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Dan has been involved in all aspects of real estate since graduating from law school in 1979.  Dan's career began in New York where he developed a real estate practice at two firms over the course of about eighteen years.  The practices were transactional in nature, involving selling, buying, leasing, building and financing of commercial, retail, hospitality and residential properties.  The practice also included the registration of participatory interests in properties (condominium, cooperatives, UDIs, etc.)  During a portion of that time, Dan was also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Real Estate Law at New York University.

In March, 1998, Dan joined Marriott International, (now Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation), in its Orlando, Florida office.  During his twenty-five years at Marriott/MVW, Dan led the real estate transaction and development practice for the vacation ownership sector of the business.  In that capacity, Dan successfully completed complex, high value deals in Europe, Asia, Australia and of course North America.

Dan and his founding partners have a vision for bringing unmatched aggregate experience in real estate to a discreet handful of clients for a broad range of real estate consulting services.  Fourth Circle Consulting is the embodiment of that vision.  There are real estate owners, developers, lenders and managers which might benefit from some creative thinking around the partial re-purposing of underperforming assets, as well as development projects, particularly mixed-use projects, in general.  Fourth Circle seeks to be of service to those real estate professionals.

With almost 35 years of experience in the hospitality real estate sector, Dexter offers a unique global perspective in curating strategic business plans to maximize market opportunity, synergy, long term business growth and compelling financial performance through win-win partnerships.  Prior to joining Fourth Circle Consulting, LLC, Dexter spent over two decades with Marriott’s hotel and timeshare feasibility and development teams. 

In the most recent 12 years, Dexter worked with Marriott Vacations Worldwide (MVW) based in Singapore where he was responsible for identifying and pursuing single and mixed-use real estate development, acquisition transactions and partnerships.  As Vice President, Dexter led feasibility, business planning, deal structuring and corporate investment approval efforts for new resort and urban projects operating under the Marriott Vacation Club timeshare brand within the Asia Pacific region. 

Prior to joining MVW, Dexter spent over ten years in several positions of increasing responsibility at Marriott International, Inc., most recently in Newport Beach, California, as Vice President, Hotel Development for full-service legacy brands, including Marriott, JW Marriott, Renaissance, The Ritz-Carlton and Bulgari. 

  Don Baarman is a thirty-eight-year veteran of the hospitality industry. In his early career, he worked in hotel operations for Marriott. The past twenty-five years, his focus has been on real estate acquisitions and resort development. During this time, he has been involved in all facets of resort development and real estate transactions. He has been a member of the Urban Land Institute since 2006 and has served on the Recreational Development Council since 2013.

Joe Scalo began his thirty-eight-year career in the timeshare industry in January 1985 with Marriott Corporation and continuing with the spin-off from it of Marriott International, Inc. as General Counsel of what was then a wholly-owned subsidiary known as Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. now a separate entity known as Marriott Vacations Worldwide. He recently retired from employment with Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. Throughout his career, he has been involved in all aspects of the timeshare industry by providing legal support in the areas of acquisitions, development and construction, regulatory compliance, marketing and sales, operations, association governance, title insurance, financing, etc. He is a past member of the American Resort Development Association since the start of his career and a past member of its State Legislative Committee, a past Chairman of the Timeshare Council of the American Bar Association, and a past President of the National Land Council.