Team

Scott Mary

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Scott Mary has over 22 years of hospitality experience in many areas such as furnishing and design, manufacturing, hotel management, and hotel ownership. He began his career in the hospitality business by providing interior design and furnishings for limited service franchised hotels. Through the twelve years as the president and partner of US Contract Sales, he had the opportunity to grow the furnishing business by 500% and create many unique relationships. These unique relationships allowed Scott to begin hotel ownership partnerships that now total eleven franchised properties throughout the northwest.

After leaving US Contract, Scott spent one year in the hotel management business before founding Global Business Center, Inc. Global Business Center currently has various software offerings with major hotel brands as customers. The software offerings provide a private and secure technology environment including business centers and e-commerce platforms which are used to increase hotel profitability and improve guest satisfaction. While Global Business Center, Inc cut its teeth in the hospitality industry, the various software offerings have transferred seamlessly to other verticals such as retail and food service.

Scott graduated from Portland State University with a BS in business administration and marketing and currently participates as a board of director for two companies. He has been happily married for 22 years and has two teenage daughters. Scott enjoys golfing, boating, investing, hunting, travelling, dining out and spending time with his family and friends.

Ken York Chief Operating Officer

• HOMETOWN: Tigard, OR
• COLLEGE: Portland State University
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• Ascension team member since: 2003

With over two decades of operations and product management experience—most notably, the management, design, development, and deployment of one of the Internet’s first web-based continuing education centers—Ken’s previous experience includes serving as the Chief Product Manager of SNALF, Inc—a software development company for the healthcare industry. Here, he led the engineering and deployment efforts of a TQM system for Genesis Health Ventures linking over 400 facilities together via one central platform.

As the COO of Ascension, Ken is responsible for all product procurement, manufacturing coordination, logistics, installations, network maintenance, quality assurance, and hotel and guest support, as well as assisting with new product development efforts and product revisions.

Joe Adkisson Executive VP/ Hospitality, Sales and Technology

• HOMETOWN: Eugene, Oregon
• COLLEGE: University of Oregon
• Ascension team member since: 2004

In 1990 Joe Adkisson started Business Center Management Inc., which owned and managed full service business centers for luxury hotels and convention centers. While there, Joe also incorporating a full graphics design and print services division, including wide-format, to specifically serve hotels and their group customers.

In 2004, Joe joined Ascension as their National Account Manager, utilizing his vast network of hospitality associations to help create one of the largest networks of self-service business centers in the country, while also contributing to the company’s technology innovation and interface design.

As the Executive Vice-President Hospitality, Sales and Technology, Joe works with the executive team to help spot trends, incorporate new technologies and interface with clients both at the corporate and property level. Most recent accomplishments include the creation and marketing of ORION, Ascension’s entry into the immersive, comprehensive guest portal software service, and one of the industry’s hottest trends.

Tom Hayes

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Rich Sipe Company Director

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Travis Jacobs Company Director

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