Friendwell

Leadership

Jason Cheng – President/CEOlogo
Mr. Jason Cheng is the CEO of Friendwell Group of Companies. He brings to the company more than seventeen years of experience in owning and operating both full service and limited service hotels, real estate acquisition, revenue generation, cost control, and renovation projects. Mr. Cheng holds a B.S. in Economics and MBA in Finance from New York University.

 

Diana Wei – Director of Accounting
Ms. Wei possesses many years of diverse business experience which she bestows upon Friendwell Management, including accounting, budgeting, and treasury functions. Ms. Wei is a Certified Public Accountant. Additionally, Ms. Wei holds degree in Masters in Economics from University of Texas at Austin.

 

Joe Mazza – Regional Director of Loss Prevention
Mr. Mazza joined Friendwell with over 25 years of service in Law Enforcement and Narcotics for the state of New Jersey.  Joe has managed Friendwell’s Loss Prevention and Security efforts over the last 10 years.  Friendwell’s Loss Prevention department proactively monitors all life safety systems and related laws for our hotels. In addition, Mr. Mazza is consistently putting new programs in place to ensure the safety and security of our guests and employees.

 

George Fang – Task Force Operations Manager
Mr. Fang is responsible for training hotel operations and assisting other operational functions at the corporate and property levels. He also served on the task force at General Manager level for IHG and independent hotels of Friendwell. Prior to joining Friendwell, Mr. Fang has worked as Director of Operations with great performing records for several leading hotel wholesale and tour and travel companies in the east coast. He received international education and holds double M.A. in history and East Asian studies from New York University and Peking University.

 

Emma Lin – Internal Audit/Content Management
Ms. Lin started her career in travel agencies and moved on to the hospitality industry’s front desk and reservation departments. She now uses her experience to audit channel connectivity, rate codes categorization, online content, and perform business production analytics to the hotel’s revenue strategies and front desk operations.

 

Ami Chen – Revenue Manager
Ms. Chen started her hospitality career while earning her BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management from San Francisco State University. She had previously held different roles at international brands such as Sofitel Hotel, Grand Hyatt, and Booking.com. Prior to joining Friendwell, Ms. Chen managed more than 100 properties that ranged from hostels to luxury hotels and was able to analyze market trends and provide suitable solutions and strategies to hotel partners that maximized revenue.