ABOUT
Two names. One foundation.
Readers know me as Shawn Tyrell. Hotels know me as Shawn McCulloch Sr. Same man. Same conviction.
AUTHOR BIO
Shawn Tyrell
Shawn Tyrell is the author of Dating Is for Dummies: Soulmates Aren’t Found… They Are BUILT! and If You Can “Huh?” You Can HEAR. Brooklyn raised him. Christ saved him in 1999. He has spent every year since learning to recognize God’s voice for himself, and he has no interest in borrowing anybody else’s.
A speaker and entrepreneur, Shawn says what most people only think… then points them straight back to Jesus. He is the former host of In The Black Radio and the winner of the 2017 Black Owned Media Alliance (BOMA) Rising Star award. He is Dad to Shawn II and Nia, and he lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
God gets the glory.
HOSPITALITY BIO · SHAWN MCCULLOCH SR.
From the lab to the lobby to the page.
I came to hospitality after about fourteen years in the pharmaceutical industry. I walked in as a scientist… and I still lead like one.
Find the root cause. Fix the system. Build the process. Develop the team.
Hospitality Leadership
For nearly a decade, I have led in hotels. Running front offices. Training teams. Turning bad nights into good stays.
01 Led operations with 700+ daily arrivals at a high-volume convention hotel
02 Developed teams of 30+ associates and supervisors, with 7 promoted into roles of greater responsibility
03 Raised elite guest appreciation by 80% at one hotel and elite recognition by more than 30% at another
04 Took a luxury lifestyle brand standards audit from red to green in under six months
05 Onboarded and trained 2,000+ sales and service associates a year across premium and luxury brands
Pharmaceutical Science
About fourteen years. Root cause investigations. Manufacturing deviations. Compliance reports for the FDA. I learned to find out what really went wrong… then make it right. I bring that same discipline to every hotel I serve.
Entrepreneurship and Media
I built a property management company, a real estate career, and a marketing firm. I hosted In The Black Radio, which grew from a community broadcast to 880 AM. In 2017, I received the Black Owned Media Alliance Rising Star award.
Beyond the Hotel
I host Fellowship, an experience for the intentional. I write as Shawn Tyrell, author of Dating Is for Dummies. I live in Jacksonville, Florida.
Where It Started
I grew up in a one bedroom apartment in East New York, Brooklyn. My mother was sixteen when she had me. She and the community raised me there.
God gets the glory.