Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> November 9, 1999
WILLIAM M. PIERCE has been Boca Resorts' Senior Vice President,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since March 1997 and a director of
Florida Panthers Hockey Club, Inc. ('Panthers, Inc.'), the general
partner of Florida Panthers Hockey Club (the 'Panthers'), since November
1996. From January 1990 to March 1997, Mr. Pierce served as an officer
of Huizenga Holdings and as the CFO and a director of numerous other
private companies owned by Mr. Huizenga. From April 1979 to December
1989, he held Controller and General Manager positions for Sky Chefs, a
food and retail service subsidiary of American Airlines. Mr. Pierce also
served as Vice Chairman of the Broward County Tourism Development
Council for a multi-year term ending in 1990. Profile
MICHAEL F. GLENNIE serves as Senior Vice President for Boca Resorts,
Inc. He oversees all resort and club operations for the company. This
unique collection of properties includes: the Boca Raton Resort & Club
in Boca Raton, Florida; the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona; the
Registry Resort and the Edgewater Beach Resort in Naples, Florida; and
the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Resort & Marina, the Radisson Bahia Mar Resort
& Yachting Center and the Grande Oaks Golf Club in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. Mr. Glennie is responsible for implementing the company's
business plan which includes a rollout of the Boca Premier Club concept
in Fort Lauderdale, Naples and Phoenix Arizona, and executing the
internal growth opportunities that exist in each destination. In
addition to these duties, Mr. Glennie serves as President of the Boca
Raton Resort & Club a position he has held since 1987. He was
responsible for creating the Premier Club in 1991, a private membership
club which has contributed significantly to the profitability of the
Boca Raton Resort Club. In January 1998, the Resort opened a new 140,000
square foot, state-of-the-art convention center, which has confirmed the
Resort's leadership position in the convention business. Prior to Boca,
Mr. Glennie's previous tenures included manager of the Waldorf-Astoria
in New York City for two and a half years and 10 years with Rockresorts
in various management positions. At the Waldorf-Astoria, he oversaw a
$100 million renovation to re-establish the property as one of the
premier hotels in the world. Profile
Incorporated, the company's history, activities, customers, those kinds
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