Bhupender “Bruce” Patel
CEO/Managing Principal
Bruce Patel founded Fusion Hospitality in 2010 as a comprehensive development,
construction, and management company. Bruce grew up in the hospitality industry and
began working as a maintenance engineer at a family-owned property at the age of 20. He
quickly worked through each department in the hotel and developed an affinity for and
understanding of hotel management. After purchasing his first hotel at the age of 23,
Bruce began aggressively pursuing development deals and soon began construction on his
first new build hotel in Tupelo, MS in 2008.
Bruce holds the Certified Hotel Administrator designation and is currently an approved
owner/operator for the Hilton, Marriott, Choice Hotels, Wyndham, Intercontinental Hotels
Group, and Best Western brands and has gained a reputation in the hospitality community
for integrity, commitment, and passion.
Sloan Holley
Chief Financial Officer
Sloan oversees feasibility, financing, and branding efforts for new and prospective projects as well as accounting and reporting for existing hospitality and food and beverage outlets.
Before joining the Fusion Team, Sloan gained hotel experience in guest services, sales, accounting, human resources, finance, and development in full-service hotels in Texas markets. His development projects include luxury hotels in urban markets. Sloan’s strengths include feasibility analysis, strategic financial planning and financial reporting, risk mitigation and profitability controls.
Sloan earned a degree in Accounting from Millsaps College and a Masters of Taxation from The University of Mississippi.
Warren Stafford
Chief Legal Counsel
Warren is responsible for legal advisement on all legal issues, compliance and business transactions.
Education – economics, MBA
Prior to joining Fusion’s team, Warren practiced business, real estate and corporate law at Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh PLLC. He served previously as a law clerk in the Mississippi Supreme Court for Justice Josiah Coleman.
Warren earned a degree in Economics from Vanderbilt and an MBA and Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi.
Logan Ayers
Chief Operating Officer
Logan oversees sales, operations and human resources for existing hospitality and food and beverage outlets.
Prior to joining the Fusion team, Logan began his career at CoStar Group in Atlanta, GA, where he was a high-performing Research Associate on the premier Atlanta Team at the largest Commercial Real Estate Information and Analytics firm in the world. During his time at CoStar, Logan worked on market research and sales comparables reports in the Atlanta market as well as CoStar’s Apartments.com acquisition. Logan has grown with Fusion from 7 properties to more than 20 properties, serving in capacities of Associate Director of Operation, Regional Director of Operations/Acquisitions, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer along the way. Logan’s strengths are forging strong relationships, building strategic partnerships, aligning incentives of lenders, franchises, owners and team members, variable cost control and building a winning culture.
Logan earned a degree in Managerial Finance from the University of Mississippi with concentrations in banking and real estate.
