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As CEO of Aperture Hotels, Mr. Oswald leads the vision, strategy and operational execution of this leading hotel management company. Aperture Hotels operates award-winning premium select-service, extended stay, and lifestyle hotels throughout the United States with a focus on customer delivery, providing turnkey solutions to owners, and producing outsized returns on invested capital for our clients and shareholders.

Mr. Oswald’s past experiences include investment, development, management, or consulting for Hotel & Resort, Restaurant, Charter Yacht, Fuel Station, Agriculture, Retail, Land, Golf, Senior Living, and Office Condo businesses. His extensive hotel & resort experience spans 37,000+ rooms among 250+ hotels, across 27 states and the Caribbean, ranging from 60 room limited service to 1,000+ room convention hotels & resorts.

Most recently, Mr. Oswald was Founder & CEO of Merit Point Capital during which time he invested, managed or consulted in Hotel & Resort, Charter Yacht, Senior Living, Office, Fuel Stations, Agriculture, and retail during the period immediately preceding and throughout the global pandemic. Previously, he was CEO of HP Hotels where he restructured the company and led HP to rank among the Top 25 among largest hotel management companies in the U.S. in 2019. HP’s portfolio included 47 hotels with 6,472 rooms, comprised of Hilton, Marriott, Intercontinental, Choice, Independent, and Lifestyle full-service and select-service hotels. Past roles include VP of Operations with Noble Investment Group (having completed $4B in hospitality investments) and Interstate Hotels & Resorts (world’s largest hotel & resort management company), where he successfully transitioned through Noble Management’s 2011 merger into Interstate.

Mr. Oswald progressed through the ranks of operations with Noble, Winegardner & Hammons, and Hyatt, while earning numerous performance accolades, including “Hotel of the Year”.

Mr. Oswald’s thought leadership is evident through his contributions to various industry journals and Hilton’s Full-Service Operations Council, the Lodging Industry Investment Council (LIIC), AT&T/DirecTV’s Hospitality Technology Advisory Board, Chairman for an independent CRE investment group, and panelist for Barclays Bank, GE National Middle Market Summit, BITAC, and The Ohio State University, et al.