Business: Operates hotels and restaurants and provides catering at sports and entertainment venues.
Founded: 1995
Headquarters: St. Paul
Website: www.morrisseyhospitality.com
Executives: Bill Morrissey, president; Philip Jungwirth, CFO; Len Ghilani, VP, restaurant division; Maureen McDowall, VP, marketing; Chuck Paton, VP, lodging division; Keith Reardon, regional director, sports and entertainment division
Employees: 1,000
2007 revenue: $2.5 million
Strategy: Make sure hotel and resort projects succeed before seeking new ventures; move toward developing own projects.
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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