactions in the hotel, real estate and leisure industries. He is the former Executive Vice President, Treasurer, with Pebble Beach Company and former Senior Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions with Promus Hotel Company, Doubletree Hotels Corporation and The Beacon Companies of Boston.

Stephen D. Pletcher
Senior Vice President, Operations & Asset Management
Stephen Pletcher’s two decades of experience in the hospitality industry spans multiple disciplines including hotel operations, development, and general business experience. He is the former President of INNCO, Inc., the purchasing and project management subsidiary of the 1,250-property Promus Hotels Corporation. Prior to joining INNCO, he was senior vice president of operations and senior vice president of technical services for Doubletree Hotels Corporation.

Tony D'Agostino
Vice President, Corporate Controller
Tony D’Agostino has over 20 years of accounting and financial reporting experience.  His experience before joining Pyramid includes time spent as Vice President - Planning & Analysis for Pegasus Solutions, Inc. and Assistant Corporate Controller for Doubletree Hotels Corporation.  He also spent 10 years with KPMG's audit practice.

Courtney Blamey
Vice President, Portfolio Administration
Courtney Blamey was the Controller at Centro Watte (formerly Heritage Property Investment Trust) and has over ten years of real estate experience. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Accounting from College of the Holy Cross.

Robert (Tico) Bevier, CHA
Vice President, Business Development
Tico Bevier has 29 years of experience in the hospitality field, encompassing food and beverage, rooms, operations, and consulting. Mr. Bevier’s affiliation with Pyramid began in 2003 when he consulted with the company on hotel acquisitions and transitions. As Vice President of Transitions he oversaw the smooth transition of over 33 hotels. His extensive hospitality career started with Hyatt Hotels; moving on to La Mansion Hotels; and then he spent 15 years with Hilton Hotels Corporation, mostly at the Doubletree Hotel New Orleans as General Manager.  Immediately prior to joining Pyramid he was President of Expotel Hospitality Services for three years. Mr. Bevier recently relocated to Boston to join the Business Development team.

Caroline Kelleher
Vice President, Human Resources
Upon graduation from Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences, Caroline Kelleher became part of the team that opened the Hard Rock Hotel in Chicago. She began her career as HR Coordinator and remained with the Hard Rock for 3 years, leaving as the Human Resources Director. Ms. Kelleher returned to Boston to join Pyramid's Corporate office team as HRD and quickly focused on implementing our training system, PALMS, becoming Director of Talent Development.