Expert Qualifications
This expert has over 30 years of experience in the hospitality and restaurant industry. His experience includes positions at convention hotels in Los Angeles and Washington D.C., as well as management with fortune 500 restaurant companies in major cities throughout the country. He specializes in restaurant and hotel openings and consulting, as well as restaurant operations including safety and management. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Hospitality Management at a mid-Atlantic/northeast regional college.
Bio Snapshot
- Location: Virginia
- B.S., Hospitality Management, Florida International University
- M.B.A., Business, California State University
- M.T.A., Tourism, George Washington University
- Certified Instructor: National Restaurant Association
- Certified Instructor: American Hotel & Lodging Association
- Member, American Hotel & Lodging Association
- Member, International Society of Hospitality Consultants
- Member, Multicultural Food and Hospitality Alliance
- Member, National Restaurant Association
- Member, Council for Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional Education
- Member, Club Managers Association of America
- Former, Food & Beverage Manager, Omni Hotels International
- Former, General Manager, Great American/Ground Round Restaurants Inc.
- Former, General Manager, Red Hot & Blue/Cork's
- Former, Manager, Duval Street Seafood Restaurant Company
- Former, Food & Beverage Director, Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge
- Former, Assistant Dean, Travel & Tourism Program, Northern Virginia Community College
- Present, Professor of Hospitality Management, mid-Atlantic/northeast area college
