David Parker is the President and Founder of DPC Hospitality, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the hotel industry, including over 25 years in hotel consulting and development. Prior to forming DP Consulting in 2001, Parker spent nearly a decade at PKF Consulting (now CBRE Hotels), where he developed methodologies for collecting market information on hotels and meeting facilities, and built multiple modeling techniques for projecting utilization, income, and expense. In addition to his consulting practice, Parker is an experienced real estate developer who has completed numerous ground-up projects spanning residential, retail, and hospitality uses, bringing a developer’s perspective to complex consulting engagements alongside the polish of a national firm.