Greg Schmidt Greg Schmidt has been named the general manager of the hotel near MCAS Miramar. He previously served as the general manager of Residence Inn San Diego Rancho Bernardo/Carmel Mountain Ranch. Schmidt began his career with Marriott in 1987 as a server at Courtyard Nashville Brentwood in Tennessee. The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco in California hired him in 2000 for housekeeping and reservation sales. Four years later, he was promoted to assistant general manager at Residence Inn San Francisco Airport/Oyster Point Waterfront before attaining the general manager title at Courtyard San Jose Cupertino in 2006. Heading back to San Francisco in 2008 to work as the front office manager at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Schmidt then decided to take on the sales manager role for the Western Mountain Pacific Sales Office. A certified life coach who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from San Jose State University, Schmidt has been awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award during his notable Marriott tenure.