Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
IT Skills
Languages
Certification
Timeline
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Harsh  Garg

Harsh Garg

MSc. In Global Hospitality Business
Houston,TX

Summary

Hardworking Hospitality and Events Company Founder passionate about building companies from within by attracting intelligent and productive professionals.


Quality-driven leader focused on growth and experienced in fundraising, customer acquisition and executive management.


Innovative company consultant with 8 years of experience solving chronic deficiencies and driving growth.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Executive Director

Jiwan Residency Private Limited
Rameswaram, Tamilnadu
03.2014 - Current
  • Spearheaded successful business development initiatives aligned with company's strategy and core competencies
  • Established and liaised strategic partnerships with professional and governmental institutions
  • Managed teams of 150 professionals focused on improving service excellence initiatives
  • Devised new promotional approaches to boost customer numbers and market penetration while enhancing engagement and driving growth
  • Oversaw business-wide changes to modernize procedures and organization

Managing Partner and Founder

Eight O Eight Entertainment
Madurai, Tamilnadu
07.2018 - Current

Established - 8- O- 8 (Eight O Eight), Social enterprise to address shortfall of access to live performing events in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

  • Live Performing Events organized for 35 - 1100 audience members
  • Essential funds raised for regional theatre and performing arts artists / producers
  • Strategic partnerships with educational institutions and local enterprises
  • Hired and cross-trained staff members for various event-specific functions and assessed employees' understanding of associated processes and procedures
  • Promoted adherence to client-event requirements through delegation, prioritizing and management of entire production lifecycle from concept to execution

Academic Business Project Consultant

Westmont Hospitality Group
Houston, Texas
10.2020 - 07.2021
  • Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement using SERVQUAL Model for client group
  • Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results through qualitative analysis
  • Collaborated with global team of academicians and leadership to identify relevant questions and determine best methods to deliver results
  • Used "R" and Qualtrics to determine data-set correlations while initiating qualitative functions to assess and interpret actionable data from more than 300 survey responses

Education

Master of Science - Global Hospitality Business

EHL Hospitality Business School
Lausanne, Switzerland

BBA - Business Administration And Management

The American College
Madurai,Tamilnadu

Skills

  • Clifton Strengths - Gallup : Responsibility, Inclusive,Arranger, Learner, Woo
  • Business Development
  • Integrity and Transparency
  • Strategic Planning and Execution
  • Employee Motivation and Performance
  • Portfolio Management and Executive Leadership
  • Financial Planning and Management
  • Effective Communicator and Public Speaker
  • Board Oversight and Stakeholder Management
  • Community Outreach
  • ERP Systems, HRIS, CRM
  • Marketing Management

Affiliations

  • Toastmasters
  • Rotary International
  • Jaycees - Junior Chamber of India
  • Young Indians - Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
  • Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP)
  • Round Table India (RTI) - Madurai RT14
  • Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne (EHL) Alumni Association
  • School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) Alumni Association


IT Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Property Management Systems (PMS)
  • Content Management Systems (CMS)
  • R Software

Languages

English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Tamil
Native or Bilingual
Punjabi
Limited Working
Telugu
Elementary

Certification

  • Sustainability Leadership for Hotel & Tourism Professionals, Green Globe Academy

  • Certified Hotel Valuation Software Consultant (CHVSC), HVS

  • Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA) & Certification in Advanced Hospitality and Tourism Analytics (CAHTA), STR Inc

  • IELTS Academic English: 7.5

Timeline

Academic Business Project Consultant

Westmont Hospitality Group
10.2020 - 07.2021

Managing Partner and Founder

Eight O Eight Entertainment
07.2018 - Current

Executive Director

Jiwan Residency Private Limited
03.2014 - Current

Master of Science - Global Hospitality Business

EHL Hospitality Business School

BBA - Business Administration And Management

The American College
Harsh GargMSc. In Global Hospitality Business