Sentry Centers





Sentry Centers’ new class of executive conference centers is boldly shaping the future of corporate hospitality. We opened Sentry Centers at 730 Third Avenue, New York in November 2009 as a dedicated service to accommodate offsite meetings and in a highly professional, productivity-driven environment - without minimum hotel room night requirements. Expansion quickly followed with the addition of 810 Seventh Avenue, New York to be followed soon by more locations in New York and other gateway cities.

  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Year Started: 2009
  • Organization Type: For-Profit
  • # of Employees: 78 ( as of Jan 1, 2012)
www.sentrycenters.com
 

Ryan Simonetti

Ryan co-founded Sentry Centers in 2009 bringing a wealth of financial experience with a focus in real estate to the organization. Sentry Centers is quickly changing the landscape of corporate real estate by developing purpose built conference centers to meet the growing demand of companies looking for local offsite meeting and conference solutions on a variable cost basis. Ryan oversees all financial, acquisition, construction, and new development transactions for Sentry Centers. Prior to founding Sentry, Ryan served as a Vice President at Gramercy Capital Corp. where he was in charge of the workout and restructuring of a $1.0 B loan portfolio including $600 MM of related investments. Before joining Gramercy in 2006, Ryan was a real estate banking analyst within the global real estate group at Lehman Brothers, where he focused on the structuring and securitization of commercial mortgaged back securities. Ryan is a graduate of Villanova University, and has been recognized in Inc. Magazine’s “30 under 30”. Ryan is an active supporter of NourishingNYC, Nourishing America, CoreNet Global, and was selected to be a member of New York Senator Gillibrand’s Small Business Working Group. Outside of work, Ryan enjoys golfing, fishing, reading, and thinking of the next big idea. You can follow Ryan on Twitter @rwsimonetti.

  • Age: 42
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
 

Christopher Kelly

Chris co-founded Sentry Centers in 2009 to capitalize on converging trends in real estate and workplace collaboration. Sentry re-purposes commercial office space into full service conference centers that simultaneously create value in real estate and serve corporate demand for local, offsite meetings. Chris leads industry discussions on alternative workplace strategies and collaboration and has initiated programs including The ReThink Forum and CoreNet's Conference Space Utilization Survey. Prior to joining Sentry, Chris founded ventures including evoJets, a leading provider of private jet charter services and several other small business projects in the United States, Central and South America. Chris is a graduate of the Villanova School of Business and has twice been recognized in Inc. Magazine’s “30 Under 30” for his founding roles in Sentry Centers and evoJets. Most recently he has been appointed as a member to NY Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's "Small Business Working Group" and is actively involved in community discussions on small business and entrepreneurship. Outside of work, Chris' passion for traveling in developing economies has taken him to over 30 countries on 5 continents. Chris is a life long student who especially enjoys playing music, cooking and photography. You can follow Chris on Twitter @ThoughtsOnBiz

  • Age: 41
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian
 
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