Michigan hospitality expert witnesses assess hotel, restaurant, and resort operations, drawing on backgrounds in hospitality management, food safety, security, and facilities maintenance. Many have led properties serving Detroit’s convention traffic and seasonal destinations along the Great Lakes. They evaluate standards of care, staffing and training, sanitation controls, incident response, and premises safety.
Hotel Restaurant & Hospitality Management Academic Expert Witness
Hotel Restaurant & Hospitality Management Academic Expert Witness
- Review Fee
- $300/hr
- Deposition Fee
- $300/hr
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, California as a Total Quality Management Facilitator where he worked with 17 hotel executive committees in the Northwest Region to develop strategic initiatives for each hotel. He has published 30+ articles on the hospitality industry and serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism. He earned his Bachelor's from Indiana University and his Master's degree in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management and PhD in Education-Instructional Design from Purdue University. Currently, this expert is an Associate Professor in the School of Hospitality Business at a major university, where he teaches classes on Executive Housekeeping Management.
Associate Professor, A Major University in MI
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Purdue University
Mason,
Michigan