Sunbelt of Tampa Bay

David Lylis has built his business career in Marketing in the Real Estate sector in various Executive level positions, most recently with a subsidiary of Hyatt Hotels and Resorts.

Formerly from New England where he managed the marketing function for Eastern Resorts, LLC of Newport, RI, he joined the Hyatt organization as Marketing Director to develop and manage a condominium resort property in Dorado, Puerto Rico, adjacent to the Cerromar Oceanfront Resort. Mr. Lylis resided in Dorado, Puerto Rico for four years, through the completion of the project.

Before joining Sunbelt Business Brokers, Mr. Lylis spent ten years as National Marketing Director for Hyatt Vacation Ownership at Corporate headquarters in St. Petersburg, FL.

He is an experienced Executive level Director with strategic marketing, business development, and sales experience.

Mr. Lylis is married to Susan Herman Lylis, Executive Director for a Conservation Foundation in Washington, DC. His hobbies include trading equities, options, and investing, and he has restored two Triumph British sports cars which continue to be garaged at his home in Safety Harbor, FL.

He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and is a member of the American, Marketing Association, the Direct Marketing Association Travel and Hospitality Council, and the American Resort Development Association

Mr. Lylis has a daughter who resides in Easthampton, MA.

Bill Smalley has extensive business experience spanning over 35 years as an owner and general manager. After obtaining a BS Degree in Business Management and working in the transportation industry he founded Smalley Transportation Company. The trucking business grew from three to over five hundred employees and contractors during the twenty years before he sold the company. Smalley has over twenty years experience as a commercial bank director. He was a founding director of an independent banking company that grew to over $200 million in assets. He has earned the Florida Business Brokers Association professional designation CFBI (Certified Florida Business Intermediary) and the Institute Of Certified Business Counselors designation CBC (Certified Business Counselor). He is a Florida licensed real estate salesman and mortgage broker.

Warren Smith has extensive experience in both corporate life and in start up situations. He started his career with one of the first franchise type concepts with Mobil Oil Corporation. He was responsible for working with 40 independent service station dealers in the metro Philadelphia area to help them grow their businesses. Later he was promoted to area manager with responsibility for over 150 dealers. He also started the first self service operation for the company in Pennsylvania. Enjoying the excitement of start ups, Warren jumped at the chance of being part of the sales group which introduced soft contact lenses to the market for Bausch & Lomb. Warren served in various marketing functions for the company and eventually took over responsibility for the western third of the United States. Again the bug bit him and he accepted the position as Vice President of Sales & Marketing for another new start up, American Hydron, a new soft contact lens company. During his tenure, sales grew to over $80 million. He developed the sales force from scratch and developed the marketing plans for the company's most successful product in both sales and profits. He also helped raise $28 million dollars in bonds in Europe. The company became very attractive for a takeover and was acquired by Smith, Kline, Beechum. He stayed on for a year, but the culture had changed and so he sought new opportunities. At that time there was a company, Silor, which distributed optical lenses for eyeglasses. Once a market leader, but now it was losing market share and more important it was losing profits. He was named president of Silor and launched a campaign to regain share and profits which he did with the introduction of new product lines. Silor was foreign owned and he saw a greater parent company influence and so he decided it was time to start his own business. Warren helped start two new businesses, Vision Concepts and Beverly Hills Polo Club. Both were optical frame distributors offering private labels, a new concept to the optical market. Warren sold his interests in the companies to his partners and has now spent the last three years helping others find their own dreams through a business of their own.

Jeff Spilman is a broker/consultant with over 30 years of experience in bringing together sellers and buyers of businesses, business related real estate, and investment/income producing real estate.

He has worked with a broad range of asset types over the years, and has successfully closed on some of the most challenging transactions. His strengths are in asset market evaluation, asset marketing, negotiating, and managing the transactional process.”

We are excited to have Mr. Spilman as part of the Sunbelt-Tampa Team. With his experience and dedication we know he will be a great success