Our Team
Dennis C. Gilbert
Dennis Gilbert formally joined Ocean Embassy in late
2007 although he has been acting in an advisory
capacity for the Company since late 2005. As COO for
Ocean Embassy, Dennis contributes his vast
experience in theme park management providing the
critical melding of innovative concepts into
operational feasibility and profitability. Dennis
also contributes to the Company’s ability to
organize and turn opportunity into reality. He is
involved in all aspects of the Company from
management to corporate leadership and business
relations.
Dennis has spent his career in the theme park and
attraction business. Involved in all aspects of
operations, retail and food for a number of theme
parks since 1967, he has held positions of
increasing management responsibility of various
senior management posts. These include Vice
Presidential positions with three Anheuser Busch
Adventure Parks; Executive Vice President and
General Manager of SeaWorld Cleveland; Chief
Operating Officer for Malibu/Mountasia Family
Entertainment Parks, operating over 50 Entertainment
Centers in North America; and Vice President and
General Manager for Stone Mountain Park, in Atlanta,
GA.
Mr. Gilbert has been involved with the planning and
opening of over a dozen theme parks and Family
Entertainment Centers during his career. He founded
and served as President of JAK Leisure Company,
providing operational consulting services for theme
parks/water parks/attractions in the start up and
planning phase, turn around phase, as well as,
evaluation services for ongoing operations. JAK
provides safety, maintenance and operational
inspections for all rides/attractions for theme
park/water park clients. A partial client list for
JAK Leisure Company includes: Silver Dollar City,
Missouri, USA; White Water Park, Missouri, USA;
Celebration City, Missouri, USA; Busch Gardens,
Williamsburg, VA, USA; Water Country, USA,
Williamsburg, VA; Busch Gardens, Tampa, FL, USA;
Adventure Island Water Park, Tampa, FL, USA;
Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia; Dreamworld Water
Park, Queensland, Australia; LEGOLAND, Windsor,
England; LEGOLAND, California, USA; LEGOLAND,
Denmark; Ontario Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
Expo Filipino, Philippines; Dollywood, Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee, USA; GLOBO Parque, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; Parque da Monica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA; Stone Mountain
Park, GA; The Holy Land Experience, Orlando, FL,
USA.
In addition to his theme park business involvement,
Mr. Gilbert is Chairman of the Board and majority
stockholder for Gilberts of Atlanta, a restaurant
company operating as a “Wendy’s” franchisee.