Prior to joining PKF Consulting, Tyson was president of Tyson Hospitality Consulting, LLC, which provided hospitality professionals with market and financial analyses, litigation support and other services. He has led some of the industry’s most well known consultancies. He is the former head of Horwath Hospitality Consulting and chief operating officer of Smith Analytics, LLC. He was a partner of Laventhol & Horwath and managed the Leisure Time Industries, Appraisal and Real Estate Consulting practice of the Philadelphia office.
A former Certified Public Accountant, he is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants. He is a member of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association and the Cornell Society of Hotelmen. He is a former director of the board of the Pennsylvania Travel Council and a member of the Casino-Hotel Committee of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, and board member of Lodgian, Inc. (AMEX: LGN). He received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration.