Mr. Garrison

David Garrison

Chief Executive Officer

iBAHN

When David W. Garrison joined iBAHN in October 2002 as president and chief executive officer, he brought with him more than twenty years of successful experience in leading telecommunications and technology services companies in the wireless and Internet industries.

Mr. Garrison has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Netcom, a pioneering Internet service provider. During his three-year tenure at Netcom, he successfully led NASDAQ financings, using the proceeds to expand geographically within the United States to build one of the first significant Internet networks. Additionally, he expanded the company internationally to create one of the top-rated Internet companies in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Prior to joining NETCOM, he served as president of SkyTel, a division of Mobil Telecommunications Technologies, Inc. Prior to SkyTel, Mr. Garrison served successively as chief operating officer, president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board for Dial Page, Inc., a regional paging carrier based in Greenville, South Carolina. Prior to that, Mr. Garrison held the positions of vice president and general manager for the Providence Journal Company, a publishing and broadcast holding company based in Providence, Rhode Island.

Mr. Garrison has served as an independent director of SonicWALL, a leading company in providing security solutions to small and medium enterprise customers worldwide. He also has served as independent director on more than a half-dozen boards of private and public companies, including election as chairman of the independent directors committee at Ameritrade. He holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Syracuse University and a master of business administration degree from Harvard University.

Mr. Garrison can be contacted at 303-728-6150 or dgarrison@ibahn.com

Coming Up In The June Online Hotel Business Review


Feature Focus
New Trends in Hotel Architecture and Design
On any hotel design project, architects are generally serving at least three masters - the owner/developer, the hotel operator, and the general public who will utilize the hotel - and each have their own goals, objectives and demands. The owner/developer is concerned with brand standards, the target market and the hotel's locale, while the operator is concerned about achieving the highest possible revenue through efficient design. The public is demanding that architecture and design be fully integrated into the guest experience, based on prevailing tastes and preferences. The architect's role is to respond professionally and efficiently to meet the demands of all and to develop a unified solution. Though each project has its own prerequisites and obligations, there are some general design trends which seem to be prevalent across the industry. First, there is an increased emphasis on the importance of the lobby. The principle here is that first impressions matter and that a hotel has only a few minutes to convince a guest that they have made the right decision. Hotel lobbies are being completely re-imagined - from eliminating front desks altogether to turning lobbies into warm, intimate social spaces, replete with fireplaces and comfortable furniture. There is also an increasing use of ambient natural light, even in large spaces like ballrooms and meeting rooms. In addition, there is greater emphasis on incorporating the distinctive attributes of any given location into the hotel design, which guests are defining as central to their experiences. The June issue of the Hotel Business Review will report on all these exciting developments in the fields of architecture and design.
In this issue...
Experiential Design Across All Sectors
By Ellis Katz, Principal, John Portman & Associates
Challenges of Contemporary Design in Historic Buildings
By Gary Meadows, President, HCI Architecture, Inc.
Ideal Meeting Spaces Should Offer Flexibility, Flexibility and Then Some
By Ronald M. Lustig, Design Architect/Principal, Earl Swensson Associates, Inc.
The Hotel Lobby
By Jennifer Skaife, Senior Associate, DiLeonardo
PLUS: Keeping an Eye on the Return on Design; Check In To the Future; L'AND Vineyards Wine Resort; How to Preserve Architectural Detail; Catering to Women in Hotel Design; Sustainability Retrofits, and much more.