Tad Hara

Tad Hara spent 17 years in corporate finance and investment banking field in various assignments in the world, mainly in real estate, hospitality and energy-related projects before switching to academics. He holds a master's degrees in Hotel Administration (Cornell University), in Regional Science (Cornell University), in management (MBA, University of Glamorgan, U.K.) and a PhD (Cornell University). He taught courses of "tourism industry analysis" in which he utilizes Input-Output/Social Accounting Matrix modeling and the Tourism Satellite Accounts concepts at School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University.

Currently, he works at Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida as an Associate Professor, and teaches finance for both undergraduate and graduate students. He is also appointed as a senior research fellow at Dick Pope Institute for Tourism Studies, with current research interest in quantitative tourism industry analysis, particularly the economic impact of tourism for poverty alleviation and income distribution patterns in regional economy.