Asher Burris
His clients include; Google, Adidas, Puma, Coca-Cola, Reebok, Xbox, Paris St. Germain Football Club, BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, Royal Bank of Canada…
Asher Burris is a result’s driven leader and entrepreneur offering a dynamic background in General Management, Business Development, and Sales Management. Demonstrating an extensive breadth and depth of experience gained from over 25 years with Fortune 50, Luxury Hospitality, and Own Pioneered Companies.
Most recently, he served as the General Manager over the Fitness/Wellness division of the 1 Hotel South Beach. This included overseeing all operations in the 15,000 sq.ft hotel gym (The largest gym in a hotel throughout all of North America and most recently winning multiple awards for best gym in Miami, US, and hotel gym in the world by American Express), designing and managing all wellness events on property, and custom tailoring corporate wellness activations for their exclusive corporate clients.
Asher managed a staff of 30 associates with an annual budget of $1.5 million and increased 2019 Year-Over-Year revenue growth by 98%. Departmental and Individual success was achieved in 2019 by obtaining the highly sought after Forbes 5 Star rating for luxury excellence in customer service and operations with Asher also being selected by the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association as one of the Hospitality Leader’s of the Year.
With over 12 years of experience as a Design Strategist in Brand Ideation and UX (User Experience), Asher has worked with a multitude of top brands and companies through experiential marketing campaigns and branding activations. His clients include; Google, Adidas, Puma, Coca-Cola, Reebok, Xbox, Paris St. Germain Football Club, BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase, Royal Bank of Canada, FOX Broadcasting Company, FOX Sports, Food Network, Water.org, and Morgan Stanley to name a few. Asher brings extensive experience in the beverage and bottling industry that was gained while working with PepsiCo for over 7 years. He was responsible for sales, marketing, grocery store and customer relations in top producing market in Western North Carolina with annual sales exceeding $2 million dollars per year.
Asher has a strong passion for clean water and sustainability initiatives, which has granted him the opportunity to give several dynamic lectures for the University Of Miami.
Two of his most proud personal achievements here in Miami were, first creating and organizing a charitable event with Royal Bank of Canada, Reebok, and the Overtown Youth Center that gave over 450 pairs of shoes to children in need as well as an additional $25,000 given to the center’s community programs. His second personal achievement was creating a non-traditional triathlon that helped raised awareness on the issues of clean water, energy poverty, and world hunger while also raising over $20,000 given to non-profit organizations.
He is a proud husband and father of two beautiful children with one more due in June 2020. With free time, you can most likely find him out on the water paddleboarding and appreciating nature.