DCS Associates is a proven market leader in consulting to restaurants and other ventures in the hospitality industry at large. Founder David Shinney has worked his way up all rungs of the ladder in our business from busboy to big shot. In small to supersize independent restaurant start ups, single or multi unit, big and even bigger chains, boutique and flagged hotels, and retail gourmet food operations, he’s created and fine-tuned the concepts, drafted the business plans, raised investment money, managed launches, installed seamless day-to-day financial and operational systems, grown revenues, and secured and assured long term profitability with each of his projects - all with a track record of success in achieving client’s goals.
In three decades in the restaurant business and hospitality industry, David Shinney has established a record as a calm, highly competent professional, unruffled, unflappable, and able to maintain his sense of humor while enhancing the bottom line.
After years as a hands-on manager, executive and consultant throughout that time, Shinney founded DCS Associates, LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to helping restaurant businesses and hospitality concerns achieve full potential as reflected in quality of product, customer service and satisfaction, staff development and retention, revenue and bottom line results, all accompanied by critical public acclaim.
In addition to Shinney’s own skills and experience, DCS Associates' clients have greatly benefited from cost- efficient access to a network of experts afforded by a dedicated roster of seasoned restaurant and hotel professionals. This occurs only with client approval, on an as-needed, interim basis. These professionals have industry-related skills, experience and success in real estate, the law, architecture, development and construction, financial systems and infrastructure, IT, operations, culinary, beverage, graphic design and marketing.
This approach gives DCS Associates a tremendous reservoir of talent to draw on, as well as ultimate client and project driven flexibility. In addition to DCS Associates, it also provides the client the opportunity to work with some of New England's top industry professionals on every aspect of the project.
