Steve Kleinschmidt is an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University with courses in the Tourism and Hospitality Management, Global Management and Business Administration programs. He previously taught in the MBA program in Tourism & Leisure Management for the University of Salzburg Business School and has been a frequent guest lecturer in hospitality and tourism advanced education courses. Kleinschmidt has also been an active advisory board member for hospitality and tourism programs internationally. His areas of focus include strategic planning, marketing, branding, corporate culture and corporate finance. He runs an active private consulting practice for clients globally.
Experience
Kleinschmidt is a senior hospitality industry executive having been both vice chairman (asset management) and president of a hotel brand with 14 full-service properties and as a senior vice-president with one of the world’s largest professional services firms (PwC). He started his consulting career in Vancouver with PKF Consulting Limited, a global hotel consulting specialist firm. He has advised many of the leading hotel brands worldwide with projects in Canada, Asia/Pacific, Mexico and the Caribbean. In addition, he has consulted to both private and public sector clients with respect to asset management strategies and has been involved with significant hospitality asset transactions.
Education
1984
Bachelor of Science (Hon)
West Texas A&M University
1984-1986
Attended the Graduate School of Community and Regional Planning
University of British Columbia