Mr. Slye

Jeff Slye

Senior Consultant

Five Winds International

Jeff Slye is a Senior Consultant with Five Winds International and has fifteen years of consulting and software solutions expertise and has led and created sustainability initiatives for organizations across the United States and Canada.

Mr. Slye combines his business background and commitment to sustainability to offer a unique perspective on sustainability issues and their relationship to core business objectives and processes of organizations. He is a specialist within the hospitality industry and has worked with over 100 hotels and restaurants, including Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants and Destination Hotels and Resorts and is currently a member of the American Hotel and Lodging Association's Sustainability Task Force.

Mr. Slye's background prior to Five Winds International was as CEO of Business Evolution Consulting (BEC), a sustainability consulting firm. Prior to BEC, he was in business development and international affairs with a high-tech communications firm and lived in London heading up the company's European business development efforts. Mr. Slye is a cum-laude graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with an emphasis on international relations.

Mr. Slye can be contacted at 415-871-1932 or j.slye@fivewinds.com

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