The Island One Resorts® senior management team comprises many of the most seasoned professionals in the vacation ownership industry. The senior management team oversees more than 750 professionals, many of whom helped lay the foundation for what is now the fastest-growing segment of the worldwide travel and tourism industry. In 1998, Island One Resorts® was recognized by the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), the international association for the vacation ownership industry, for employing more Registered Resort Professionals (RRPs) - the industry's highest professional accreditation - and Associate Resort Professionals (ARPs) than any other member company.
Sterling Stoudenmire was appointed as CEO in May of 2011. He lead the company's response to the credit crisis beginning in 2008 as the Chief Operating Officer and successfully completed a 3 year process to restructure, reorganize and recapitalize the company, culminating in a successful Chapter 11 emergence in May 2011. Throughout the restructuring process he lead the company's strategic planning, capital asset management, financial planning, information systems and overall financial management. Mr. Stoudenmire bring 8 years of executive experience in the timeshare industry, as well as more than 12 years of experience consulting for timeshare industry clients.
Mr. Stoudenmire blends a unique combination of skills in finance, strategy, litigation and technology gained from more than 15 years in consulting with Accenture. He holds a BS in Finance from Florida State University, and has an extensive background in systems integration, outsourcing, project management, financial planning & analysis, and strategic planning.
Prior to entering the timeshare industry, Mr. Stoudenmire was a Partner with Accenture, consulting for Global 1000 clients in the U.S., European Union and Latin America, including The Walt Disney Company, Best Buy, Unum (Provident) Insurance, CIBC, British Telecom and Gaylord Entertainment.
With the company since 1983, Stumbras is involved in all aspects of the property management and owner services arms of the timeshare hospitality industry. With over 25 years experience, she has been an integral force in the structuring and implementation of company product offerings and servicing. In the early years of the company, she centralized core operations including finance, reservations and customer service.
She spearheaded the design and development of a reservations system for multiple products including fixed, float, points, exchange and day use. She was instrumental in the development and design of the company's points-based multi-site vacation club product, Club Navigo. Through sound management and fiscal planning, she has led IORHG to maintain exceptional ratings from both owners and guests. She possesses a keen eye for detail and standards, with a strong ability to gauge owner expectations and to surpass these demands through calculated refurbishment and enhancement plans. She has successfully completed entire resort refurbishment and renovation plans without special assessments to owners. She is expert at developing excellent relationships between owner board members, management, developers and sales forces.
Stumbras has received the ARDA Executive Hospitality Management Gold Award. She is a licensed Community Association Manager (CAM). She serves on ARDA's Awards and Property Management Committees. She is a member of the Marketing Advisory Committee and the Reservation Board of Directors for the Kissimmee/St. Cloud Convention & Visitors Bureau. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army ARC.
An accomplished senior financial executive with more than 30 years experience in operating and managing complex international businesses, Christenson joined the company in 2008. He recently served as a Director and CFO of LNG Holdings, SA, the parent company of LambdaNet Communications, a pan-European supplier of network-related telecommunications services. Among his achievements was the successful turnaround of the company, concluding with a transfer of ownership by its private equity holders to a U.S. public ISP network operator. Previous positions include Director and CFO of Precell Solutions, Inc.; Chairman of the Board and CFO of Octagon, Inc; and Director, COO, CFO and Executive VP of Penril DataComm Networks. He began his career at General Electric in the Financial Management Program. He holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Fairfield University and a M.A. from the University of New Haven, Connecticut.
