Hires New Chief Accounting Officer
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE:INN) (the “Company”) today announced
that Mr. Paul Ruiz has been appointed Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer. Mr. Ruiz will succeed Mr. Troy Hester in the role
from which he retired in April 2014.
Mr. Ruiz brings over 25 years of executive, financial, accounting and
operational experience to the Company. Mr. Ruiz has expertise in
finance, accounting, business strategy, organizational operations,
capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring
activities, and business transformations.
Prior to joining the Company, Ruiz served in senior executive roles for
companies in a variety of industries, including real estate and
technology. Recently, Mr. Ruiz was the Director of Global Corporate
Accounting at Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., (NYSE: FSL), a global
leader in semiconductors. He began his career with
PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was an audit manager providing audit
and business advisory services to entrepreneurial, rapidly growing and
Fortune 500 companies.
Mr. Ruiz graduated with highest honors from the University of Texas at
Austin with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and
earned his Masters in Business Administration from Baylor University. He
is a Certified Public Accountant.
About Summit Hotel Properties
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly-traded real estate
investment trust focused primarily on acquiring and owning
premium-branded, select-service hotels in the upscale and upper midscale
segments of the lodging industry. As of May 5, 2014, the Company’s
portfolio consisted of 90 hotels with a total of 11,353 guestrooms
located in 22 states.
For additional information, please visit the Company’s website, www.shpreit.com
and follow on Twitter at @SummitHotel_INN.
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.
Elisabeth Eisleben,
512-538-2306
Source: Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.