Dr. Mann is a founding Partner at Globalysis Ltd, a highly respected Las Vegas, Nevada based boutique strategy consultancy that is exclusively focused on the casino gaming, hotel, and real estate industries with the global travel/leisure sector. He is one of the leading authorities on tourism development involving a gaming component. He has worked in both domestic and international markets, particularly in Asia. Dr. Mann focuses on assisting corporations and governments in the strategic planning for gaming and tourism development.
Dr. Mann was selected several times by former Nevada Lt. Governor Lorraine Hunt to travel with the Nevada trade and tourism missions to People's Republic of China. He has spoken to audiences in Japan, S. Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan, Australia, Bulgaria and Singapore on tourism development. Through the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) he has addressed audiences from around the world on similar topics.
Stuart H. Mann served as Dean of the world-renowned William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at UNLV from 1998 to 2011. In addition to his status as Dean Emeritus at UNLV, he is also Professor Emeritus at Penn State University having taught there for 28 years. He is the author of over 35 published research papers focusing on problem solving and decision-making.
Dr. Mann received his B.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois and his M.S. and Ph.D. in operations research from Case Western Reserve University. He is a founding fellow and trustee for the Educational Institute of the American Hotel Foundation, the organization that awarded him the inaugural Anthony G. Marshall Outstanding Education Leadership Award. The award recognizes lasting, influential and innovative contributions to education and training in the hospitality industry. Dr. Mann is a recipient of the Stevenson W. Fletcher award from I-CHRIE, an award that recognizes outstanding achievement in contributing innovative ideas, methods or programs that have advanced teaching, learning or practice in the field of hospitality and tourism education.
