This highly qualified hospitality management expert has over 30 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS in business administration from Ohio State University, MBA from Southern Illinois University, and his PhD in international business from Barry University. In addition, he is a member of the National Restaurant Association and is a certified hospitality senior trainer. Formerly, he has held several roles through the industry including being a resort general ...
This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in restaurant and hospitality management. He received his BS in restaurant and foodservice administration and his MS in nutritional science & dietetics from the University of Nebraska. He then went on to complete his PhD in hospitality management at Iowa State University. This expert is certified as a hospitality educator by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. He formerly served as a food ...
This expert has over 40 years of experience teaching restaurant management and conducting research in his field. He earned his BS from A.P Agricultural University in India before moving on to earn both his MS and PhD from Louisiana State University. The expert is a registered dietitian by the American Dietetic Association as well as a member of multiple professional organizations, including the International College of Hospitality Management and the National Restaurant ...
Mr. Devin C. Ballard has 33 years of experience in the field of Law Enforcement & Security. He earned his BA in Criminal Justice from Central State University and his MA in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Today, this expert is licensed as a Private Investigator and Private Patrolman in the State of Nevada. Formerly, this expert served as a Patrol Officer, Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police ...
Mr. Jonathan Rivera has 17 years of experience in Hotel HR and security. He earned his AA in General Studies from Valencia College and his BS in Occupational Safety from Columbia Southern University. Formerly, this expert served as a Hotel Manager On Duty at Rosen Shingle Creek and as a Safety and Investigations Manager at Rosen Hotels and Resorts, Inc. Currently, this expert is the Director of Safety and Risk Management at Rosen Hotels and Resorts, Inc, as well as the ...
Mr. Alan W. Zajic has over 50 years of experience in Security and Safety Consulting. Today, this expert is a Certified Protection Professional by the American Society for Industrial Security and licensed as a Private Investigator and Private Patrolman in the state of Nevada. Formerly, this expert held roles as the Director of Security/ Loss Control and the Executive Director of Hotel Operations at Del E. Webb Corporation and as a Corporate Security Manager at ...
Mr. Lance R. Foster has over 50 years of experience in the field of Law Enforcement and Security. He earned his BS in Law Enforcement from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and his M.Ed in Educational Administration from the University of Tampa. Today, this expert is a Certified Security Consultant by the International Association of Professional Security Consultants. Formerly, this expert served as an Intelligence Officer in the United States Air Force, as a Deputy ...
This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in the field of hospitality. He has held several distinguished positions overseeing the food and beverage division of many renowned hotels and hotel chains, including Caesars Palace, the MGM Grand, W Hotels, Hilton Worldwide, and Hyatt Hotels. He has served as a consultant for multiple hotel chains and managed hotel openings for hotels such as the W Fort Lauderdale and the Westin Diplomat. Currently, he serves at the ...
This highly qualified expert has experience managing properties including resorts, hotels, and condos. His experience includes all operational aspects of reorganizing, quality control, risk management, and project management. He is particularly experienced in hospitality safety, and has dealt with issues ranging from slip and falls to hurricanes. He is a member of associations such as SKAL International and ARDA and is currently a board member of the Cocoa Beach Visitor ...
This expert in Hotel Management has extensive experience as a senior executive in premier hospitality organizations with national, international, and local responsibilities. He received a BS in Hospitality from Penn State University and an MS in Hospitality from NYU. He is a member of numerous professional societies. The expert has served in a number of management positions at independent hotels, HEI Hotels, and Sheraton/Starwood Hotels. He is currently an Adjunct ...
This expert has more than 20 years of hospitality and guest ranch experience, having served as the General Manager of properties including airport hotels, boutique hotels, and outdoor camping resorts. The National Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds awarded his facility with the Campground of the Year award in 2016....
This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the hotel industry. His hotel safety and maintenance experience includes 10 years with Marriott Hotels, Resorts, and Suites in various management positions. This expert was on the opening management team of the San Francisco Marriott, a 1500-room convention hotel. He was honored with the Director of Services of the Year award, Northwest Region. He later moved to the Marriott regional office in San Ramon, ...
In early August 2020, Nevada lawmakers passed a controversial bill to issue COVID-19 health protections within the state’s hospitality industry. Senate Bill 4, signed into law by Governor Steve Sisolak on August 11, 2020, provides a number of health and…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Conlon Group Ariz., LLC v. CNL Resort Biltmore Real Estate, Inc. Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69299 The plaintiff claimed that the defendant capping villa revenue…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: City of Rome v. Hotels.com, L.P. Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198879 The defendants retained a hospitality expert witness who opined on the…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Lister v. Hyatt Corp. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211764 The plaintiff retains a hospitality expert after she sustains injuries in a slip and fall…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Bouton v. Ocean Props Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17498 Facts The plaintiff stayed at the Jupiter Beach Resort in Florida for one night. During…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Colorado Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Jorgensen v. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC Citation: 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 124659 Facts In this premises liability case against the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Denver, Colorado, the…
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Wroblewski v. Tyler Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180751 In this law enforcement case, the plaintiff was a casino patron who was accused…
This case involves a man who died as a result of a fall at a luxury resort. The resort was conducting maintenance on their pool and had left an uncovered ditch near the jacuzzi area. The man was walking by the pool,…
This case involves a policy dispute over a hospitality company that was in the process of developing a five-star resort property on a volcanic island. The resort was at the bottom of the volcano which had been dormant for many…
This case involves a blind man who attended a conference at the defendant hotel. The man was scheduled to give a speech on stage during the conference and required that the stage be adjusted to accommodate him. The hotel had been…